Twelve years ago, Larry got the wild idea of bringing notorious atheist and Oxford evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins, to Birmingham, Alabama for a debate on the central tenets of his bestseller, The God Delusion. To his credit, Dawkins agreed, and what followed was not one, but three debates and numerous private engagements over the course of the next decade. With this in mind, we thought it might be fun to reflect on the first time Larry and Richard sat down together for an interview in the latter’s Oxford home. ​