July 12-18, 1925 - The Scopes Trial. In this special episode we are joined with Professor Edward Larson who wrote the definitive book on the famous trial, The Summer For the Gods, about the prosecution of John Scopes for the teaching of evolution. With Prof. Larson we discuss his Pulitzer-prize winning book, the shocking details of the trial, highlighting the two main characters, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, along with what this "Trial of the Century" means one hundred years later.