Richard Dawkins: media coverage

• Darwin's Child- Interview by Simon Hattenstone writing."He believes fervently in the survival of the fittest and that we are pre-programmed by our genes. But Richard Dawkins also believes that life is much more interesting when we rebel against them" The Guardian February 10, 2003.

• Parasites on Religion - Giles Fraser attacks Humanism and Richard Dawkins  The Guardian August 23, 2002   Richard Dawkins' Response. The Guardian August 27, 2002  Other responses including one from an eloquent 13 year old girl The Guardian August 24, 2002

• Young Earth Creationists teach bad science and worse religion -  Response and explanation about why teaching young earth creationism as part of the science curriculum at Emmanuel City Technology College in Gateshead is ridiculous.  The Daily Telegraph March 18, 2002   

• Ofsted alerted over creationist school -  Leading scientists yesterday called on Ofsted to reinspect a state-funded school because evangelical Christian teachers there do not believe in evolution and are undermining the scientific teaching of biology.  The Guardian March 14, 2002  And Response/Attack in The Telegraph, March 15, 2002

• At Home with Richard Dawkins -  interview by Madeleine Pym, British Humanist Association Policy Officer,  Editor, Humanist News  Interview given November 29th, 2001

• Richard Dawkins interviewed on "The Connection" with Christopher Lydon. "Science, Reason and Genetics"April 17, 2000.  (RealAudio)

• More ape than angel, - "Professor Richard Dawkins, champion of Darwinian evolution theory, is a hard man to categorise - a shy zealot, a literary scientist, a vocal atheist with the air of a devout clergyman. He talks to Nigel Farndale about Man, God and his own selfish gene" Telegraph September 27, 1999
• An interview with Richard Dawkins from bol.com the online bookstore and resource. August 1999

• A Trick of the Light: Richard Dawkins on Science and Religion by Chris Floyd,  - "In an exclusive interview with Science and Spirit, one of the world's leading Darwinists speaks out on religion, culture and his feeling for the 'transcendent' dimension of life".Science & Spirit, July/Aug 1999

• "Talk of the Nation" radio program about Memes - "GUESTS: SUSAN BLACKMORE Author, The Meme Machine (Oxford University Press, 1999) Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the West of England, Bristol, England ROBERT WRIGHT Author, The Moral Animal: Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Life (Vintage, l995) RICHARD DAWKINS Author, "The Selfish Gene" (Oxford University Press, 1976) Professor of the Public Understanding of Science, Oxford University..."- May 20, 1999 

• "You ask the questions",  - Richard Dawkins answers reader questions. An edited version of this was published in The Independent  December 23, 1998, Page 8
• Articles published in The Skeptic - the national journal of the Australian Skeptics. Posted by the affiliated website No Answers in Genesis:
  • Creationist Deception Exposed by Barry Williams. Published in The Skeptic, Vol 18, No 3 September 1998
  • Creationist Deception: A Response by Barry Williams - Barry responds to a letter from the producer of the video tape, Gillian Brown of Keziah Video Production. Published in The Skeptic, Vol 18, No 4 December  1998
  • The "Information Challenge" - Richard Dawkins answers the question. Published in The Skeptic, Vol 18, No 4 December 1998
  • Some related articles and examples selected by me (John Catalano)
• The Evolutionist zine  with Derek Freeman, G.C.Williams, David Buss, Richard Dawkins, & Steven Pinker- 1998

• Alma Mater - It was only during his second year at Oxford that science won his heart, recalls Richard Dawkins. The Irish Times, November 24, 1998

• The poetry of science - Just sitting around unweaving the mysteries of the unverse: John Cleese and author Richard Dawkins chat it up in San Francisco, The San Francisco Examiner. November 22, 1998

• Genes and Determinism: An Interview With Richard Dawkins by Jeremy Stangroom. This is an abridged version of an interview that will appear in the Freewill and Determinism Forum in Issue 6 of The Philosophers' Magazine October 13, 1998 

• Richard Dawkins: The man who knows the meaning of life by Colin Hughes. The Guardian October 3, 1998

• Faith and Reason  - Program explores the topic of "Science and Religion". Featured Richard Dawkins, other scientists, and theologians. PBS TV special Sepember 1998  Full Transacript and interviews.

• Extremely Darwin: an interview with Richard Dawkins, California Wild Winter 1998 published by the California Academy of Sciences

• Religion Is a Virus: Why God is a product of natural selection,  - interview excerpt from a conversation between Mother Jones contributing writer Michael Krasny and Richard Dawkins Mother Jones Nov/Dec 1997
• Richard Dawkins is the winner of the 1997 (Fifth) International Cosmos Prize in Commemoration of Expo' 90! See excerpts from the press release, Press Release July 1997
• (lost?) transcript "Life - Information is alive - isn't it?", - Richard Dawkins talks about the Dawinian theory of culture and Igor Alexander looks at artificial consciousness. This Program is part of 'The Network' on Radio 4 BBC Radio 4, May 1997. Read other transcripts.

• Summary of Dawkin's work and review of Climbing Mount Improbable by Frank Graham Jr., Audubon Jan/Feb 1997

• A summary and review of Richard Dawkins' lecture "Discover Creation", Sean Ellis February 20, 1997 - many thanks to Sean Ellis and his Luminous site- John C

• Evolution: the dissent of Darwin, - A discussion between zoologist Richard Dawkins and computer scientist Jaron Lanier  Psychology Today Jan/Feb 1997

• Richard Dawkins on "Ideas and Issues" (WETS-FM) Hugh LaFollette, host. 30 minute radio interview from 1997. (RealAudio). Hugh LaFollette's homepage, and Radio Show Ideas and Issues.

• Cloning Debate,  - Participants include Richard Dawkins, Grahame Bulfield, Sheila McLean, Lord Jakobovits, Donald Bruce. Chaired by Joan Bakewell.-BBC1 as part of the "Every man" programme. 1996
• Appearing on the EDGE website: "To Arrive at the EDGE of the World's Knowledge"
  • Biography of Richard Dawkins
  •  Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder (the lecture same as above) Nov 12, 1996
  • The Third Culture react to the Richard Dawkins lecture Dec 27, 1996
  • Spare Me Your Memes - Jaron Lanier debates Charles Simonyi and Mike Godwin on the concept and value of Memes  Dec 27, 1996
  • Implications of Natural Selection and The Laws of Physics - Physicist Lee Smolin poses questions for Richard Dawkins  Jan 6, 1997
  • Intentional Programming: John Brockman talks with Charles Simonyi ("The WYSIWYG"). July 1997
• The story of Richard Dawkins and Charles Simonyi, - Robert Downey Interviewed Dawkins in Seattle during his Climbing Mount Improbable tour.- Eastsideweek December 11, 1996

• Life's Work - an interview by Clive Akass, - the relationship between "life" and the computer (related to the release of The Evolution of Life CD-ROM) Personal Computer World December , 1996 

• Oxford University's Richard Dawkins Preaches Evolution to a Skeptical Public,  - a narrative interview by Kim A. McDonald- The Chronicle of Higher Education November 29, 1996
• Richard Dawkins on Evolution and Religion,  - transcript of an interview by Ben Wattenberg. From his Climbing Mount Improbable tour. They discuss His book, religion, Michael Behe and the "Why" question. Note: They misspelled "Behe" as "Beahy"!-PBS: Think Tank November 8, 1996 (airdate)

• The superstar scientists,  - Famous scientists such as Richard Dawkins offer meaning for a post-religious age, writes Tim Radford- Mail & Guardian October 25, 1996

• Short Interview by Lanny Swerdlow, The Critical Thinker 1996

• Richard Dawkins's Evolution: an irascible don becomes a surprising celebrity, The New Yorker September 9, 1996

• Astounding stories, - the scientist as celebrity- The Guardian July 17, 1996

• Science offers solace for the selfish gene, The Times April 26, 1996

• Faith that can leap mountains - Telegraph April 25, 1996

• The most amazing journey, The Times April 18, 1996

• Good Breeding, The Times April 7, 1996

• Faith, hope and the Darwin man, The Times March 29, 1996

• Revolutionary Evolutionist, - Excellent! Also see the story behind the cover photo , Wired July 1995 

• The model for life itself,  - Douglas Adams speaks with Richard Dawkins, Telegraph April 13, 1995

• Online Q & A, Wired Apr il 1995

• Going the Whole Hog, THESIS April, 1995

• Nick Pollard talks to Richard Dawkins,  Posted by the Christian Students in Science (CSIS). Originally in Third Way Magazine Feb 28,  1995

• Darwin's Dangerous Disciple - an interview by Frank Miele, Skeptic 1995

• An interview by Sheena McDonald, The Vision Thing August 1994