Tom Nelson

Thomas Nelson

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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Friday · 1 hr 21 min
Willie Soon and Jonathan Cohler on natural atmospheric CO2 rise #417
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 Questioned 01:30 Decades of Doubt 02:16 Researchers Who Challenged It 04:13 Natural Rise Hypothesis 05:14 Suess Effect Origins 07:35 Bomb Pulse Carbon-14 12:39 Short Residence Time 14:22 Word Games vs Definitions 16:44 3.8 Years Explained 21:21 Bridge Equation Breakthrough 25:34 Peer Pushback and Talks 29:43 Physical Tether Theorem 34:01 Koutsoyiannis Delta13C Test 42:46 Why Delta13C Still Drops 44:23 Lineage and Credit 45:43 Cycle Time vs IPCC 49:14 Debunking Net Sink 51:06 Biosphere Expansion Idea 51:48 Satellite Imbalance Fraud 56:17 Outgassing Explains CO2 Rise 01:01:40 Proxy Limits and Ice Cores 01:09:26 Future CO2 and Benefits 01:13:18 C14 Tracers and Dating 01:15:02 Suez Effect Model Critique 01:21:15 Wrapping Up and Links Jonathan Cohler – “The IPCC Circle of Lies: Five Papers Falsify the Entire Framework” https://x.com/cohler/status/2081407310493081791 Willie Soon – “From Demon to Dinner: The Scientific Case for CO₂ and Fossil Fuels” https://x.com/cohler/status/2081408758308077952 Slides: Jonathan Cohler: https://x.com/cohler/status/2081410426147938599 Willie Soon: https://x.com/cohler/status/2081410908392133048 CERES-Science: https://www.ceres-science.com/ ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
July 28 · 59 min
Steve Milloy #416
Steve Milloy reviews Trump’s fossil-fuel agenda, EPA rollback of the 2009 endangerment finding, and concerns that litigation delays and Justice Department staffing could let a future Democratic administration reverse course. The speaker attacks the National Academy of Sciences as climate activists, cites a climate chapter in a judges’ science manual, notes Elena Kagan said she didn’t read it, and urges cutting NAS funding. They praise Matt Wielicki’s appointment to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program. They argue wildfire-smoke PM2.5 health scares lacked NYC hospital spikes, criticize linear no-threshold regulation (radiation, PFAS), and discuss Yucca Mountain standards. They describe shareholder activism against corporate ESG (Netflix, Exxon), criticize carbon capture subsidies, and praise young “climate realist” advocates. 00:00 Trump EPA Rollbacks 01:37 NAS Versus Trump 04:16 Defunding NAS Push 06:30 Kagan Foreword Controversy 08:24 Climate Realist Appointment 09:43 Democrats And Green Money 11:59 Big Tech Climate Censorship 13:21 X Algorithms And Reach 16:10 Viral Tweet No Warming 18:20 Wildfire Smoke Reality Check 22:30 EPA PM2.5 Experiments 26:12 LNT Model And Hormesis 30:18 Yucca Mountain Absurdity 32:37 PFAS And Low Dose Effects 33:37 Forever Chemicals Are Inert 34:41 Dose Makes the Poison 36:34 Parts Per Trillion Panic 37:31 Why Fear Spreads 38:06 Conservative Shareholder Activism 41:07 Exxon and ESG Battles 42:23 Carbon Capture Reality Check 43:53 Subsidies and Nanny Government 45:31 Next Gen Climate Realists 47:43 Awards and Staying the Course 50:31 NASA Names and Media Retreat 56:01 Debate Challenge and Wrap Up Steve on X: https://x.com/JunkScience Web: https://junkscience.com/ ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
July 24 · 54 min
Marc Glendening #415
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 Glendening 01:07 Britain’s Free Speech Legacy 02:04 Non Crime Hate Incidents 04:23 Policing Private Speech 06:52 Who Gets Targeted 09:29 Conversion Therapy Crackdown 16:09 Why the New Left Censors 21:21 Three Intellectual Roots 28:37 The Sixties Cultural Turn 36:12 Words Liberal vs Progressive 43:31 Digital ID and Debanking 44:46 Fighting Back Politically 48:04 Elon Musk and X 50:07 US Elections and Internet Speech 52:20 Final Thoughts on Liberty https://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-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
July 21 · 1 hr 4 min
Ron Clutz Part 1: “Highlights from 3400 Climate Blog Posts” #414
Ron 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 Clutz 01:13 Climate Change Three Claims 05:18 Is Warming Dangerous 10:17 Can Government Stop It 12:23 Reductionism In Climate Science 17:32 Greenhouse Physics And Water Vapor 23:10 CO2 Sources And Temperature Lag 25:26 Complexity And Data Adjustments 33:29 Extreme Events And Attribution 35:53 Model Failures And Scenarios 42:10 Testing Greenhouse Theory 51:02 Sunshine Clouds And Solar Cycles 55:19 Oceans Drive Climate Cycles 01:02:24 Hydrology And Closing Thoughts 01:04:17 Wrap Up And Next Session https://rclutz.com/ ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
July 17 · 1 hr 8 min
David Smith: “Wokicide: A Quality-Control System to Reclaim Education” #413
David 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 Talk 00:58 Why Woke Persists 01:30 Education Lacks QA 02:10 Validation Over Ideology 04:53 Defining Woke Origins 06:35 From Civil Rights to Overreach 07:43 Flawed Woke Reasoning 10:02 How Woke Spreads 11:16 Equity Outcomes and Activism 13:33 Deconstruction Playbook 17:50 Woke Hall of Fame 21:39 Perfect Storm in Education 25:42 QA Solution Framework 27:41 ISO 9001 and HACCP 29:42 Authority and Adoption 30:55 Four Phases Implementation 33:35 Validation and Hazard Analysis 34:47 Audits Monitoring Corrective Action 37:09 Aggressive Feedback Loops 39:05 WIN Notice Explained 41:41 Curriculum Content Validation 43:12 Audits in K-12 Schools 44:53 K-12 QA Wrap Up 45:47 Universities as the Source 47:29 University Validation Hurdles 50:30 University Auditing Red Flags 51:58 Objections and Pushback 57:12 Failure Modes and Fixes 59:39 Cost and Staffing Reality 01:02:08 Closing Q&A and Next Steps Amazon 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-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
July 14 · 44 min
Gianluca Alimonti: “Three “climate matrix” papers” #412
Gianluca 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 Alimonti 00:02 Climate Matrix Trilogy Overview 01:31 Paper One Extreme Events 03:11 Hurricanes Rain Tornado Data 05:31 Retraction Controversy 09:50 Paper Two Disaster Claims 12:36 EM-DAT Reporting Bias 17:27 Stable Trends Since 2000 21:42 Paper Three Defining Crisis 23:12 Media Term And Search Trends 27:05 Building A Crisis Framework 28:20 Drivers Floods Cyclones Fires 31:53 Response Indicators Scorecard 35:59 Adaptation Beats Mitigation 37:49 Conclusions Media Distortion 39:38 Q&A Retraction And Outreach 41:40 Where To Find Work 44:05 Closing Thanks And Farewell Home page: https://www0.mi.infn.it/~alimonti/homepage/indexEn.htm Pielke 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-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
July 10 · 1 hr 27 min
Nicola Scafetta: “The Frontier of Climate Science” | Tom Nelson Pod #411
Nicola 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 Book 06:03 Earth’s Deep-Time Climate Swings 11:06 IPCC Attribution to Humans 14:44 Why Model Proof Falls Short 17:27 Paris Targets and Net Zero Logic 24:33 Are IPCC Scenarios Realistic 29:04 Model Uncertainty and Sensitivity 34:57 Satellites vs Surface Warming 38:42 Missing Past Warm Periods 43:21 Millennial Solar Climate Cycles 46:00 Forests Beneath Glaciers 46:59 Solar Records vs Climate 49:18 TSI Reconstructions Debate 52:09 Cosmic Rays and Clouds 56:07 Empirical Models Challenge IPCC 59:18 Policy Implications and Adaptation 01:01:12 Planetary Cycles Climate Theory 01:05:37 Matching Climate Spectral Cycles 01:12:51 Future Hiatus and Sensitivity 01:19:43 Next Glaciation Long View 01:24:01 Book Wrap Up and Thanks The 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-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
July 7 · 47 min
Anika Sweetland: “IPCC EXPOSED!!! Response to a global problem? Or formation of 1 world gov’t?” #410
Anika 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 Intro 01:01 Ice Age Media Panic 02:06 Fear as Control Tool 03:36 Global Warming Rebrand 05:23 Sea Level Scare Claims 07:28 Villach Birth of IPCC 09:31 Global Governance Agenda 10:31 Trillions and Incentives 12:20 Climategate Data Tricks 18:57 Peer Review Gatekeeping 21:44 Blacklists and Ideology 23:31 Personal Wake Up Call 25:16 Who Controls Science 26:34 What We Can Do Next 27:23 Host Reacts and Questions 27:36 Climategate Not Taught 30:10 Policy Impacts UK Europe 33:15 Witch Hunts Parallel 37:22 Climate Degree Brainwashing 40:42 Only Graduate Story 43:15 Today’s Model Driven Teaching 45:19 Books and IPCC Origins 46:17 Closing Thanks and Wrap https://x.com/anika_climate ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
July 3 · 57 min
Liam DeBoer | Tom Nelson Pod #409
Liam 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 DeBoer 00:33 Ruling Class Religion 03:34 Climate as Cult 04:40 Orwell and Totalitarianism 07:53 Politics and Dating Divide 11:21 Fracture and Future Conflict 14:46 Fourth Turning Cycles 17:00 Nietzsche Ressentiment 23:32 Victimhood and Agency 26:24 South Korea 4B Fallout 28:01 Daycare Governance Model 35:06 Equality Clips Greatness 37:55 Political Ponerology Types 42:46 Canada Money Laundering 52:06 Censorship and Free Speech 55:30 Zuckerberg Rebrand 57:22 Closing and Links https://liamoutloud.substack.com/ https://x.com/liam_out_loud https://www.youtube.com/@liam-out-loud ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
June 30 · 1 hr 4 min
Ken Jensen: “The Enemies of Reason” | Tom Nelson Pod #408
Ken 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 Jensen 01:02 Morality Without God 02:23 Early Doubts and Clues 05:13 Climate Debate and First Principles 06:15 Entropy Uppers and Downers 09:02 Religion as Binding Core 10:46 Words Shape Thought 13:38 Plato Truth Good Beauty 17:47 Rome Constantine and Control 20:26 Katrina Clergy Response Teams 23:12 Triad Mapped to Trinity 29:02 Dorothy Model and Inversion 30:43 Universities and Private Property 34:57 Aesthetics vs Brutalism 35:35 Destruction Opposition Inversion 36:04 Parasitic Tactics Explained 36:59 Inverting the Trinity 37:27 Defining What We Defend 38:12 Two Books Overview 38:57 Dartboard Not Left Right 41:04 Morality vs Legal Positivism 43:13 Takeaways Recalibration 46:37 Studying Evil and Pride 49:34 Red Dot Diversions 51:17 Wizard of Oz Q and A 51:48 CBDCs and EU Centralization 56:57 Permanent Crisis and Elites 58:33 Ressentiment and Ridicule 01:01:20 Sound Money Fixes Society 01:04:17 Wrap Up and Contacts https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpjensen/ https://www.contactauthorkpj.com/ ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
June 28 · 29 min
Hügo Krüger: “Great idea: If it’s really too hot in your house, get some AC” | Tom Nelson Pod #407
In 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 In 01:00 Why France Lacks AC 01:33 Myths About Air Conditioning 03:00 Hospitals Trains And Culture 03:42 Politics And Nuclear Power Angle 07:20 Heat Deaths And Public Response 14:47 Regulations Blocking Reversible AC 16:44 How Rare Is This Heat 17:54 2003 Heatwave Lessons 20:31 Hardliners And Building Lobby 22:14 Insulation Fans And Daily Life 24:11 Bigger Pattern And Nuclear Future 29:04 Wrap Up And GoFundMe Plug https://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-summaries https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
June 26 · 1 hr 47 min
Erich Schaffer: “Water Vapor Feedback, Part Two” | Tom Nelson Pod #406
Erich 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 Effect 02:20 OLR Calculations Explained 03:28 Troposphere Sluggishness 05:32 Ramanathan Admission 10:23 Feedback Breakdown Math 12:37 Two Proxies Debunked 14:05 Revisiting Interannual Proxy 16:02 Bad Regression Plotting 17:16 Aspect Ratio Distortion 23:45 OLS vs TLS Regression 30:53 Negative Feedback Emerges 33:22 Spencer Regression Mystery 37:45 Lindzen Choi Critique 41:03 Fixing Lindzen Plot 51:17 Recent Andy May Example 53:21 Rotate Plot Method 55:19 Benchmark Slope Trick 57:38 Questionable Outliers 01:01:26 Proxies Fall Apart 01:02:22 Lapse Rate Physics 01:05:45 Tropical Hotspot Feedback 01:11:10 AR6 Codependency Critique 01:14:24 MODTRAN Water Vapor Test 01:19:44 Emission Altitudes Explained 01:25:22 Net Feedback and ECS 01:27:17 Blunders and Sociology 01:40:54 Q&A and Takeaway 01:44:44 Bonus Coal Math Error 01:47:42 Wrap Up Erich Schaffer: “Water Vapor Feedback, Part One”: https://youtu.be/2O4mOf9gk-s https://x.com/erich_schaffer https://greenhousedefect.com/ ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
June 23 · 39 min
Anika Sweetland Part 1: “The science lesson you never received” | Tom Nelson Pod #405
Tom 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 Sweetland 04:40 Ice Ages and Long Cooling 07:18 Milankovitch Cycles Explained 09:14 Dansgaard Oeschger Cycles 11:04 Medieval Warmth and Little Ice Age 14:01 Sun Cosmic Rays and Clouds 18:21 CO2 Claims and Propaganda 21:07 Her Climate Degree Experience 23:22 Education Debate and Models 27:47 Conference Disruption and Activism 30:34 Social Media Pushback 34:54 Part Two and Wrap Up 35:22 Energy Policy and Geoengineering 39:18 Final Thanks and Goodbye https://x.com/anika_climate The 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-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
June 19 · 1 hr 53 min
Joseph Fournier: “Solar-Driven Glacial Atmospheric Dipole” | Tom Nelson Pod #404
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 ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
June 16 · 41 min
William van Wijngaarden: “Evidence doesn’t support climate hysteria” | Tom Nelson Pod #403
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/ ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
June 12 · 1 hr
Emmet Connor: “Red Pandemic: The Global Marxist Cult” | Tom Nelson Pod #402
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 ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
June 9 · 52 min
Ronald Stein: “California Refinery Crisis” | Tom Nelson Pod #401
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 ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
June 5 · 1 hr 14 min
John Parmentola: “How could Sea Levels Fall by 400 Feet During an Ice Age?” | Tom Nelson Pod #400
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 ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
June 3 · 50 min
Mel Counts: “Olympic Gold; Played With Bill Russell, Wilt, Havlicek & West” | Tom Nelson Pod #399
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 ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1
May 31 · 1 hr 25 min
Marc Morano: “Great Reject: Triumphant Trump Dismantles the Climate Agenda” | Tom Nelson Pod #398
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 ========= Slides, summaries, references, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1