How Richard Dawkins Found God (as a topic)

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 12, 2015

This segment originally aired live on October 12, 2015. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on November 27, 2015. The unedited audio can be found here.

Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and author of Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science (Ecco, 2015), talks about his new memoir that traces his evolution from scientist to leading intellectual atheist.

→EVENT: Richard Dawkins talks about Brief Candle in the Dark at NYPL's Books at Noon, Wednesday 12:00-1:00PM, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street, Astor Hall.

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