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The Climate Denier's Playbook

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Sep 19, 2023 • 58min

Hotter Is Better

Examining the misconception that global warming is beneficial. Debunking the myth of global cooling as the real threat. Bjorn Lomborg's perspective on climate change and proportionality. Challenges of extreme temperatures and impact on energy costs. Discussion on listener support, Nebula streaming platform, and Central Park. Climate Change Makers - effective climate advocacy. Impacts of climate change on mortality rates. The impact of climate change on the polar vortex.
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Sep 5, 2023 • 1h 2min

More CO2 Is Good for Plants!

Debunking the myth that increased CO2 levels are beneficial for plant growth. Conflicting views on climate change and carbon dioxide. Unethical practices of professors promoting rising carbon emissions. The negative impact of climate change on crops and food production. The complex relationship between CO2 and plant growth.
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Aug 22, 2023 • 18min

ACTUALLY It’s Global COOLING [Patreon Preview]

First it was getting colder, now it’s getting hotter? wHiCh oNe iS iT?!Listen to the full episode on our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook)CREDITS Hosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole Conlan Executive Producer: Ben Boult Audio Producer: Gregory Haddock Researcher: Carly Rizzuto Art: Jordan Doll Music: Tony DomenickSOURCESThe Public Domain Review: First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)Royal Meteorological Society: The artificial production of carbon dioxide and its influence on temperature (G.S. Callendar, 1938)NASA: World of Change: Global TemperaturesSCISPACE: The Dominance of Tropospheric Sulfate in Modifying Solar Radiation (R.J. Charlson, 1976)Science: Climate Forcing by Anthropogenic Aerosols (R.J. Charlson, 1992)TIME: Another Ice Age? (1974)SCRIBD: Newsweek's 'Global Cooling' Article From April 28, 1975 Brett Peake: In Search Of The Coming Ice Age ... With Leonard Nimoy (1978)American Meteorological Society: The Myth of the 1970s Global Cooling Scientific Consensus (Peterson et al., 2008)National Research Council: Carbon Dioxide and Climate: A Scientific Assessment (1979)Climate Files: 1997 Exxon’s Lee Raymond Speech at World Petroleum Congress (1997) Perma.cc: Exxon Media Statement - Global Climate Change (2001)Inside Climate News: Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago (2015)C-SPAN: Sen. James Inhofe Clip (2003)Politifact: “How to Survive The Coming Ice Age" was a Time magazine cover story in 1977 - FALSE (2019)Climate Feedback: 1977 “coming ice age” Time magazine cover is a fake (2019)TIME: Sorry, a TIME Magazine Cover Did Not Predict a Coming Ice Age (2019)Politico: How Trump gets his fake news (2017) Twitter: Trump Tweet (2013) JRE Podcast: Joe Rogan Experience #1928 – Jimmy Corsetti & Ben van Kerkwyk (2023)C-SPAN: President Trump: "I don't think science knows, actually." (YouTube, 2020)Wikipedia: Global Cooling[For sponsorship inquiries, please contact climatetownsponsorships@gmail.com]See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Aug 8, 2023 • 1h 7min

15-Minute Cities

NO!!! The radical left is using climate lockdowns to imprison us in communist cities where we’ll be forced to walk to all the nearby amenities.BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook) CREDITS Hosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole Conlan Executive Producer: Ben Boult Audio Producer: Gregory Haddock Researcher: Carly RizzutoArt: Jordan Doll Music: Tony DomenickSOURCESGoogle Trends: “15 Min City” Search term interest since 2018What Is A "15 Minute City" & Why Are They Part Of "The Great Reset"? w/ Marc Morano – Ask Dr. Drew (YouTube)AFP Factcheck: Ohio train derailment fuels 15-minute city conspiracy theories (2023) Instagram post by standupcardiff (2023)Reuters Fact Check: Fact Check-‘15-minute city’ is an urban planning concept that promotes easy access to essential amenities (2023)Institute for Strategic Dialogue: ‘Climate Lockdown’ and the Culture Wars: How COVID-19 Sparked a New Narrative Against Climate Action (2021) Project Syndicate: Avoiding a Climate Lockdown (2020)MarketWatch: Opinion: We need to act boldly now if we are to avoid economy-wide lockdowns to halt climate change (2020) TedTalk by Carlos Moreno: The 15-minute cityMPDI: Introducing the “15-Minute City”: Sustainability, Resilience and Place Identity in Future Post-Pandemic Cities (2021)NYT: He Wanted to Unclog Cities. Now He’s ‘Public Enemy No. 1.’ (2023)Teen Vogue: What Are “15-Minute Cities” and Why Are Conspiracy Theorists Worried About Them?  (2023)NewsBusters: Soros/Gates-Funded Org ($6.5M): World May Need ‘Climate Lockdown' (2020)IPCC: Climate Change 2022 Mitigation of Climate Change, Working Group III Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2022, PDF Download)Coin Bureau: 15 Minute Cities: Oxford Won't Be the Same! (YouTube, 2023)Climate Depot: UK Guardian activists hope Coronavirus lockdown becomes climate lockdown: ‘What was once impossible (socialist, reckless) now turns out not to be, at all’ (2020)Oxfordshire County Council: Consultation on trial traffic filters (2022)Oxfordshire County Council: Traffic filters: What traffic filters are and how they will work.Oxfordshire City Counci’s Twitter post about 15 Minute CitiesVision News: Oxfordshire County Council Pass Climate Lockdown 'trial' to Begin in 2024 (2022)The Daily Sceptic: Oxford County Councillors to Introduce Trial Climate Lockdown in 2024 (2022) Archive.org: Jordan Peterson Tweet (2022)Twitter: The New Statesman: The 15-minute City is a working-class nightmare (2023)Forbes: Tory MP Uses Conspiracy Theory In U.K. Parliament Against 15-Minute City Concept (2023)Archive.org: Fox News: The Ingraham Angle: In a Net-Zero Economy, You’ll Be Cold and Hungry (2023)USA Today: Fact Check: False claim UK city will test 'climate lockdowns' in 2024 (2022)AP News: Traffic plan in Oxfordshire, England, isn’t a ‘climate lockdown’ (2022)Reuters: Fact Check-Oxfordshire County Council to trial congestion-reducing traffic filters, not a ‘climate lockdown’ that stops residents leaving neighbourhoods (2022)DeSmog: Revealed: The Science Denial Network Behind Oxford’s ‘Climate Lockdown’ Backlash (2023)Bloomberg: The 15-Minute City Freakout Is a Case Study in Conspiracy Paranoia (2023)C40: Introducing Spotlight On: 15-minute cities (2021)Portland.gov: The Portland Plan (2012) The Guardian: The Guardian view on the climate and coronavirus: global warnings (2020)[For sponsorship inquiries, please contact climatetownsponsorships@gmail.com]See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 25, 2023 • 48min

It's The Sun, Stupid

The thing these “scientists” will never tell you is that the sun has natural cycles that are causing all the climate change.BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook) CREDITS Hosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole Conlan Executive Producer: Ben Boult Audio Producer: Gregory Haddock Researcher: James CrugnaleArt: Jordan Doll Music: Tony DomenickSOURCESMilankovitch Cycles NASA ArticleHow scientists know it’s not just Milankovitch Cycles More Milankovitch ScienceNASA 11-Year CycleSpace.com Solar CycleSun SpotsNASA on Sun Spots and Solar FlaresPBA Lane Maintenance PhilosophyBest of Bowling: “Bowling Oil Patterns Explained (2022 Complete Guide)” NASA: “Is the Sun Causing Global Warming?”NASA: “Why Milankovitch (Orbital) Cycles Can't Explain Earth's Current Warming” (2020)Skeptical Science: “Sun & climate: moving in opposite directions”Media Matters: “Fox Responds To New Obama Climate Action With Global Warming Denial” (2013)Tucker Carlson clipRon Johnson clip2003 James Inhofe speech video (C-SPAN)Willie Soon paper: “Proxy climatic and environmental changes of the past 1000 years” (PDF download)Transcription of Willie Soon’s 2003 testimony before U.S. Congress Committee on Environment and Public Works Catalog of Willie Soon’s academic publications (ResearchGate)Inside Climate News: “Documents Reveal Fossil Fuel Fingerprints on Contrarian Climate Research” (2015)NYT: Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher (2015)“Global Warming Swindle Debate Pt2” (YouTube)Piers Corbyn on RT in 2010, video clipPolitifact: No, climate change isn’t driven by solar activity and lunar phases (Piers Corbyn clip on social media in 2022)Laura Ingraham 2022 Fox News clip, “There is no climate crisis: Tom Harris” (YouTube)CORRECTIONSThe documented meeting in which Dr. James Black informed Exxon executives of the dangers of climate change and its connection to fossil fuels took place in 1977, not 1979.[For sponsorship inquiries, please contact climatetownsponsorships@gmail.com]See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 11, 2023 • 55min

Electric Cars Will Save Us

Once we get everyone in an electric vehicle, we’ll be all good, brother! BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook) CREDITS Hosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole Conlan Executive Producer: Ben Boult Audio Producer: Gregory Haddock Researcher: James Crugnale Art: Jordan Doll Music: Tony DomenickSOURCESE.P.A. Lays Out Rules to Turbocharge Sales of Electric Cars and Trucks (NYT, 2023) E-BIKE ACT (Congress.gov) 9,000-Pound Electric Hummer Shows We Can’t Ignore Efficiency of EVs (ACEE, 2021) Carmakers are pushing electric SUVs, but smaller is better when it comes to EVs (Guardian, 2023)Big electric trucks and SUVs are the new gas guzzlers (QZ, 2022) Will Ferrell Super Bowl Ad - General Motors [2021] (YouTube)The Death of the Chevy Bolt Is Bad News for Earth (Gizmodo, 2023)Credits for New Clean Vehicles Purchased in 2023 or After (IRS, 2023) Democratic Lawmakers Want to Give You Up to $1,500 to Buy an Electric Bike. Here's Why (NBC New York, 2023)These are the electric vehicles that qualify for a $7,500 tax credit (CBS News, 2023)[For sponsorship inquiries, please contact climatetownsponsorships@gmail.com]See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 11, 2023 • 1h 15min

You Owe Your Life to Oil & Gas

How dare you criticize fossil fuels! Don’t you know you live in a society that has become utterly dependent on them?!? BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook) CREDITS Hosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole Conlan Executive Producer: Ben Boult Audio Producer: Gregory Haddock Researchers: Canute Haroldson & James Crugnale  Art: Jordan Doll Music: Tony DomenickSOURCESRichard Madeley Clashes With Climate Activist In Fiery Oil Protest Debate | Good Morning Britain (ITV, 2022) Leslie Nielsen for Shell 1981 TV commercial (YouTube) Energy Transfer: Life Runs On Energy, Connected by Oil and Natural Gas, Energy Transfer TV Commercial (YouTube) 1997 Newspaper Advertisements by ClimateFacts.org, Global Climate Coalition, trade associations and unions (ClimateFiles) Epcot's 30th: Mickey and Goofy Explore The Universe of Energy (Practical WDW) API: Oil Progress Week Cartoon The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing (Guardian, 2021) Clear Energy Alliance: Thanks, Fossil Fuels (YouTube) Friday Funny: Greta Thunberg’s perfect petroleum-free world (Watts Up With That?)[For sponsorship inquiries, please contact climatetownsponsorships@gmail.com]See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jun 28, 2023 • 2min

The Climate Denier's Playbook [Trailer]

BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook) From the minds that brought you Climate Town, comes… a podcast that's suspiciously similar to Climate Town.Rollie Williams (Climate Town) and Nicole Conlan (The Daily Show) are two comedians with Master's Degrees in Climate Science & Policy and Urban Planning. But don’t get too excited, because they’re here to examine the pervasive myths and misinformation campaigns that are making it obnoxiously difficult to address the looming climate crisis you've probably heard about.If you're looking to get your hands (ears) on some of the absolute coldest, hardest, climate changing-est facts to help sift through the noise, then you've come to the right place, brother.[For sponsorship inquiries, please contact climatetownsponsorships@gmail.com]See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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