Evolution: Pre-School to High School

– Date – June 10, 2014
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Skepticism Skepticism, Past and Future [1:05]
– The history of David Mabus was previously explored on Skepticality #212 on August 13, 2013.
– The infamous “David Mabus” pled guilty to three more charges on May 29, 2014.
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The Odds Must Be Crazy [19:35]
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Grandmother Fish: Jonathan Tweet [25:55]
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Interview: Allen Woppert [33:00]
– Alan J. Woppert.
– Originally from Milwaukee, WI.
– Now lives in Berlin, Germany teaching English and writing educational books for people learning English.
– Most of his books have been textbooks for those learning English which included a lot of stories.
– His first fiction book just came out, “The War on Science Goest Batshit!“. A Young Adult book.
– The name of the book is a reference to the fictional town of Batshit, IL which had a mistaken name.
– The main story story is all about the Intelligent Design vs. Evolution struggle in the towns public High School.
– Hard core religious groups still attempt to sneak things like Intelligent Design into the school curriculum.
– Alan wrote the book after dealing with religious fundamentalists in Germany.
– Had to deal with backlash after placing a excerpt from a Susan Jacoby work into one of their books.
– The book is kind of like Judy Bloom for the science set.
– Allen has now moved to Barcelona, Spain to gain inspiration for his writing.

Outro Music [45:15]
– Outro music donated by Trent Brusky of Dropfox.

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