Tom Nelson

Tom Harris argues Canada’s claim of warming twice the global average is unreliable because northern data coverage is sparse and “homogenized” station adjustments may exaggerate trends. He questions the meaning of average temperature and says Canada’s record shows a step change around 1998, consistent with El Niño and possibly the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, not steady greenhouse-gas forcing. He cites extreme-weather records peaking in the 1930s and references Heartland’s Climate Change Reconsidered and Roger Pielke’s datasets as showing little detected change in many extremes. Harris then describes organizing local activists, using Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, rehearsing questions, and bypassing media censorship to challenge municipal climate policies.00:00 Meet Tom Harris00:19 Canada Warming Claims00:41 Is Warming Bad03:21 So Called Averages05:13 Overlapping Ranges08:06 Why Start 194811:08 Heat Records Evidence11:54 Sparse Arctic Stations14:39 Homogenized Adjustments17:00 Step Change Not CO218:57 Hickey Speaks Out21:59 Natural Cycles Theory22:59 PR Versus Evidence24:22 Extreme Weather Database25:56 Heartland Reports28:32 Warmer Means Milder31:07 Pielke Teaser31:19 Global Extremes Database31:51 P Factor Explained32:30 Translator Not Climatologist33:33 Drilling Into Continents34:48 Wildfire History Context37:23 Heatwave Data Concerns38:31 Local Activism Playbook40:06 Alinsky Rules In Action42:49 Debate Questions And Ridicule47:16 Training Volunteers Nationwide51:59 Beating Media Censorship53:55 Groups Funding And Contact56:17 Practice Sessions And Wins57:43 Wrap Up Resources icsc-canada.com sensiblechange.cahttps://x.com/TomHarrisICSChttps://drtomharris.substack.com/=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

Ron Clutz continues a three-part framework on climate change: humans cause warming, warming is dangerous, and government can stop it. He argues observed warming can be explained by post–Little Ice Age recovery plus multidecadal oscillations and solar-orbital effects, and says “alarmists” deny these. He describes a taxpayer-funded “climate scare machine” and cites a Climate Change Business Journal estimate of a $3.4T/year global climate industry. Using Joseph D’Aleo’s materials, he disputes claims about heatwaves, storms, droughts, wildfires, ice loss, ocean acidification, health, and food, then focuses on Arctic sea ice cycles and sea-level model projections versus tide gauges. He stresses climate is local (Köppen zones) and says climate policies are wasteful, ineffective, and harmful, citing project failures, costs, and energy poverty.00:00 Framework Recap01:07 Natural Warming Factors03:56 Climate Scare Machine07:59 Eleven Empty Claims13:56 Polar Bears and Sea Ice20:00 Sea Level Scare Tactics28:27 Climates Are Local35:13 Warming Impacts Summary35:59 Can Governments Stop It37:56 Energy Transition Reality40:19 Why Hydrocarbons Rule42:06 Energy Mix Big Picture43:47 Trillions Visualized45:22 Waste One Missing Funds45:59 Waste Two Project Failures48:35 Waste Three Blade Graveyards49:13 Waste Four Operational Collapse50:18 Hydrogen And Biofuels51:32 Fear Sells Climate Policy53:06 Policy Weapons And Results55:51 Energy Poverty And Jobs59:09 Rare Metals And Land Use01:01:40 Better Priorities Consensus01:02:29 Absurd Costly Pointless01:03:59 Cartoons And Media Satire01:09:33 Arctic Update And Data01:13:28 Wrap Up Links And Wildfireshttps://rclutz.com/=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

Randall Bock argues opioids have dual legal and illicit markets and that most prescribed users don’t become street addicts. He recounts refusing drug-seekers (“Dr. No”) and later using buprenorphine as a temporary bridge, advocating a 4–6 month taper to sobriety rather than lifelong “maintenance.” He claims methadone maintenance, originated at Rockefeller University and expanded nationally via Nixon-era policy and Medicaid incentives, aimed to curb New York City crime but instead seeded the first wave of the opioid crisis and spread heroin use. He challenges the “addiction as disease/insulin” analogy, cites Vietnam vet recovery and Rat Park, and promotes his book “Withdraw to Freedom.”00:00 Opioid Desert Intro01:06 Two Marketplaces Theory02:01 Doctor No Stories03:29 Suboxone And DATA 200004:50 Maintenance Therapy Critique06:22 New York City Sets Stage08:04 Bridge To Sobriety Plan10:47 Long Boom And Opioid Spike14:24 Classic Narcotic Control Era17:26 Harm Reduction And Methadone18:43 OxyContin Myth Busting19:48 Addiction As Exposure23:28 Rockefeller Methadone Origins26:40 Crime Control Not Cure28:14 Why Methadone Feels Dopey31:59 National Spread And Incentives36:46 Did Crime Drop Actually38:46 Equality Of Misery40:49 Dealers Adapt And Expand43:03 Dopesick Narrative Setup43:36 Methadone First Wave45:22 Medicalization Lessons48:15 Disease Model Tested50:20 Replacement vs Proclivity53:29 Russia and Hard Truths55:38 Rat Park Recovery01:00:14 Economy and Despair01:03:18 Bock Taper and Five Fs01:09:28 Board Backlash01:11:28 Book Launch Pitch01:13:51 Incentives and COVID Parallels01:19:01 Mental Health Parity01:22:43 Wrap Up and Dual Pathhttps://randybock.com/https://x.com/@DrRandallBock=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

Thomas Kurz discusses chapters from his book Why There Is No Climate Crisis, citing positive reviews, then explains the greenhouse effect and argues CO2’s warming is limited and logarithmic. He claims doubling CO2 yields about 3 W/m² effective forcing, or ~0.9°C via Stefan–Boltzmann calculations, and says even burning all known fossil fuel reserves would add under ~1°C. He argues “climate crisis” claims rely on compounded positive feedbacks in IPCC models, but says observations show models overpredict warming, relative humidity aloft is declining, and a predicted tropical hotspot is missing. He attributes discrepancies to cloud/aerosol cooling, proposing an Earth “thermostat” and net slightly negative feedback.00:00 Guest and Book Update02:31 Greenhouse Effect Basics04:53 CO2 Absorption and Saturation07:38 Four Ways to Calculate Forcing17:11 Convert Forcing to Temperature21:19 Logarithmic Warming Limits24:20 Fossil Fuels and Max Warming28:13 Feedbacks Behind the Crisis32:55 Models vs Observations41:30 Clouds and Cooling Evidence55:51 Earth Thermostat Conclusion57:52 Q&A and Scientific Method01:01:33 Wrap Up and Farewell“Why There is No Climate Crisis: The Surprising Evidence You Should Know”: https://a.co/d/05rKxsYUhttps://www.whynoclimatecrisis.com/Email: [email protected]=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

Willie Soon and Jonathan Cohler argue the rise in atmospheric CO2 is mostly natural, challenging claims it is 100% manmade from hydrocarbon burning. They cite analyses using bomb-produced carbon-14 showing a single-exponential decay and a short CO2 atmospheric residence time (~3.8 years), contrasting with IPCC claims of thousands of years and criticizing undefined terms like “adjustment time.” They say their work falsifies the Suess effect and that delta-13C of atmospheric change stays near -13‰ from 1978–2022 and in proxies over 500 years, inconsistent with a dominant fossil-fuel signature (~-28‰). They discuss ocean/land cycling, solar/energy imbalance hypotheses, and skepticism of ice-core CO2 constancy claims.00:00 Big CO2 Claim Questioned01:30 Decades of Doubt02:16 Researchers Who Challenged It04:13 Natural Rise Hypothesis05:14 Suess Effect Origins07:35 Bomb Pulse Carbon-1412:39 Short Residence Time14:22 Word Games vs Definitions16:44 3.8 Years Explained21:21 Bridge Equation Breakthrough25:34 Peer Pushback and Talks29:43 Physical Tether Theorem34:01 Koutsoyiannis Delta13C Test42:46 Why Delta13C Still Drops44:23 Lineage and Credit45:43 Cycle Time vs IPCC49:14 Debunking Net Sink51:06 Biosphere Expansion Idea51:48 Satellite Imbalance Fraud56:17 Outgassing Explains CO2 Rise01:01:40 Proxy Limits and Ice Cores01:09:26 Future CO2 and Benefits01:13:18 C14 Tracers and Dating01:15:02 Suez Effect Model Critique01:21:15 Wrapping Up and LinksJonathan Cohler – “The IPCC Circle of Lies: Five Papers Falsify the Entire Framework”https://x.com/cohler/status/2081407310493081791Willie Soon – “From Demon to Dinner: The Scientific Case for CO₂ and Fossil Fuels”https://x.com/cohler/status/2081408758308077952Slides:Jonathan Cohler: https://x.com/cohler/status/2081410426147938599Willie Soon: https://x.com/cohler/status/2081410908392133048CERES-Science: https://www.ceres-science.com/=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

Mark Glendening argues free speech in Britain and the West is under increasing internal attack, citing “non-crime hate incidents,” broad Public Order Act powers, online and even private-message prosecutions, and proposals to criminalize non-affirmation of transgender identity under “conversion therapy” laws. He says enforcement is often aimed at the right and anti-transgender feminists, though he notes prosecutions of some left-wing Palestine Action supporters. Glendening traces today’s speech controls to cultural strategies developed after Marxism waned, highlighting Gramsci, the Frankfurt School (especially Marcuse), and French postmodernists. He urges electoral pressure campaigns, praises Elon Musk and X, and warns that debanking, digital ID, and Soros-backed regulation threaten liberties.00:00 Meet Mark Glendening01:07 Britain’s Free Speech Legacy02:04 Non Crime Hate Incidents04:23 Policing Private Speech06:52 Who Gets Targeted09:29 Conversion Therapy Crackdown16:09 Why the New Left Censors21:21 Three Intellectual Roots28:37 The Sixties Cultural Turn36:12 Words Liberal vs Progressive43:31 Digital ID and Debanking44:46 Fighting Back Politically48:04 Elon Musk and X50:07 US Elections and Internet Speech52:20 Final Thoughts on Libertyhttps://iea.org.uk/tag/marc-glendening/https://iea.org.uk/publications/transgender-ideology-a-new-threat-to-liberal-values/=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1

William Van Wijngaarden explains the greenhouse effect as higher, colder radiating layers caused by more greenhouse gases, noting roles of CO2, water vapor, ozone, methane, and N2O, and emphasizing cloud uncertainties. He cites rising CO2 (320 ppm in 1960 to ~430), N2O and methane increases, but highlights non-monotonic temperature history including a 2000–2016 “hiatus,” and claims climate models overpredict warming by about threefold. He argues data do not show worsening trends in Arctic ice (recently flat), hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, or precipitation, and glacier retreat began after the Little Ice Age. He says ocean pH would drop from 8.18 to ~7.93 with doubled CO2, corals grow fastest in warm water, eliminating cattle would cool ~0.05°C, and fertilizer cuts risk food shortages. He calls for more observations (clouds, Argo oceans) and concludes warming is modest (~1°C ±1°C) and net-zero policies lack evidence.00:00 Meet The Guest03:19 Key Greenhouse Gases05:44 Temperature Record Mysteries07:20 Models Versus Reality08:39 Infrared Spectrum Explained10:53 Satellites Confirm Physics11:58 Clouds And Uncertainty15:10 Arctic Ice Reality Check16:28 Glaciers Wildfires Hurricanes20:12 Natural Variability Lesson21:52 Ocean Acidification Facts23:52 Corals And Warm Water24:48 Methane And Livestock Myth27:06 Fertilizer And Food Tradeoffs28:51 CO2 Greening Benefits30:56 Big Picture Conclusions33:04 New Research Water Vapor34:04 Observations Over Modeling36:05 Measuring Oceans And Ice39:21 Looking Ahead Calmly41:16 Final Thanks And WrapWilliam’s website: https://wvanwijngaarden.info.yorku.ca/=========Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summariesMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1