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Piece Description
Philip Lightstone talks to the Colorado Springs folks who run the Evolve Fish website.
Broadcast History
June 25, 2005. Rebroadcast June 30.
Transcript
*** EVOLVE FISH INTERVIEW ***
ERIC WHITNEY: Most of us have seen the Darwin Fish symbol on the backs of cars. It’s a takeoff on the Christian fish symbol. The so-called “Evolve Fish” have feet and “Darwin” written inside them. Ever wonder where they come from? Would you be surprised to learn it’s Colorado Springs? Philip Lightstone recently talked to the folks who sell the “Evolve Fish” icons.
PHILIP LIGHTSTONE: Gary Betchan and Becky Hale are middle-aged capitalist activists. They also sell the “Evolve Fish” emblems and hundreds of other items which can be found on their website.
GARY BETCHAN: Our web site is called evolvefish-dot-com. We've been running it for about fifteen years and we have about twelve hundred different products, T-shirts, stickers, emblems, that we think of as pro-science and also pro-freedom. We don't see it as anti-religion and a lot of our Christian...
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Deborah Astley
Posted on June 28, 2005 at 11:03 AM | Permalink
Review of Evolve Fish Interview
Good piece for the summertime traveling season and a guaranteed conversation starter. Don't you always notice when you pull up behind a car at an intersection and on the bumper is an evolve fish? This couple is passionate about their website and it's interesting to hear the reasons why. It will fit in with religion, politics or business. Well done.