BYU Biology Professor William Bradshaw (Re-broadcast In Memoriam) | Ep. 2131

From Mormon Stories Podcast by Dr. John Dehlin

March 30, 2026 · 3h 51m

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This episode honors the life of Dr. William Bradshaw by re-broadcasting an interview with him discussing his career and the intersection of science and faith.

Following the passing of my dear friend and former BYU professor, Dr. William Bradshaw, we are honoring his life today by re-broadcasting my interview with him from 2010. The original description for this episode is as follows: "In this episode, John Dehlin interviews one of his former professors and mentors, Dr. William Bradshaw, on a wide variety of topics. Dr. Bradshaw has just recently retired from a rich and fulfilling career as a molecular biology professor at BYU in which he influenced thousands of students to continually be open to the best thinking of the sciences while still nurturing a robust, mature faith and spiritual life. Many report Dr. Bradshaw’s classes and their various interactions with him as pivotal to their finding a way to value the wisdom generated in both their heads and their hearts. In this far-ranging discussion, Dr. Bradshaw takes us through the arc of his life, including his mission, experiences at Harvard, the circumstances of his career choice, and the surprise call he and his wife Marge received to serve as very young mission presidents in Hong Kong, during which service they had to wrestle with opening and closing missionary work in…

BYU Biology Professor William Bradshaw (Re-broadcast In Memoriam) | Ep. 2131

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