Humanize

By Discovery Institute Center on Human Exceptionalism

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Humanize with Wesley J. Smith from Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism, where human rights meet human responsibilities. We speak on the controversial issues of human life and human thriving that impact our daily lives.

Episode Date
Stephen C. Meyer on “The Story of Everything”
Jun 15, 2026
Timothy S. Goeglein on Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family
May 18, 2026
Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. on His Life and the Importance of America’s Founding Principles
Apr 27, 2026
Jan Jekielek on China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Atrocity
Mar 23, 2026
The Trouble with Transhumanism: Wesley J. Smith’s Guest Appearance on Bioethics Babe
Mar 09, 2026
Melissa Ortiz on the Disability Rights Movement
Feb 23, 2026
Dr. Casey Luskin on the Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimpanzees and Why They Matter
Feb 09, 2026
Dr. Michael J. New on Abortion, the Dobbs Decision, Sidewalk Counseling, and the Annual March for Life
Jan 19, 2026
Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick on the Nature of Evil
Dec 29, 2025
Robert P. George on the Reality and Importance of Human Exceptionalism
Dec 08, 2025
Aaron Kheriaty, MD, on How to Heal Modern Medicine
Nov 24, 2025
Olivier Bonnassies and Brian Miller on the Scientific Evidence for God
Nov 10, 2025
Michael Grunwald on How Factory Farms Can Save the Planet
Oct 27, 2025
Michael Egnor M.D. and Denyse O’Leary on Evidence for the Existence of the Soul
Oct 14, 2025
Megan Basham on Faith, a Cancer Diagnosis, and the Assassination of Charlie Kirk
Sep 29, 2025
Sam Brownback on the Urgency of Religious Freedom
Sep 15, 2025
Alex Schadenberg and Roger Foley on the Cruelty of Canada’s Euthanasia Regime
Jun 09, 2025
George Gilder on Artificial Intelligence, Economic Innovation, and the Promise of Cryptocurrency
May 28, 2025
Andrew V. Abela on the “Super Habits” That Make for a Successful Life
May 12, 2025
Marvin Olasky on the Humanity of Homeless Persons
Apr 28, 2025
Katy Faust on Putting Children First
Apr 07, 2025
Bobby Schindler on the 20th Anniversary of the Death of Terri Schiavo
Mar 17, 2025
David V. Hicks on the Myths We Live By
Mar 03, 2025
Ira Byock, M.D., on the Crisis in Hospice Care
Feb 10, 2025
Former CDC Director Robert R. Redfield on Viruses, Vaccines, the COVID Epidemic, and Distrust in Public Health
Jan 27, 2025
Is There a Difference Between “Mind” and “Brain”?
Jan 13, 2025
Dr. Kristin M. Collier on the Importance of Recognizing the Patient as a “Person”
Dec 16, 2024
Nina Shea on the Persecution of the Catholic Church in China
Dec 02, 2024
Daniel Carcillo on Psychedelics as a Treatment for Depression and Traumatic Brain Injury
Nov 11, 2024
Dr. Keri D. Ingraham on the Most Important Issues in American K-12 Education
Oct 28, 2024
Timothy S. Goeglein on the Dangers of Utopianism
Oct 14, 2024
Richard Weikart on Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing
Sep 30, 2024
Sam Brownback on the Connection Between Religious Freedom and Human Rights
Sep 16, 2024
Steven J. Buri on the Pro-Human Mission of Discovery Institute
Jun 17, 2024
Robert J. Marks II and Zoltan Istvan on the Promise — or Threat — of Artificial Intelligence
May 06, 2024
Thomas Linzey on the Nature Rights Movement
Apr 22, 2024
Mark Davis Pickup on Living with Intense Suffering and Experiencing a Miraculous Healing
Apr 08, 2024
Dr. Charles Camosy on Current Trends in Bioethics
Mar 11, 2024
Stephen C. Meyer on the Crisis of Trust in Science
Feb 26, 2024
The Rev. Dr. Arthur Cribbs, Jr. on His Book HollyWatts: From the Promised Land to Purgatory and the Crisis in Race Relations
Feb 12, 2024
Jennifer Lahl Her Newest Film, ‘The Lost Boys: Searching for Manhood’
Jan 29, 2024
Mark Krikorian on the Southern Border Crisis
Jan 08, 2024
Clarke Forsythe on the History and Future of the Pro-Life Movement
Nov 20, 2023
Jonathan Choe on the Crisis of our City Streets
Nov 06, 2023
Henry Olsen on the Crisis in American Politics
Oct 23, 2023
Dr. Keri D. Ingraham on the Crisis in American Education
Oct 09, 2023
Alice Stewart on the Crisis of Trust in the American Media
Sep 25, 2023
Sam Brownback on the Importance of Religious Freedom to World Peace and Prosperity
Sep 11, 2023
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on the Need for a COVID Response Truth Commission
Jun 05, 2023
Stephen B. Levine M.D. on the Science of Gender-Affirming Care
May 22, 2023
Dr. Gale L. Pooley on the Ideology of Scarcity and the Potential to Achieve “Super Abundance”
May 08, 2023
Todd Myers on Democratizing Environmentalism by ‘Thinking Small’
Apr 10, 2023
Rod Dreher on the Crisis of Western Civilization
Mar 13, 2023
Alex Schadenberg on the Canadian Euthanasia Epidemic
Feb 20, 2023
Tim Goeglein on the Case for Teaching the Great American Story
Feb 06, 2023
Dr. Peggy Hartshorn on Heartbeat International, Pregnancy Resource Centers, and Abortion Pill Reversal
Jan 23, 2023
Steve Laufmann and Howard Glicksman on the Design of the Human Body
Jan 09, 2023
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on COVID-19 as One of the Most Divisive Events in American History
Dec 26, 2022
Chen Guangcheng on the Current Tyranny in the People’s Republic of China
Dec 12, 2022
Dr. Jay Wesley Richards on What Every Parent Should Know About Gender Ideology and Gender-Affirming Care
Nov 28, 2022
Jennifer Lahl on ‘The Detransition Diaries: Saving our Sisters’
Nov 07, 2022
Ward Connerly on Racism, Critical Race Theory, and Individual Rights
Oct 24, 2022
Robert J. Marks II on Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, and Whether Computers Will Ever Be More Than ‘Human’
Oct 10, 2022
Ambassador Sam Brownback on the Threat to Religious Freedom in America 
Sep 26, 2022
Dean Koontz on His Vocation as an Author, Art and Meaning in Life, and Human Exceptionalism
Sep 12, 2022
Catherine Glenn Foster on Abortion and the Dawning of a Post-Roe America
Jun 28, 2022
Robert Marbut on America’s Homelessness Crisis, Strategies for Uplifting the Homeless, and Effective Government Policies
May 23, 2022
Joseph Bottum on Cyber Ethics, Poetry, Culture, and Community
May 09, 2022
O. Carter Snead on Bioethics, ‘What It Means to Be Human,’ and the Pro-Life Movement After Dobbs
Apr 25, 2022
Lynn Vincent on ‘Lawless,’ the Truth About the Terri Schiavo Case, and Why Terri Still Matters
Apr 11, 2022
Roger Severino on Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Conscience Rights in a Divided America
Mar 28, 2022
Emily Cook on Texas Right to Life, the Texas Heartbeat Act, and Futile Care Protocols
Mar 14, 2022
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on COVID-19, Authentic Public Health, and the Biosecurity State
Feb 28, 2022
Ryan Hanlon on Adoption, the National Council for Adoption, and the Importance of Families
Feb 21, 2022
David Berlinski on Architectural Nihilism, Human Nature and the Holocaust, and Emotivism
Feb 14, 2022
Pat Nolan on Criminal Justice Reform, Chuck Colson’s Prison Fellowship, and the First Step Act
Feb 07, 2022
Robert P. George on teaching and free thought, defending Peter Singer, and natural law
Jan 24, 2022
Alveda King on the American Civil Rights Movement, Critical Race Theory, and the American Dream
Jan 17, 2022
Kathryn Jean Lopez on Truth, Dorothy Day, and ‘A Year With the Mystics’
Jan 10, 2022
Nina Shea on the Chinese Communist Party, Minority Rights, and Religious Freedom
Jan 03, 2022
Zoltan Istvan on Transhumanism, ‘Good Eugenics,’ and Immortality
Dec 20, 2021
Dr. J. Benjamin Hurlbut on science, restoring public trust, and transcending ideology
Dec 13, 2021
Rebecca Friedrichs on exposing the sexualizing of children in schools and ‘For Kids and Country’
Dec 06, 2021
Joni Eareckson Tada on embracing life, disability rights, and choosing solidarity and hope
Nov 29, 2021
Dr. Stephen C. Meyer on the ‘God Hypothesis’ and the materialists’ increasingly fringe rationales for life and the universe
Nov 22, 2021
Dr. David Prentice on the Ethics of Science, Stem Cell Therapies, and Biotechnology
Nov 15, 2021
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on COVID vaccine mandates, conscience rights, and medical ethics
Nov 08, 2021
Jim Palmer of the Orange County Rescue Mission on causes and cures for America’s homelessness crisis
Nov 01, 2021
Dr. Ira Byock on Living Well, Dying Well, and Proper Care Throughout Life
Oct 25, 2021
Gary Francione on Animal Rights, Veganism, Abortion, and the Future
Oct 18, 2021
Donna Rice Hughes of ‘Enough Is Enough’ on Porn, Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), and Healing Our Culture
Oct 11, 2021
Bobby Schindler on Terri Schiavo, protecting at-risk persons, and true healthcare
Oct 04, 2021
Jennifer Lahl on ‘Breeders,’ ‘Trans Mission,’ and the ethical and human rights threats promoted in our culture
Sep 27, 2021
Dr. Charles Camosy on Dignity, Fundamental Human Equality, and Secular Medicine
Sep 20, 2021
Ambassador Sam Brownback on Human Rights and Religious Freedom
Sep 13, 2021
Trailer
Aug 05, 2021