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Tom Nelson
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Interviews and presentations on climate/energy realism and more, with guests including Will Happer, Jerome Corsi, Marc Morano, Carl-Otto Weiss, Valentina Zharkova, Christopher Essex, Henrik Svensmark, Patrick Moore, Ross McKitrick, Willie Soon, Susan Crockford, Peter Ridd, Christopher Monckton, and Richard Lindzen.
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Ron Clutz Part 1: “Highlights from 3400 Climate Blog Posts” #414
6d ago01:04:53Tap to summarizeRon Clutz summarizes themes from his “Science Matters” blog, framing climate change as three linked claims: humans warm the Earth, the warming is dangerous, and government can stop it. He argues climate sensitivity estimates are declining and models overpredict warming, citing comparisons of model outputs to observations, weak long-term temperature correlation with fossil fuel use, and claims that storms, wildfires, sea level rise, Arctic ice, and drought trends are not worsening as asserted. He criticizes “reductionism” to CO2 and radiative forcing, emphasizing water vapor, convection, and hydrology, plus solar/cloud and ocean-cycle influences (ENSO/PDO/AMO). He also questions adjusted temperature records and UN policy effectiveness.00:00 Meet Ron Clutz01:13 Climate Change Three Claims05:18 Is Warming Dangerous10:17 Can Government Stop It12:23 Reductionism In Climate Science17:32 Greenhouse Physics And Water Vapor23:10 CO2 Sources And Temperature Lag25:26 Complexity And Data Adjustments33:29 Extreme Events And Attribution35:53 Model Failures And Scenarios42:10 Testing Greenhouse Theory51:02 Sunshine Clouds And Solar Cycles55:19 Oceans Drive Climate Cycles01:02:24 Hydrology And Closing Thoughts01:04:17 Wrap Up And Next Sessionhttps://rclutz.com/=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →David Smith: “Wokicide: A Quality-Control System to Reclaim Education” #413
1w ago01:08:42Tap to summarizeDavid Smith explains his book “Wokicide,” arguing that “woke” (critical social justice theory rooted in critical theory and postmodernism) persists in universities and schools because education lacks quality control, not because of politics. He proposes applying ISO 9001 and HACCP-style quality assurance to K–12 and universities: validated curriculum specifications, independent expert panels, hazard analysis, audits (scheduled and targeted), corrective action, and continuous improvement. A central Workplace Improvement Notice (WIN) system would let staff and even parents file tracked complaints with guaranteed responses, replacing DEI/unconscious-bias training with “deprogramming” modules and prioritizing evidence and accountability. Smith says QA would stop unvalidated ideological drift and is affordable by redirecting existing DEI-related spending.00:00 Intro and Two-Part Talk00:58 Why Woke Persists01:30 Education Lacks QA02:10 Validation Over Ideology04:53 Defining Woke Origins06:35 From Civil Rights to Overreach07:43 Flawed Woke Reasoning10:02 How Woke Spreads11:16 Equity Outcomes and Activism13:33 Deconstruction Playbook17:50 Woke Hall of Fame21:39 Perfect Storm in Education25:42 QA Solution Framework27:41 ISO 9001 and HACCP29:42 Authority and Adoption30:55 Four Phases Implementation33:35 Validation and Hazard Analysis34:47 Audits Monitoring Corrective Action37:09 Aggressive Feedback Loops39:05 WIN Notice Explained41:41 Curriculum Content Validation43:12 Audits in K-12 Schools44:53 K-12 QA Wrap Up45:47 Universities as the Source47:29 University Validation Hurdles50:30 University Auditing Red Flags51:58 Objections and Pushback57:12 Failure Modes and Fixes59:39 Cost and Staffing Reality01:02:08 Closing Q&A and Next StepsAmazon Kindle version: Wokicide: Pest Control for Education: https://a.co/d/0d0YeApM========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Gianluca Alimonti: “Three “climate matrix” papers” #412
2w ago00:44:24Tap to summarizeGianluca Alimonti discusses three “climate matrix” papers: a 2022 review of extreme weather time series and response indicators that found no clear worsening trends (later retracted, which he argues lacked specific scientific grounds and reflected political pressure); a 2023 analysis of EM-DAT natural-disaster records concluding the post-1970 rise is largely improved reporting, with trends stable since about 2000 and disaster deaths decreasing; and a recent framework proposing 43 IPCC-aligned impact-driver and response indicators to assess “climate crisis,” finding most show no worsening, many improve, and few worsen. He criticizes media/official claims of rapidly rising disasters and emphasizes adaptation and prevention.00:00 Meet Gianluca Alimonti00:02 Climate Matrix Trilogy Overview01:31 Paper One Extreme Events03:11 Hurricanes Rain Tornado Data05:31 Retraction Controversy09:50 Paper Two Disaster Claims12:36 EM-DAT Reporting Bias17:27 Stable Trends Since 200021:42 Paper Three Defining Crisis23:12 Media Term And Search Trends27:05 Building A Crisis Framework28:20 Drivers Floods Cyclones Fires31:53 Response Indicators Scorecard35:59 Adaptation Beats Mitigation37:49 Conclusions Media Distortion39:38 Q&A Retraction And Outreach41:40 Where To Find Work44:05 Closing Thanks And FarewellHome page: https://www0.mi.infn.it/~alimonti/homepage/indexEn.htmPielke Jr on “The Alimonti Addendum”: https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-alimonti-addendum=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Nicola Scafetta: “The Frontier of Climate Science” | Tom Nelson Pod #411
2w ago01:27:04Tap to summarizeNicola Scafetta discusses his book, "The Frontier of Climate Science," a review based on about 650 peer‑reviewed papers arguing that IPCC global climate models have serious limitations because they fail to capture multi‑scale natural variability (oceanic, solar, astronomical, and tidal cycles). He says model claims that nearly all warming since 1850 is anthropogenic are not experimentally validated, climate sensitivity remains highly uncertain, and many models run too hot, with possible surface-record warm bias from urban heat islands. He cites past warm periods and correlations between climate and solar/cosmic-ray proxies, proposes empirical/semi‑empirical cycle-based modeling, and concludes warming risk is moderate, SSP2 could meet Paris targets, net zero is unnecessary, and adaptation should be prioritized.00:00 Introducing Scafetta’s New Book06:03 Earth’s Deep-Time Climate Swings11:06 IPCC Attribution to Humans14:44 Why Model Proof Falls Short17:27 Paris Targets and Net Zero Logic24:33 Are IPCC Scenarios Realistic29:04 Model Uncertainty and Sensitivity34:57 Satellites vs Surface Warming38:42 Missing Past Warm Periods43:21 Millennial Solar Climate Cycles46:00 Forests Beneath Glaciers46:59 Solar Records vs Climate49:18 TSI Reconstructions Debate52:09 Cosmic Rays and Clouds56:07 Empirical Models Challenge IPCC59:18 Policy Implications and Adaptation01:01:12 Planetary Cycles Climate Theory01:05:37 Matching Climate Spectral Cycles01:12:51 Future Hiatus and Sensitivity01:19:43 Next Glaciation Long View01:24:01 Book Wrap Up and ThanksThe Frontier of Climate Science: Solar variability, natural cycles and model uncertainty: https://a.co/d/0flzOYJ3=========Brochure for Nicola’s “The Frontier of Climate Science” book, along with slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Anika Sweetland: “IPCC EXPOSED!!! Response to a global problem? Or formation of 1 world gov’t?” #410
3w ago00:47:23Tap to summarizeAnika Sweetland argues the IPCC was created through politics, funding, and elite influence, tracing its origins to the 1985 Villach Conference and alleging it advances centralized global governance. She says media-driven fear shifted from 1970s “ice age” stories to 1988 “global warming,” citing sea-level warnings that did not occur. Sweetland claims climate finance and clean-energy investment incentives benefit IPCC-linked officials. She highlights Climategate emails as evidence of strategic data presentation (“hide the decline”), message management, and peer-review gatekeeping (“PAL review”), plus an alleged journal blacklist. She says her climate studies education omitted Climategate, emphasized policy “solutions,” and discouraged debate.00:00 IPCC Exposed Intro01:01 Ice Age Media Panic02:06 Fear as Control Tool03:36 Global Warming Rebrand05:23 Sea Level Scare Claims07:28 Villach Birth of IPCC09:31 Global Governance Agenda10:31 Trillions and Incentives12:20 Climategate Data Tricks18:57 Peer Review Gatekeeping21:44 Blacklists and Ideology23:31 Personal Wake Up Call25:16 Who Controls Science26:34 What We Can Do Next27:23 Host Reacts and Questions27:36 Climategate Not Taught30:10 Policy Impacts UK Europe33:15 Witch Hunts Parallel37:22 Climate Degree Brainwashing40:42 Only Graduate Story43:15 Today’s Model Driven Teaching45:19 Books and IPCC Origins46:17 Closing Thanks and Wraphttps://x.com/anika_climate=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Liam DeBoer | Tom Nelson Pod #409
3w ago00:57:59Tap to summarizeLiam DeBoer describes his Substack blending philosophy, psychology, culture, politics, and history, and argues in “Your Ruling Class Is Not Secular” that modern materialist elites still express religious impulses by mapping “soul,” apocalypse, and salvation narratives onto gender ideology, climate change, and revolutionary politics. He discusses Orwell’s 1984 as a psychological study of totalitarianism reshaping perception, and links current activism to young women, noting polling showing young women moving left and widening dating/marriage mismatches. He predicts widening Western factional conflict, references the “fourth turning,” and explains Nietzsche’s ressentiment and victimhood. He outlines “daycare governance” in a feminized institutional culture and summarizes “political ponerology” archetypes behind authoritarianism. He details Canada’s “Vancouver model” money laundering tied to triads, casinos, and politics, and discusses censorship, platform throttling, and Zuckerberg’s motives.00:00 Meet Liam DeBoer00:33 Ruling Class Religion03:34 Climate as Cult04:40 Orwell and Totalitarianism07:53 Politics and Dating Divide11:21 Fracture and Future Conflict14:46 Fourth Turning Cycles17:00 Nietzsche Ressentiment23:32 Victimhood and Agency26:24 South Korea 4B Fallout28:01 Daycare Governance Model35:06 Equality Clips Greatness37:55 Political Ponerology Types42:46 Canada Money Laundering52:06 Censorship and Free Speech55:30 Zuckerberg Rebrand57:22 Closing and Linkshttps://liamoutloud.substack.com/https://x.com/liam_out_loudhttps://www.youtube.com/@liam-out-loud=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Ken Jensen: “The Enemies of Reason” | Tom Nelson Pod #408
4w ago01:04:40Tap to summarizeKen Jensen describes his background in environmental toxicology and medical devices, then argues morality can be grounded without religion. He traces a “true, good, beautiful” triad from Plato through Vitruvius and maps it to objective reality, reciprocity/voluntary exchange, and beauty/grace, contrasting it with a destructive “DOI” (destruction, opposition, inversion) force. He critiques management tactics like permanent crisis, “red dot” diversions, and misuse of Romans 13, citing Katrina clergy response teams. He promotes a “dartboard” model over left-right politics, says ethics and morality are inseparable (Nuremberg vs Nazi view), warns about EU-style centralization, CBDCs, and praises ridicule as a defense. He discusses sound money and presents his books The Enemies of Reason and The Memo.00:00 Meet Ken Jensen01:02 Morality Without God02:23 Early Doubts and Clues05:13 Climate Debate and First Principles06:15 Entropy Uppers and Downers09:02 Religion as Binding Core10:46 Words Shape Thought13:38 Plato Truth Good Beauty17:47 Rome Constantine and Control20:26 Katrina Clergy Response Teams23:12 Triad Mapped to Trinity29:02 Dorothy Model and Inversion30:43 Universities and Private Property34:57 Aesthetics vs Brutalism35:35 Destruction Opposition Inversion36:04 Parasitic Tactics Explained36:59 Inverting the Trinity37:27 Defining What We Defend38:12 Two Books Overview38:57 Dartboard Not Left Right41:04 Morality vs Legal Positivism43:13 Takeaways Recalibration46:37 Studying Evil and Pride49:34 Red Dot Diversions51:17 Wizard of Oz Q and A51:48 CBDCs and EU Centralization56:57 Permanent Crisis and Elites58:33 Ressentiment and Ridicule01:01:20 Sound Money Fixes Society01:04:17 Wrap Up and Contactshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kpjensen/https://www.contactauthorkpj.com/=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Hügo Krüger: “Great idea: If it’s really too hot in your house, get some AC” | Tom Nelson Pod #407
4w ago00:29:37Tap to summarizeIn a Paris heatwave (33–40°C), Hügo Krüger says France suffers more indoors because only about 25% of homes have AC, unlike near-universal AC in the US/Japan. He describes ideological and regulatory resistance to AC from ecologists and left-wing politicians, despite AC being a reversible heat pump and France’s electricity being largely nuclear. Apartment rules, aesthetic objections, and energy ratings discourage installation; subsidies favor air-to-water heat pumps that can’t cool. Demand for fans and AC is surging, and politicians propose easing restrictions. He expects fewer deaths than 2003 due to heat alerts, but argues AC would reduce vulnerability.00:00 Paris Heatwave Check In01:00 Why France Lacks AC01:33 Myths About Air Conditioning03:00 Hospitals Trains And Culture03:42 Politics And Nuclear Power Angle07:20 Heat Deaths And Public Response14:47 Regulations Blocking Reversible AC16:44 How Rare Is This Heat17:54 2003 Heatwave Lessons20:31 Hardliners And Building Lobby22:14 Insulation Fans And Daily Life24:11 Bigger Pattern And Nuclear Future29:04 Wrap Up And GoFundMe Plughttps://x.com/hkrugertjie“fundraiser to buy an AC for the French Heat Wave!”: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-not-melt-in-paris-2026-heatwave?lang=en_US&ts=1782483248=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summarieshttps://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Erich Schaffer: “Water Vapor Feedback, Part Two” | Tom Nelson Pod #406
Jun 2601:47:47Tap to summarizeErich Schaffer critiques the “super greenhouse effect” and argues that tropical outgoing longwave radiation stays flat mainly because tropospheric temperature is sluggish relative to surface temperature, not because water vapor amplifies greenhouse trapping. He says regional and seasonal proxies for water vapor feedback are invalid (citing admissions by Ramanathan/Inamdar and Dessler et al.) and claims interannual proxy results are distorted by aspect-ratio choices and improper OLS regression, advocating TLS or rotated-benchmark methods. Reanalyzing published plots (Spencer, Lindzen-Choi, Chung, Andy May), he concludes water vapor plus lapse rate implies strong negative feedback and low ECS (~1 K). He also alleges data “fudging” and broader scientific incompetence.00:00 Super Greenhouse Effect02:20 OLR Calculations Explained03:28 Troposphere Sluggishness05:32 Ramanathan Admission10:23 Feedback Breakdown Math12:37 Two Proxies Debunked14:05 Revisiting Interannual Proxy16:02 Bad Regression Plotting17:16 Aspect Ratio Distortion23:45 OLS vs TLS Regression30:53 Negative Feedback Emerges33:22 Spencer Regression Mystery37:45 Lindzen Choi Critique41:03 Fixing Lindzen Plot51:17 Recent Andy May Example53:21 Rotate Plot Method55:19 Benchmark Slope Trick57:38 Questionable Outliers01:01:26 Proxies Fall Apart01:02:22 Lapse Rate Physics01:05:45 Tropical Hotspot Feedback01:11:10 AR6 Codependency Critique01:14:24 MODTRAN Water Vapor Test01:19:44 Emission Altitudes Explained01:25:22 Net Feedback and ECS01:27:17 Blunders and Sociology01:40:54 Q&A and Takeaway01:44:44 Bonus Coal Math Error01:47:42 Wrap UpErich Schaffer: “Water Vapor Feedback, Part One”: https://youtu.be/2O4mOf9gk-shttps://x.com/erich_schafferhttps://greenhousedefect.com/=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
Transcribe →Anika Sweetland Part 1: “The science lesson you never received” | Tom Nelson Pod #405
Jun 2300:39:42Tap to summarizeTom interviews Anika Sweetland, who argues Earth’s climate changes in predictable natural cycles and that today is relatively cool in a 65‑million‑year context. Using graphs and books by Gregory Wrightstone, she describes ice-age rhythms linked to Milankovitch cycles and 1,500‑year Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles, including the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age, and claims solar activity and cosmic rays better correlate with temperature than CO2. She says the IPCC smooths data and governments use fear for control, while net-zero policies are wasteful and geoengineering in the UK is concerning. Sweetland recounts university climate studies as CO2-focused indoctrination, discusses backlash and support online, and previews a part two on the IPCC.00:00 Meet Anika Sweetland04:40 Ice Ages and Long Cooling07:18 Milankovitch Cycles Explained09:14 Dansgaard Oeschger Cycles11:04 Medieval Warmth and Little Ice Age14:01 Sun Cosmic Rays and Clouds18:21 CO2 Claims and Propaganda21:07 Her Climate Degree Experience23:22 Education Debate and Models27:47 Conference Disruption and Activism30:34 Social Media Pushback34:54 Part Two and Wrap Up35:22 Energy Policy and Geoengineering39:18 Final Thanks and Goodbyehttps://x.com/anika_climateThe 16th International Conference on Climate Change: https://climateconference.heartland.org/Anika on being bombarded with global warming propaganda: https://x.com/anika_climate/status/2037550091544785239=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
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