Four years ago, nine months after publication of the original edition of Revelation Through Science, I had the real pleasure of a half hour interview about it on what is now PBS NC. At that time, the station was the flagship of public television at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Among its popular featured programs was ”NC Bookwatch,” with host D.G. Martin interviewing and talking about North Carolina authors. I had just become one.

But first, the back story.

While D.G. Martin and I are not kin, we have been good friends for many years. His father, D. Grier Martin, was President of Davidson College when I began my teaching career there. As my boss in 1965, he made the decision, critical for my subsequent career, to allow me to run for County Commissioner in 1966. The rest is micro-history. President Martin had also arranged an opportunity for Dottie and me to acquire the lot next door to theirs on Lake Norman, where we now reside. Consequently, we have enjoyed a most convivial relationship with subsequent generations of their wing of the Martin tribe.

In 1984, when I ran for Governor of North Carolina, it created a vacancy for the Republican-packed congressional district I had served for twelve years. Lo and behold, the Democratic Party nominee was my good friend and former lab student, D.G. Martin. While unsuccessful, the close hundred-vote margin attested to his admirable reputation for integrity, sincerity, and charm, which radiate throughout his interviews.

So turn up your sound system, click on the links below, and enjoy these two segments.

The first covers a number of stories and issues from Revelation Through Science, including Galileo and Darwin, and the impact of their transformational scientific contributions. It also highlights (a) the Big Bang of creation, (b) the unparalleled Cambrian Explosion of new body forms of life, and (c) the asymmetrical architecture of DNA, RNA, proteins and sugars; and their vital, mutual interdependence.

The second segment is kind of a brief excerpt from Chapter 9. It relates the famous 1925 “Monkey Trial” in Dayton, Tennessee. John Scopes was convicted of “teaching” evolution in violation of the new state law, but irony abounds!

Fortunate to have this interview, I am grateful to PBS NC for kindly permitting me to share it and its epilogue with you. Allow each to open with about twenty seconds carryover from its preceding commercial — while you get comfortable.

A. Link to Bookwatch interview on UNC-TV (now PBS NC) aired on August 3, 2017 (26 min 30 sec):

https://video.pbsnc.org/video/gov-jim-martin-revelation-through-science-yvpaqa/

B. Monkey Trial Epilogue to Interview on UNC-TV (now PBS NC) aired on August 3, 2017 (3 min):

https://video.unctv.org/video/gov-jim-martin-revelation-through-science-epilogue-lej4mu/