Tom Nelson

Jules de Waart, an 84-year-old former geologist, Dutch parliamentarian, civil servant, and physical geographer, discusses returning to climate topics after retirement and writing his skeptical book, "Crisis or Hoax," after an article was refused. He describes translating it to English using translation software and later joining the CO2 Coalition. Using geological and satellite-temperature slides, he argues Earth’s climate has long cycled through icehouse/greenhouse periods, the Holocene had earlier warm periods, and recent temperature spikes align with natural factors rather than CO2. He disputes claims of a strong scientific consensus, cites studies showing few papers explicitly quantify IPCC dominance, critiques alarmist messaging, and urges defending the scientific method and caution on geoengineering.

00:00 Meet Jules de Waart

02:49 Why He Wrote The Book

03:08 Research And Translation Process

06:13 Two Big Climate Questions

10:26 Deep Time Climate History

14:32 Holocene Warm Periods

18:25 IPCC 1990 And Hockey Stick

21:02 Satellites Spikes And Natural Drivers

25:43 Debunking The 97 Percent Consensus

30:59 Scary Messaging And White Lies

34:19 Is The Narrative Cracking

42:49 Power Politics And Global Reset Claims

49:00 Closing Advice And Scientific Method

Amazon link for “Crisis or Hoax?: Climate change in science, media and politics”: https://a.co/d/0hF1Dizd

Tilak Doshi: “This Book by a Dissenting Climate Scientist is the Perfect Red Pill for the Curious”: https://tilakdoshi.substack.com/p/this-book-by-a-dissenting-climate?publication_id=2241724

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Reporter Audrey Streb discusses joining the White House press pool for The Lion, aiming to ask energy-focused questions. Drawing on her work at the Daily Caller News Foundation, she argues corporate media fuels “climate doomsday” coverage by spotlighting supportive studies and ignoring contrary ones, and she outlines tactics like calling out bad data, highlighting underplayed leads, and framing stories for readers. She cites reporting on retracted climate research, sea-level findings, China’s coal use and its comments on EPA rule rollbacks, and national-security risks from Chinese solar inverters. Her questioning of EPA Administrator Zeldin helped spur Sen. Cynthia Lummis’ bill to block foreign adversaries from commenting on U.S. rulemaking. She also mentions Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund scrutiny, climate litigation “lawfare,” and trade-offs in wind/solar.

00:00 Meet Audrey Streb

00:38 Energy Reporter Origins

01:46 Climate Myth Machine

03:56 Calling Out Bad Data

05:53 China and Energy Security

09:04 Asking the Questions

14:19 Swampy Climate Funds

15:38 Tradeoffs of Wind Solar

21:01 White House Press Pool

23:35 Allies and Conferences

24:43 Scientists and Media Attacks

27:20 Who to Read Next

29:26 New Investigations Ahead

31:33 Climate Lawfare Explained

36:15 Grid Risks from China Tech

39:01 Will the Hysteria Return

41:17 Gas Prices and Politics

43:33 Closing Thoughts and Impact

https://x.com/AudreyLStreb

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Matt Ridley discusses an NIH invitation from Jay Bhattacharya to speak on scientific freedom and argues the COVID-19 pandemic was more likely caused by a lab leak than a natural spillover, citing Wuhan research on engineered sarbecoviruses, lack of an infected animal host, and alleged cover-ups. He says scientific institutions resisted debate, harming trust in science, and notes historical lab leaks and ongoing biosecurity and bioterrorism risks. Ridley also critiques overclaims about COVID measures and vaccines and connects pandemic-driven skepticism to climate debates. He then explains themes from his books on progress and on bird sexual selection, lekking, bowerbirds, and how female choice drives beauty, plus brief Darwin and family-history anecdotes.

00:00 NIH Invite and Lab Leak

01:08 Evidence and Coincidences

02:50 Establishment Pushback

04:49 Science Trust Fallout

07:00 History of Lab Leaks

08:34 Biosecurity and Terror Risk

10:32 Defining Gain of Function

11:57 Pandemic Cynicism and Policy

14:14 Climate Debate Parallels

18:44 Rational Optimist Progress

21:12 Neanderthals and Exchange

25:36 Gene Culture Coevolution

31:33 Bird Sex and Beauty Intro

33:56 Sexy Son Hypothesis

36:14 Sexual Selection vs Natural

37:10 Why Birds Look Beautiful

40:27 Wood Thrush Song Evolution

41:28 Bowerbirds Invent Art

43:26 Peacock Tail Debates

45:33 City Life Drives Evolution

47:47 Traffic and Telegraph Selection

51:42 Birds Are Poetry

53:18 Irish Elk Mega Antlers

56:25 Black Grouse Lek Video

58:13 Darwin Marries Cousin

01:00:45 Family Estate Through Centuries

01:03:59 Wrap Up and Invitation

https://x.com/mattwridley

https://www.mattridley.co.uk/blog/

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David Brett, founder of The New Westminster Times, discusses a talk he gave on “eco fascism,” which he says originated with Greenpeace founders. Citing Patrick Moore’s book and his work at Green Spirit Strategies, he argues environmental activism is “90% communications,” using media “mind bombs” (dramatic imagery, celebrities, and litigation) to shape public opinion against mining, oil, forestry, and pipelines. He says Moore, a Greenpeace co-founder, has been “airbrushed” and smeared as disinformation. Brett critiques films like Anthropocene, “Sue Big Oil,” climate-emergency messaging, Greta Thunberg rallies, and NGO “youth washing,” and says activists link climate to Indigenous grievance. He urges industry to invest in human-interest counter-messaging and local civic pushback.

00:00 Meet David Brett

00:26 Eco Fascism Origins

01:08 Mining Versus Activists

01:34 Patrick Moore Influence

04:06 Greenpeace Mind Bombs

07:14 From Whales to Politics

08:31 PR War Imbalance

11:59 Smearing Patrick Moore

16:04 Anthropocene Media Tactics

21:14 Critical Minerals Pivot

25:52 Pipeline Battles Canada

30:58 Greta Rally and Sacred Water

34:31 Climate Anxiety Messaging

36:04 Why No Pushback

36:52 Greenpeace Lawsuit Setup

37:35 Sue Big Oil Campaign

39:44 Fires and Weather Hype

44:37 Youthwashing at City Hall

47:00 How to Fight Back Locally

50:30 Human Stories Media Strategy

57:40 Eco Fascism Endgame

59:38 Climate Meets Indigenous Grievance

01:04:34 Media Gatekeepers and Alternatives

01:08:24 Wrap Up and Links

The Eco-Fascist War on Private Property: https://x.com/NewWestTimes/status/2012650288553906493

https://x.com/NewWestTimes

https://x.com/davidhbrett

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfsOXbN6XqqdL5v3ArKt-NA/videos

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Robert Cutler argues that climate patterns repeat about every 3,560 years (and 7,120), based on shifting proxy reconstructions—especially high‑resolution Greenland ice cores—and confirming with correlation analysis across Greenland cores, an Antarctic core, and lake sediment records from China and Alaska. He notes phase inversions possibly tied to ~2,400‑year Bray and Bond cycles and highlights alignments among events like the Younger Dryas, the 8.2 ka and 4.7 ka events, and the Dark Ages cold period. Cutler connects 3,560 to harmonics/subharmonics of Jovian-planet conjunction timing, the Jose cycle, and other periodicities (e.g., ~1,850 and ~890 years), suggesting strong non-subtle forcing possibly involving solar activity.

00:00 Meet Robert Cutler

27:27 Correlation Confirms 3560

31:05 Predictions and Next Steps

32:33 Where 3560 Comes From

34:04 Can Planets Modulate Sun

36:40 Solar Core Resonance Idea

40:39 Harmonics in Planet Orbits

41:56 Impulsive Conjunction Forces

43:44 JPL Data and Long Cycles

47:50 Grand Alignment Phase Markers

49:57 Jose Cycle and Barycenter

53:02 Hidden 890 Year Beat

57:14 Rapid Climate Event Timing

59:55 Harmonic Subharmonic Map

01:02:18 Summary and Open Questions

01:06:30 Reproducible Code and Tools

01:08:43 Next Steps and Wrap Up

https://x.com/RCutler34

A 3560-Year Jovian Solar and Climate Cycle: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27244.01925

Simple python script to download and plot climate and sunspot data with 3560- and 7120-year offsets: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/401300980_Simple_python_script_to_download_and_plot_climate_and_sunspot_data_with_3560-_and_7120-year_offsets

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Randall Bock, a primary care physician and writer, discusses science as both knowledge and method, warning that post-COVID dissent can harden into new dogma. He argues the autism “epidemic” is confounded by shifting definitions, DSM changes, diagnostic substitution (notably from intellectual disability), incentives, and social context, making single-cause claims unreliable. Bock describes internal conflict with Brownstone and criticizes Toby Rogers’ vaccine-centered, revolutionary framing, including calls for massive reparations and abolishing vaccines, as unscientific moral certainty. He supports case-by-case risk–benefit thinking on vaccines and urges precise classification and evidence-led inquiry, comparing autism debates to oversimplified climate debates.

00:00 What Science Really Is

03:30 From Dissent To Dogma

05:48 Blind Men And Autism

09:04 Defining Autism First

10:49 Why Autism Looks Bigger

15:50 Genes Epigenetics And Timing

18:36 Twin Studies And Disputes

21:32 Diagnostic Drift And Labels

26:24 Mental Health Incentives

29:47 More Analogies Chrysalis

30:11 Butterfly Spectrum Metaphor

31:12 Gala Night Confrontation

35:01 Amateur Versus Expert

37:06 Autism Tsunami Claims

39:32 Marxist Vaccine Narrative

41:45 Denialism and Data

43:49 Monocausal Vaccine Thesis

45:59 Anger and Overcorrection

48:08 Amish and Diagnosis Context

51:44 Climate Analogy and Precision

55:48 RFK Memory and Institutions

57:25 Case by Case Conclusion

https://x.com/@DrRandallBock

Autism, Vaccines, and the Diagnostic Empire: https://randoctor.substack.com/p/autism-vaccines-and-the-diagnostic

The Truth About Autism and Vaccines Doesn’t Suit Either Side: https://dailysceptic.org/2026/02/14/the-truth-about-autism-and-vaccines-doesnt-suit-either-side/

The Hidden Cost of Mental Health Parity”: https://brownstone.org/articles/the-hidden-cost-of-mental-health-parity/

Unraveling Autism’s Surge: Genetics, Environment, and the Expanding Diagnostic Net https://randoctor.substack.com/p/unraveling-autisms-surge

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Author Peter Bailey, president of the Prouty Project in Minneapolis, discusses formative travel and life experiences that shaped his leadership work and book, "The Epic of You." He recounts teenage journeys to India and a six-month overland trip across Africa featuring malaria, scarce roads in the Sahara, forged passports, wildlife in Tanzania and Kenya, and a flash flood. He describes early struggles with low self-esteem, addiction and sobriety at 22, risky subway riding, and later adventures like a Wyoming rodeo fall and learning polo at 55. Bailey explains using Joseph Campbell’s heroic journey to reframe adversity, details his 13-minute TEDx talk including his wife’s cancer “power and purpose” mindset, shares practices on names, mindfulness, and resting, and emphasizes community and discernment amid AI.

00:00 Meet Peter Bailey

00:33 Early Travel Roots

02:04 Six Months Across Africa

03:21 Hard Lessons and Journals

05:09 Crossing the Sahara

08:03 Safari Parks and Floods

10:10 Iran Riots at Sixteen

13:14 Book Origins and Identity

15:25 Subway Demons and Risk

16:07 Rodeo Wipeout Story

19:34 Learning Polo Later

22:01 Outward Bound and Dogsleds

24:10 Staying Warm and Prepared

25:02 Lonesome Dove Quotes

26:32 Prairie Stories and Brotherhood

28:02 From Hardship to Heroic Journey

28:46 Mapping the Heroic Journey

30:45 Leadership Work and Gifts

31:11 Crafting the TEDx Talk

32:08 Power and Purpose in Cancer

33:29 Owning Your Epic Life

34:44 Learning from Adversity and Nature

36:48 Remembering Names with Intention

40:38 Mindfulness over Multitasking

42:37 Rest All the Time

45:29 Anchoring Mindset in Sports

46:55 Everyday Epicness and Service

49:26 Next Chapter Aging and AI

52:11 Closing Thanks and Farewell

https://www.peter-bailey.com/

“The Epic of You” on Amazon: https://a.co/d/00P4YyVK

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Tom interviews British doctor Clare Craig about her new book (including a newly released audiobook) and her involvement in a European Court of Human Rights case. Craig describes being smeared and censored during COVID, alleging UK information operations involving the 77th Brigade and a Counter Disinformation Unit, and cites claims of UN/UNICEF-funded influencer campaigns and problematic WHO priorities. She argues COVID policies (lockdowns, masking, distancing) and vaccines failed to stop infection, severe disease, or death, critiques scientific publishing and peer review, and recounts a dispute with The Lancet over a myocarditis paper she says misused data. Craig discusses ethical drift toward utilitarian public health, revisits historical narratives on smallpox vaccination and the 1918 “Spanish flu” (including a possible aspirin-toxicity role), and outlines the Finnish “Mika” case over vaccine restrictions.

00:00 Meet Clare Craig

09:26 Losing Trust In Institutions

18:42 Ethics Nuremberg To Helsinki

24:51 Smallpox Vaccine Origins

29:10 Crude Early Vaccines

29:58 Pushback and Belief

30:49 Smallpox Vaccine Reality

31:59 Monkeypox Emergency Politics

33:57 Spanish Flu Numbers

36:02 Two Pathologies Explained

38:12 Aspirin Toxicity Theory

42:24 Covid Wave Math

45:00 Aerosols Everywhere

48:05 Household Data and Vaccines

52:18 Where Did Flu Go

54:03 Dashboards and Modeled Data

56:20 Human Rights Case Closing

https://x.com/ClareCraigPath

Spiked: A shot in the dark: https://a.co/d/4W8P2JD

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David Dilley, a former NOAA and Air Force meteorologist, says climate is driven by natural “climate pulse” cycles from Earth–Moon–Sun gravitational/electromagnetic interactions, not human CO2. He argues warming and cooling have repeated for centuries and claims Arctic ice loss since 1990 is mainly from periodic surges of warm Atlantic subsurface water about every nine years. He critiques NOAA temperature averaging and ice-core CO2 estimates, citing fossil leaf stomata to claim CO2 often exceeded 300 ppm and that most post-1850 CO2 rise is natural. He forecasts a global cooling cycle starting around 2030 lasting 60–75 years, with shorter growing seasons, possible food shortages, and greater energy needs. He advocates shifting climate research funding and expanding thorium/molten-salt nuclear power.

00:00 Shorter Growing Seasons & Food Shortage Warnings (2030s)

00:31 Meet Meteorologist David Dilley + Climate Pulse Tech Overview

03:49 CO₂ Since 1850: Challenging the “All Fossil Fuels” Claim

05:05 Historic Warming & Cooling Cycles: Medieval Warm Period to Today

07:44 Why Arctic Ice Melted (1990–2025): Warm Atlantic Surges

10:52 How NOAA Calculates Global Temps: Oceans Skew the Average

13:39 Earth–Moon–Sun Cycles: The “Climate Pulse” & Long-Term Rhythms

17:49 Gravitational Peaks & the Coming Global Cooling Cycle

21:55 CO₂ Proxies Explained: Ice Cores vs Fossil Leaf Stomata

27:36 Correcting the CO₂ Record: Natural vs Human Contributions

33:10 CO₂ in the Atmosphere: What the Numbers Actually Are

35:30 Ocean Cycles 101: The Atlantic’s 65–70 Year Warm/Cold Pattern

38:42 ENSO Shift Ahead: La Niña to El Niño and ‘Erratic Weather’ (2027–2030)

40:27 2030 Arctic Freeze-Up Forecast: Cold Water ‘Plunges’ and Europe’s ‘Beast from the East’

41:40 All Oceans + Solar/Geomagnetic Cycles: Why the 2030s Could Flip to Cooling

43:16 Energy Crunch in a Cooling World: AI Power Demand, Heat Pumps, and Grid Risk

44:39 Next-Gen Nuclear Pitch: Molten Salt & Thorium Reactors vs Wind

51:39 Sudden Stratospheric Warming Explained: Jet Stream ‘Rubber Band’ Break

55:54 Food & Society Impacts: Shorter Growing Seasons, Europe Cold, and ‘Year Without a Summer’

01:02:54 Wrap-Up: Call to Refocus Research Away from ‘Political Science’

David Dilley’s March 2025 appearance on this podcast (episode #284): https://youtu.be/DKNP_LXp0o8

https://www.globalweathercycles.com/

http://www.globalweatheroscillations.com/

https://x.com/WeatherCycles

https://www.youtube.com/@DilleyGlobalWeatherCycles

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Paul Burgess presents updates to his Burgess Oceanic Solar CO2 index, claiming it precisely matches satellite temperatures from 1982–2025 without changing its fixed formula, including UAH v6.1 and final 2024–2025 data despite a record-low PDO. He says the index is not a forecasting model and implies ECS is 1°C, with ~25% warming from CO2 and ~22–23% from human CO2 after outgassing. A second paper argues oceans drive low-cloud changes (1–3 year lag), with ~2% cloud decline explaining warming, challenging IPCC positive feedbacks. He previews an extension back to 1900 with ~0.96 correlation using a UHI adjustment (Connolly 2021) and invites critique by email.

00:00 Paul Burgess Returns: Introducing the Oceanic Solar CO₂ Index Update

00:24 How the Index Matches Satellite Temps (and Why That’s Unusual)

01:02 No Curve-Fitting: Validation, Critiques, and Why It’s Public

02:19 Completing 2024–2025 + Switching UAH v6.0 to v6.1

03:42 Index vs Model: Fixed Formula, Inputs, and What It Can (and Can’t) Forecast

05:01 CO₂ Contribution & ECS = 1°C: What the Index Implies

07:01 Paper #1 Results: Record-Low PDO Stress Test and Fit Metrics

11:43 From Statistics to Physics: Paper #2 on Oceans, Clouds, and Sunlight

13:03 Clouds as Earth’s Thermostat: The ~2% Low-Cloud Change Claim

15:58 Cloud Layers & Evidence: Low Clouds Drive the Signal

17:58 IPCC Feedback Story Explained (and Critiqued)

21:31 Chicken-and-Egg Problem: Ocean–Cloud Coupling and the 1–3 Year Lag

22:00 Paper #3 Teaser: Testing Water Vapor, Albedo, and Cloud Feedbacks

27:21 Key Takeaways: Albedo/Ice Changes Follow Warming + Better Cloud Observations

28:19 Cloud Cover vs. Shortwave Radiation: What the Satellite Data Shows

28:59 Takeaway #3: Low Clouds as an Ocean-Driven “Sunshade” (Not a Warming Amplifier)

29:37 Four Key Lessons: Ocean Leads Clouds, and the Radiative Effect Matches

30:57 Implications for Climate Sensitivity: Why Models May Overstate CO₂ Feedbacks

32:07 How to Critique the Framework: Falsification Tests and Evidence Chain

34:57 Extending the BOI Back to 1900: Data Limits, UHI Adjustments, and Out-of-Sample Logic

36:12 Sneak Peek Results: BOI 1900–2025 and the 0.96 Correlation Claim

40:23 Q&A: How the BOI Coefficients Were Built (Covariance Fitting, Weights, Inputs)

43:51 Testing and Next Steps: Volcano Signals, Ocean Mechanisms, and Future Projections

47:02 Forecast vs. IPCC + Wrap-Up: Cooling Possibility, Politics, and Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Explaining Every Temperature Change from 1983 to 2025 - My Most Important Work Ever: https://substack.com/home/post/p-182701114

Linking Ocean Heat, Low Clouds, and Sunlight In Burgess Oceanic index: https://paulburgess3.substack.com/p/linking-ocean-heat-low-clouds-and

Testing Water Vapour, Albedo and Cloud Feedback with the Burgess Oceanic Index: https://paulburgess3.substack.com/p/testing-water-vapour-albedo-and-cloud

Climate Realism by Paul Burgess: https://www.youtube.com/@ClimateRealism

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