Discovery Institute
Discovery Institute
4.6from 62 ratings
- 767
- Episodes
- 493
- Transcribed
- 62
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2012
- First episode
- 41M
- YouTube views
About Discovery Institute
Discovery Institute is a public policy think tank advancing a culture of purpose, creativity, and innovation. This podcasts collection features episodes from our ID the Future (idthefuture.com), Mind Matters (mindmatters.ai), and Humanize (humanize.today) podcasts.
- Publisher
- Discovery Institute
- Category
- science · society & culture · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Feb 2012
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
493 of 767 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How an ID Framework Guides the Search for Habitable Worlds
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
I Helped Build NASA’s Latest Space Telescope. Here’s What It Will Do.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Then and Now
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How an ID Framework Guides the Search for Habitable Worlds
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Habitable zone just says you need to be able to be at a radius that for your kind of star... Water can stay in liquid form somewhere on the planet on a continuous basis. Well, that's a far cry from habitability requirements. It can't be just water is somewhere on the planet on a planet. you know, in a sliver, let's say, or something like that. It has to be abundant and clear. I mean, clearly available. But then once you have water, you have to have minerals, tectonic activity. You need to have a magnetosphere. You need to have an axial tilt that's stabilized, maybe with a large moon. You have to have the right kind of atmosphere. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Sam Brownback
- Warren Wilson
- David Copps
- Casey Luskin
- Brian Miller
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 41,466,629
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 48 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 14 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- Quality
- 60
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 90
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