The Root of All Evil?, by the Oxford University evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, is his controversial documentary that complements his bestselling book The God Delusion. Dawkins presents his view of religion as a cultural virus that, like a computer virus, once downloaded into the software of society corrupts many of the programs it encounters. It isn't hard to find examples to fit this view; one has only to read the dailies coming out of the Middle East to see its nefarious effects.

David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins, Richard Leakey and Jane Goodall discuss the future of the planet.

Randi and Dawkins discuss the perinormal and paranormal. This is only a brief clip of the conversation from the Amazing Meeting (January 2005) put on by the James Randi Educational Foundation.

More info and discussion at: http://richarddawkins.net/article,741,Amazing-Meeting-3-2005,James-Randi-and-Richard-Dawkins

BBC interview of Richard Dawkins by William Crawley on February 20, 2007.

A much too short interview with Paula Zahn.

Excellent video profiling Richard Dawkins starting from the early days of The Selfish Gene.

Richard Dawkins reads excerpts from "The God Delusion" and anwsers questions at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia on October 23, 2006. This Q&A features many questions from Jerry Falwell's Liberty "University" students. In Richard's tour journal he says: "Many of the questioners announced themselves as either students or faculty from Liberty, rather than from Randolph Macon which was my host institution. One by one they tried to trip me up, and one by one their failure to do so was applauded by the audience. Finally, I said that my advice to all Liberty students was to resign immediately and apply to a proper university instead. That received thunderous applause, so that I almost began to feel slightly sorry for the Liberty people. Only almost and only slightly, however."

Richard Dawkins' jaw-dropping talk on our bizarre universe (TEDTalks) - Richard Dawkins is Oxford University's "Professor for the Public Understanding of Science." Author of the landmark 1976 book, The Selfish » Gene, he's a brilliant (and trenchant) evangelist for Darwin's ideas. In this talk, titled, "Queerer Than We Suppose: The strangeness of science," he suggests that the true nature of the universe eludes us, because the human mind evolved only to understand the "middle-sized" world we can observe. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 22:42) - More TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/

"The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America. I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organized ignorance. We even have to go out on the attack ourselves, for the sake of reason and sanity. But it must be a positive attack, for science and reason have so much to give. They are not just useful, they enrich our lives in the same kind of way as the arts do. Promoting science as poetry was one of the things that Carl Sagan did so well, and I aspire to continue his tradition." - Richard Dawkins

A must see video with Richard Dawkins talking about our relationship to the great apes.

I think the voiceover is from another video but this is an excellent excerpt with some great space imagery.

Richard Dawkins recently spent some time with us in studio to talk with us about religion and his latest book "The God Delusion." This video is almost the full length show which was 1hr 15 mins. The entire edited version of the radio show is available free here: http://www.rationalresponders.com/rrs_free_shows

Richard Dawkins hosts this documentary on evolution

Richard Dawkins' asserts that belief in god is irrational and inflicts great harm upon societies. Jeremy Paxman interviews Professor Dawkins as part of the Newsnight book club.

There is a war going on against science and reason. The pseudoscience of "Intelligent Design" is attacking the Darwinian Theory of Evolution, and trying to inject God into science

This week, in our last show before Christmas, we are joined by a formidable and varied cast debating the big issues.

Professor Richard Dawkins' latest book "The God Delusion" -- a powerful attack on religious fundamentalism and God "in all its forms" -- has been a sensation, topping the best-sellers' list and proving that serious argument sells books as well as igniting debate. Professor Dawkins joins us to make his case alongside former Labour MP, socialist and life long Christian Tony Benn.

"In this video titled, Testing God, the BBC explores the implications that physics has on the theistic and atheistic arguments about the universe." - Atheism News

Huw Edwards Interviews Richard Dawkins about his latest book The God Delusion on BBC News 24. Aired on October 9, 2006.

Richard Dawkins is talking about his book "The Selfish Gene"

Recently at a lecture in Philadelphia The Rational Response Squad recorded Richard Dawkins reading his book in hopes of helping him to boost sales. Buy a copy of the book, today!

Here is more from Richard Dawkins reading "The God Delusion." This time he starts at chapter 7. Purchase the book today from www.RichardDawkins.net or www.RationalResponders.com

The last part of a three part series of videos. This video is the Q&A session of the Philadelphia lecture. Richard Dawkins is the worlds leading science writer. His newest book is called "The God Delusion." Visit his new website: www.Ri The last part of a three part series of videos. This video is the Q&A session of the Philadelphia lecture. Richard Dawkins is the worlds leading science writer. His newest book is called "The God Delusion."

Randi and Dawkins discuss the perinormal and paranormal. This is only a brief clip of the conversation from the Amazing Meeting (January 2005) put on by the James Randi Educational Foundation.

"This is my first youtube video! I thought I would do something a little different to the normal videolog. This was filmed over a couple of afternoons before christmas, in my attic." - YouTube poster

Monday, November 6th - Richard Dawkins discusses the "shifting moral zeitgeist" and the idea of inheriting morality from scripture.

Richard Dawkins book talk (The God Delusion), Politics and Prose (Washingon DC) - 10/24/2006)

PART 2: Richard Dawkins reads excerpts from The God Delusion and anwsers questions at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, CA. Big thanks to Tom Nowitzky for recording the video, and to Medialink in Palo Alto, CA for the conversion!

Richard Dawkins reading from his book: The God Delusion - on sale now,

Produced in 1987 by Jeremy Taylor and Richard Dawkins for BBC's HORIZON series. It was based on his book of the same name, and won the Sci-Tech Award for Best Science Documentary of the year.

Description from the BBC's education catalogue: "...The evidence proposed is well-organized and current. The video first presents creationist ideas, articulated by Texans who support the theory of special creationism, and then provides vivid contradictory data through observation, computer simulations, robotics, experiments and close examination of designs in nature. Its central argument is that the diversity and variety we see in such complex adaptations as the eye and insect mimicry can best be explained by cumulative natural selection over long periods of time. With its vivid blend of argument and scientific detail, The Blind Watchmaker will enrich even the most advanced student's view of evolution."

The last part of a three part series of videos. This video is the Q&A session of the Philadelphia lecture. Richard Dawkins is the worlds leading science writer. His newest book is called "The God Delusion." Visit his new website: www.RichardDawkins.net To discuss these issues visit: www.rationalresponders.com

Professor Dawkins lectures on the perinormal vs the paranormal. This is a clip from the Amazing Meeting in 2005 sponsored by the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF).

David Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker, Article, "High Water: How Presidents and Citizens React to Disaster," Author, "The Complete New Yorker: Eighty Years of the Nation's Greatest Magazine" /// Richard Dawkins, The Public Understanding of Science, Oxford University, Author, "The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution"

Written and animated by Edward Current, inspired by Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins

The Root of All Evil? is a two-part documentary written and presented by Dr. Richard Dawkins, Professor of the Public Understanding of Science, Oxford University, and author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, The Ancestor's Tale, and The God Delusion.

PART 1. The God Delusion
PART 2. The Virus of Faith

The Root of All Evil?, by the Oxford University evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, is his controversial documentary that complements his bestselling book The God Delusion. Dawkins presents his view of religion as a cultural virus that, like a computer virus, once downloaded into the software of society corrupts many of the programs it encounters. It isn't hard to find examples to fit this view; one has only to read the dailies coming out of the Middle East to see its nefarious effects.

Dawkins is so compelling in his on-camera narrative style in his cultured British accent, marshalling his facts, examples, and interviews so convincingly that when you reach the end you are compelled to answer Yes! to the rhetorical question posed in the documentary's title.

Of course, religion is so pervasive around the world and throughout history that it is a two-edged sword that cuts both ways - a force for unspeakable evil as well as unmitigated good. It is Dawkins' belief that because of the widespread availability of mass communications coupled to weapons of mass destruction, the evil outweighs the good and that it is time for humanity to grow beyond religion and toward a worldview of science and reason.

The renowned evolutionary biologist tells John Crace why he finds the resurgence of religion so annoying