About this episode

The episode discusses the conflicting narratives around climate change, focusing on the concept of global cooling versus warming.

First it was getting colder, now it’s getting hotter. wHiCh oNe iS iT?! BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook )  SOCIALS & MORE ( https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook )  CREDITS  Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben Boult Hosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole Conlan Executive Producer: Ben Boult  Editors: Laura Conte & Gregory Haddock Researcher: Carly Rizzuto  Art: Jordan Doll  Music: Tony Domenick  Special Thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense Center SOURCES Another Ice Age? (1974, June 24). Time; TIME USA.  Banerjee, N., Song, L., & Hasemyer, D. (2015, September 16). Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago . Inside Climate News.  C-Span. (2020). President Trump: “I don’t think science knows, actually.” YouTube.  Callendar, G. S. (1938). The artificial production of carbon dioxide and its influence on temperature. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 64 (275), 223–240.  Charlson, R. J., Schwartz, S. E., Hales, J. M., Cess, R. D., Coakley, J. A., Hansen, J. E., & Hofmann, D. J. (1992). Climate Forcing by…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan

Topics covered

• climate change
• global cooling
• science denial
• fossil fuels
• environmental policy

Keywords

• climate change
• global cooling
• fossil fuels
• science denial
• environmental policy
• climate science
• anthropogenic aerosols

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Civil Liberties Defense Center, ExxonMobil

Books & works: Another Ice Age?, Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago, The artificial production of carbon dioxide and its influence on temperature, Climate Forcing by Anthropogenic Aerosols, The Dominance of Tropospheric Sulfate in Modifying Solar Radiation, Carbon Dioxide and Climate: A Scientific Assessment

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