Tom Nelson

Joseph Fournier discusses his Substack article proposing a “solar-driven glacial atmospheric dipole” to explain the Last Glacial Maximum contrast between ice-covered North Atlantic regions and ice-free Beringia. He reviews Milankovitch cycles, zonal vs meridional winds, ITCZ migration, Holocene aridity/desert formation around 4,200 years ago, and Neoglacial solar sensitivity. He focuses on how solar variability (UV, interplanetary magnetic field, energetic particle precipitation, cosmic rays) affects stratospheric polar vortices and couples to tropospheric indices (NAO, SAM), influencing clouds, sunshine, ocean circulation (AMO/AMOC), and glaciers, citing proxy reconstructions and Bond events. They also address the Atlantic “cold blob” freshwater argument and farming implications.

00:00 Beringia Glacial Mystery

02:35 Dedication and Wind Focus

06:08 Holocene ITCZ Shifts

10:21 Deserts and Neoglacial Questions

15:02 Milankovitch Limits

17:22 Zonal vs Meridional Flow

22:09 Southern Annular Mode Basics

25:12 SAM Impacts and Ocean Carbon

28:48 Cloud Belts and Brightening

34:32 SAM History and Solar Minima

38:12 Polar Vortex Coupling

40:17 Solar Magnetism Explained

45:18 GCRs and Stratosphere Temps

52:01 Sunspots vs Hurricane Power

56:01 EPP Ozone and Aurora Link

58:36 Solar System Harmonics

01:01:02 Solar Wobble Link

01:02:34 Jupiter Quakes Core

01:06:41 Zonal vs Meridional

01:11:32 NAO SPV Coupling

01:14:21 Bond Events Framework

01:17:42 Ice Rafted Debris

01:25:26 Greenland Melt Drivers

01:30:38 AMO Gulf Stream THC

01:37:10 Cosmogenic Isotope Cycles

01:42:34 Glacial Dipole Conclusion

01:45:46 Atlantic Cold Blob

01:49:13 Farming Outlook Wrap

https://x.com/JosephF55175005

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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 Guest

03:19 Key Greenhouse Gases

05:44 Temperature Record Mysteries

07:20 Models Versus Reality

08:39 Infrared Spectrum Explained

10:53 Satellites Confirm Physics

11:58 Clouds And Uncertainty

15:10 Arctic Ice Reality Check

16:28 Glaciers Wildfires Hurricanes

20:12 Natural Variability Lesson

21:52 Ocean Acidification Facts

23:52 Corals And Warm Water

24:48 Methane And Livestock Myth

27:06 Fertilizer And Food Tradeoffs

28:51 CO2 Greening Benefits

30:56 Big Picture Conclusions

33:04 New Research Water Vapor

34:04 Observations Over Modeling

36:05 Measuring Oceans And Ice

39:21 Looking Ahead Calmly

41:16 Final Thanks And Wrap

William’s website: https://wvanwijngaarden.info.yorku.ca/

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Irish author and analyst Emmet Connor tells host Tom he has focused since 2015 on Marxism/communist indoctrination, defining it as an international revolutionary ideology aimed at destroying existing hierarchies and rebuilding a utopia. He argues “globalism” and the New World Order are communism repackaged, seen in open borders, climate policy, food controls, attacks on farming, education, and cultural issues like DEI and gender ideology, with Christians targeted. He discusses Ireland’s pro-globalist politics, COVID as totalitarian economic attack linked to the CCP, and a broader China/Russia-led push for world dominance, including Africa via Belt and Road. Connor promotes his Dallas presentation and book, and provides X/email contacts.

00:00 Introduction to Emmet Connor

00:40 Defining Marxism

02:59 Globalism and New World Order

04:16 Unwitting Marxist Promotion

05:52 Open Borders Policy

08:31 Climate Change Movement

11:44 Controlling the Food Supply

13:01 War on Farming

14:07 Ireland's Political Situation

16:02 COVID and Great Reset

19:00 Marxism as Kryptonite

19:55 Marxism's Effect on Africa

22:41 China's Influence in Africa

24:59 Global Communist Strategy

27:15 Brexit and UK Politics

28:49 Trump and Marxism

31:33 Elections and Global Impact

33:18 Second Amendment Importance

34:24 Death Toll of Marxism

36:58 Attacking the Traditional Family

38:53 Drag Queen Story Hour

40:57 COVID and Parental Awareness

42:57 Christianity Under Attack

45:12 Population Control Agenda

46:53 UN Socialist Leadership

48:11 Stakeholder Capitalism

49:08 Internationalist Groups

50:27 Attacking the US Dollar

53:17 Greta Thunberg and Climate

56:01 Reception and Outreach

58:29 Boiling It Down

59:38 Final Thoughts

https://x.com/ResolvingR

Red Pandemic: The Global Marxist Cult on Amazon: https://a.co/d/079j3En7

Guest spot on the Peter McCormack show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb-uJmcQXcc

Emmet’s Dallas presentation on Marxism is highly recommend as an overview of the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI2cy4Dp_8M

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Ronald Stein discusses California’s “refinery crisis,” arguing that heavy regulation is driving remaining refineries to consider leaving, after recent closures and a reported 17% decline from peak refining. He says California is an “energy island” with no pipelines over the Sierra Nevada, so most fuel must be made in-state; otherwise it would come from foreign refineries, potentially in Asia, raising costs, emissions, and national security concerns for military and international airports, ports, and trucking. Stein contends wind and solar only generate electricity and cannot replace refined-oil products used for transportation fuels and countless derivatives. He criticizes politicians and the press for not addressing practical replacement plans and advocates “energy literacy.”

00:00 Refinery Crisis Begins

00:42 California Energy Island

01:22 Fuel Demand Reality Check

02:03 Refineries Leaving Warning

02:58 Climate Policy Pushback

04:12 Voters Politicians Press

05:04 Wind Solar Limits

06:00 No Backup Plan

06:14 Regulators And Newsom

08:49 Oil Derivatives Explained

09:47 Crude Types And Fracking

11:46 How Regulations Drive Out

13:15 Outsourcing Emissions Abroad

14:39 Import Dependence Grows

16:29 Shipping And Port Bottlenecks

18:34 Clean Air But High Demand

20:20 National Security Takeover Talk

22:37 Campaign Silence And Media

23:29 Planes Need Real Power

24:51 Battery Plane Reality Check

25:36 Electricity Imports Warning

25:56 Importing Power and Fuel

26:17 AI Power Crunch

29:08 Refinery Rules and Costs

30:54 Foreign Dependence Risks

32:25 Scaling Alternatives

34:35 Energy Literacy and Policy

36:25 Nuclear Future

39:26 Wind Reality Check

41:32 California Oil Underfoot

44:33 Oil Seeps and Tar Pits

46:36 Zero Emissions Reality

49:45 Global Poverty and Demand

50:45 Where to Follow Ronald

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John Parmentola discusses a puzzle of how sea levels fell ~400 feet during ice ages and argues global annual solar input is nearly constant, implying compensating regional heating when the Arctic cools. Using Antarctic ice-core temperature proxies and orbital mechanics, he introduces a new “countervailing obliquity precession effect” (COPE): a biannual insolation asymmetry that increases tropical-zone energy deposition while Arctic summer insolation and melt potential decline, affecting the hydrological cycle, moisture transport, albedo, and glacial descent. He estimates the evaporation energy need (~10^26 J) and says COPE energy over millennia exceeds this. He cites satellite/top-of-atmosphere energy-balance analysis (~1 W/m² net gain) and notes tests: second-half-year precipitation bias, possible Arctic moisture-transport bias, and CO2 outgassing seasonality. Links to his preprint and related work are mentioned.

00:00 Sea Level Ice Age Mystery

09:33 Warming Before Glaciation

12:01 Evaporation Energy Math

13:28 Solar Input Basics

17:10 Why Insolation Stays Constant

20:54 Milankovitch Parameters Explained

26:45 Obliquity Heat Redistribution

29:08 Seasonal Zone Matrix

33:33 Arctic Insolation Then vs Now

40:05 Milankovitch Hypothesis Summary

40:56 Snow Ice Evidence

42:15 Orbit Month Swap

43:54 Hidden Insolation Split

46:12 Seasonal Energy Gap

48:48 Tropical Energy Build

50:15 COPE Defined

53:01 Satellite Signal Test

56:24 Past Interglacial Match

59:22 Summary And Wrap

01:01:08 Q And A Tests

01:05:51 Website And Preprint

01:06:30 Economic Growth Detour

01:11:21 Final Links Farewell

https://johnparmentola.com/

2019: The Great Mystery of Economic Growth”: https://youtu.be/sx-55BhuFks

John Parmentola: Estimating the Holocene Warm Period Termination | Tom Nelson Pod #96: https://youtu.be/6c3yW6s0shQ

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Mel Counts recounts growing up in a small Oregon town, being mentored by an early coach, his rapid growth to 6'11", and recruitment to Oregon State, where he made a Final Four and later realized he could turn pro. He describes making the 1964 U.S. Olympic team under Hank Iba and winning gold over the Russians, his most cherished team honor. Drafted by the Boston Celtics, he won two championships and shares stories about Red Auerbach, Bill Russell, travel and pay in the era, and later stops including the Bullets, Lakers, and Suns, facing legends like Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Kareem, and Walton. He discusses pensions, family, faith, giving back, and staying active at 84.

00:00 Meet Mel Counts

00:21 Small Town Beginnings

01:29 Oregon State Breakthrough

01:51 Slats Gill Lessons

03:12 Final Four Teammates

04:01 Olympic Tryouts Camp

04:40 Tokyo Gold Medal

06:45 Celtics Rookie Life

08:21 Traded To Bullets

09:25 Scary Team Flight

11:21 NBA Travel Pay Then

14:53 Red Auerbach Stories

16:35 Wilt Chamberlain Era

17:42 Rings Watches Stages

18:32 Physical Game Changes

19:24 Wilt Strength Tales

21:24 Guarding Legends Film

22:26 Lakers Suns Wilt Sweat

23:41 Wilt Helped My Role

24:46 Practice With Russell

25:39 Road Trip Win Streak

26:23 Playing With Jerry West

27:30 Game 7 Balloons Drama

29:27 Bill Russell The Ultimate Winner

30:36 Boston Life Lessons

33:02 Hall Of Famers Era

33:57 Pete Maravich Memories

34:46 Three Point Revolution

37:21 Durability And Old School Training

39:53 Nutrition And Wilt Hot Dogs

41:46 Pensions And Player Benefits

43:40 Money Mistakes Then And Now

45:17 Rings Faith And Family

45:57 Giving Back And Life Advice

48:51 Staying Active And Final Wrap

Basketball Reference: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/countme01.html

Mel Counts highlights: https://youtu.be/7XcO7xAc_r4

Mel Counts NBA2K: https://youtu.be/JllZNFwnn9A

Mel Counts replaces Wilt Chamberlain late in 1969’s NBA championship game seven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnu5vMfPtbw&t=8256s

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Marc Morano talks about his decades covering climate politics and his view that the climate movement is in rapid collapse due to overreach, public skepticism, and post-COVID distrust of “appeal to authority.” Morano contrasts Trump 1.0’s limited actions with Trump 2.0’s aggressive agenda: hundreds of pro-energy moves, exits from numerous UN bodies, a push to end the EPA CO2 endangerment finding, and a consensus-busting climate report later vacated over procedural issues. He says Democrats, media, Wall Street, and major figures like Bezos and Gates have gone quiet or shifted, while UN COP summits have become smaller and scandal-prone. He warns climate controls may reappear via public-health framing and future administrations.

00:00 Marc Morano Returns

00:36 Climate Movement Hits Low

02:31 Trump 1.0 vs 2.0 Setup

04:02 UN Climate Origins and Data Wars

07:14 GOP Nominees and Climate Drift

09:23 Trump 1.0 Wins and Limits

11:27 Biden Reversal and Green Mandates

14:57 Trump 2.0 Energy Blitz

15:19 Consensus Report Court Setback

16:58 Zeldin Targets Endangerment Finding

18:55 Iran War and Energy Shock Risk

20:00 Media Silence and Narrative Flip

21:59 Great Reset and WEF Agenda

27:22 Elites Pivot From Climate to AI

28:13 COVID Blowback Fuels Skepticism

33:42 Mainstream Admits Net Zero Failure

40:25 UN Summits Implode at COP30

44:28 Amazon Highway Coverup

45:39 Burgers Not Bugs

46:57 Toilet Paper Contraband

49:06 Summit Results Reality Check

51:40 Billionaires Media Flip

56:11 Energy Boom Coal Security

57:56 Climate Agenda Collapse

01:00:19 Narrative Culture War

01:02:46 Rio Treaty Withdrawal

01:05:20 Endangerment Finding Repeal

01:08:27 Climate Meets Public Health

01:11:31 Next Scares New Summits

01:18:43 COP Future And Coalition

01:25:40 Closing Thanks And Wrap

https://x.com/ClimateDepot

Climate ranked #35 of 39 American voter issues: https://x.com/davidshor/status/2033906948525928569

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Raymond Inauen, a graphic artist with 35 years’ experience, presents a free website of downloadable charts (PDF/PNG/ZIP) meant to teach CO2, climate, and energy basics or serve as a single reference. Charts cover CO2’s molecule, atmospheric composition (about 420 ppm), natural vs anthropogenic emissions (4.9% manmade), ocean/land fluxes, plant physiology (stomata), C3/C4/CAM plants, photosynthesis, and a logarithmic CO2–temperature relationship. He also includes long-term temperature/CO2 history, Holocene and recent warming, sea-level rise since the last ice age, and glacier/tree-line evidence from the Alps. Energy charts break down global fuel use and electricity sources. He adds references, a CO2 mascot “Conrad,” discusses reduced social-media reach, and shares a visual condensing atmospheric CO2 into a 16×16 km cube.

00:00 Meet Raymond Inauen

00:32 CO2 Molecule Basics

01:09 Atmosphere Composition Explained

02:17 Natural vs Human CO2 Sources

04:18 CO2 Cycle In and Out

05:21 Plants and CO2 Benefits

06:35 C3 C4 Plants and Greening

08:36 Plant Respiration Day Night

09:10 Logarithmic Warming Idea

10:16 Design Sources and Trace Gas

12:11 Exhaled CO2 Context

13:01 Deep Time CO2 and Temps

14:41 Human Body Carbon Link

15:11 Climate History Overview

16:13 Ice Ages and Holocene Temps

17:45 Modern Warming and Sea Levels

19:23 Glaciers Tree Lines Debate

23:02 Global Energy Charts Tour

28:19 Need a Scientist Narrator

30:07 Downloads and Conrad Mascot

31:49 Social Media and CO2 Cube

34:30 Wrap Up and Website Updates

https://x.com/theworldofco2

https://www.the-world-of-co2.com/co2

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Tom interviews Bernie Lewin about his 2017 book Searching for the Catastrophe Signal and his path from local environmentalism to blogging and writing for the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Lewin argues postwar “big science,” shifting religion’s role in policy, and media narratives helped drive recurring environmental scares: DDT, ozone depletion tied to supersonic transport and CFCs, then 1970s global cooling amid energy crises. He claims funding incentives encouraged extreme atmospheric claims, and that policy often diverged from scientific uncertainty. The discussion covers the 1988 Hansen hearing as orchestrated, Thatcher and Bush support for expanded climate science, and IPCC early processes, focusing on the 1995 Second Assessment controversy where summaries and underlying text were allegedly altered around detection and “fingerprint” evidence.

00:00 Meet Bernie Lewin

00:28 From Environmentalism to Skepticism

02:25 Science Replaces Religion

04:30 Big Science After WWII

06:05 Silent Spring and DDT Panic

08:46 Supersonic Jets and Ozone Fears

12:29 CFCs and the Ozone Hole

18:29 Feedbacks and Funding Incentives

21:33 Global Cooling Takes Off

22:40 Energy Crisis and Climate Instability

28:36 Coal vs Nuclear and CO2 Program

36:12 Cooling to Warming Flip

39:53 Hansen 1988 Hearing Moment

41:32 Thatcher Bush and Politics

Searching for the Catastrophe Signal: The Origins of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: https://a.co/d/0bmYZdUX

https://enthusiasmscepticismscience.wordpress.com/about/

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Erich Schaffer argues climate science contains major blunders, chiefly that water vapor cools the planet and provides negative feedback. He explains the greenhouse effect as determined by emission altitude and the adiabatic lapse rate, criticizing older “back radiation” explanations. He claims climate budgets and attribution studies overstate surface emission by assuming Earth’s surface is a blackbody, ignoring water’s non-Lambertian behavior and ~0.91 hemispheric emissivity, which he says inflates the greenhouse effect and misattributes missing radiation to water vapor. He highlights latent heat cooling and contends empirical “proxy” methods used to infer strong positive water-vapor feedback are invalid due to lapse-rate behavior. He concludes climate sensitivity would drop to ~1 K or less.

00:00 Meet Erich Schaffer

01:06 Why Climate Basics Matter

04:52 Greenhouse Effect Explained

07:30 Lapse Rate Physics

10:52 IPCC Definition Shift

12:38 Debunking Back Radiation

16:04 Cloud Window Mistake

19:25 Latent Heat Cooling

20:40 Who Causes Warming

31:04 Reading the Spectrum

33:46 What CO2 Forcing Means

37:03 Deriving 3.7 Wm2

41:41 Water Vapor Feedback Setup

45:35 Models vs Observations

46:57 Empirical Feedback Proxies

51:10 Calculating Feedback From Slopes

54:16 Super Greenhouse Tropics Claim

56:52 Lapse Rate Versus Water Vapor

58:45 Moist Adiabats And Latent Cooling

01:00:58 Clouds Versus Water Vapor Paradox

01:05:21 Water Reflectivity And Polar Amplification

01:09:55 Infrared Emissivity Of Water

01:15:01 Surface Emissions Overstated

01:21:16 Reattributing The Greenhouse Effect

01:28:30 Thought Experiments Removing Water Vapor

01:34:26 Why Regional Proxy Fails

01:40:24 Seasonal Proxy Broken By Inversions

01:44:37 Sluggish Troposphere Explains Slopes

01:49:33 Wrap Up And Next Parts

https://x.com/erich_schaffer

https://greenhousedefect.com/

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