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Desastres Naturais
Patrick Michaels, o cientista negacionista da emergência climática pago pela indústria dos combustíveis fósseis (1950-2022)

Desastres Naturais

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 6:38


Nos Estados Unidos a indústria dos lobbies é, provavelmente, a maior indústria de todas. Adiante esta hipérbole, é inegável o contributo que pessoas como Patrick Michaels deram à pseudociência ambiental: este “cientista” era pago pela indústria do carvão para disseminar mentiras sobre o aquecimento global em relatórios bem disfarçados. Morreu aos 72 anos e não vai deixar saudades. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WCHV's Joe Thomas in the Morning Podcast
080222 @107wchv "We Need Pat Michaels More Than Ever"

WCHV's Joe Thomas in the Morning Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 49:50


Joe just learned (from guest Marc Morano) that longtime UVA Professor, Climatologist and the original challenger of the Climate Change Cult, Dr Pat Michaels has just recently passed away. No wonder Al Gore has re-appeared.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Created to Reign
Created to Reign Daily: Tribute to Patrick Michaels

Created to Reign

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 5:28


 In this edition of Created to Reign Daily, Dr. Cal Beisner pays tribute to Patrick Michaels.

Hidden Truth Show with Jim Breslo
S E113: Climate Expert: Don't Believe the Scare Tactics on Climate Change

Hidden Truth Show with Jim Breslo

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 79:45


Dr. Patrick Michaels is a world-renowned climatologist. He says the models projecting a climate catastrophe are wrong and the scientists are biased based due politics and groupthink. (Best of episode)Support Hidden Truth Show by going to https://www.patreon.com/HiddenTruthShow and pledging just $5/month and receive access to Jim and special content and a Hidden Truth cap!Website: http://www.hiddentruthshow.comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/hiddentruthshowInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/hiddentruthshow

Cr101 Radio Network
(OOTQ) Is Climate Change a Hoax? (Patrick Michaels)

Cr101 Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 53:06


In this episode of the Out of the Question Podcast, Patrick J. Michaels, climatologist and author, discusses the faulty science and political motives informing the current debate on the earth's climate.

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Out of the Question
Is Climate Change a Hoax? (Patrick Michaels)

Out of the Question

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 53:06


In this episode of the Out of the Question Podcast, Patrick J. Michaels, climatologist and author, discusses the faulty science and political motives informing the current debate on the earth's climate.

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John Solomon Reports
Expert says conservatives need alternative to Green New Deal argument that doesn't kill economy

John Solomon Reports

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 26:19


Patrick Michaels, Senior Fellow at the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, walks us through the actual science of climate change versus what is the prevailing narrative in America. Michaels, speaks to the example of nuclear power as a green alternative that we could ‘actually run a lot of our society on' versus the less reliable solar or wind energy and ‘doesn't contribute CO2 into the atmosphere'. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Power Hour with Alex Epstein
Climate Scientocracy

Power Hour with Alex Epstein

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 58:49


Alex Epstein interviews Dr. Patrick Michaels, climate scientist and policy expert, on how today’s climate “scientocracy”—the heavily government-funded and government-influenced field of climate science—works. While those outside the field of climate science tend to think of it as consisting of independent researchers, free to pursue the truth wherever it leads them, Michaels argues that our climate scientocracy makes this impossible. During the interview, Michaels answers questions including: - How has government transformed climate research during Michaels’s career? - How does government impact what research gets done? - How does academic research get communicated with the general public? - How do “consensus” statements come to be? For more on how government distorts science, see Dr. Michaels’s book Scientocracy.

Fallacious Trump
Historical Fallacy - FT#49

Fallacious Trump

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 78:56


In the forty-ninth episode we explore the Historical Fallacy, starting with Tucker Carlson claiming that since we flattened the curve, the lockdowns weren't necessary.In Mark's British Politics Corner we look at Boris Johnson claiming success and telling everyone how much worse it could have been.In the Fallacy in the Wild, we check out examples from Knowing and climate change denier Patrick Michaels.Jim and Mark go head to head in Fake News, the game in which Mark has to guess which of three Trump quotes Jim made up.Then we discuss some Q-Anon conspiracy nonsense about the 2012 Olympics.And finally, we round up some of the other crazy Trump stories from the past week.The full show notes for this episode can be found at http://fallacioustrump.com/ft49You can contact the guys at pod@fallacioustrump.com, on Twitter @FallaciousTrump, or facebook at facebook.com/groups/fallacioustrumpSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/fallacious-trump/donations

The Vicki McKenna Show
The Bolton Bombshell is No Big Deal

The Vicki McKenna Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020


The Voice of Reason in a city of chaos. Weekday afternoons on 1310 WIBA Madison. 2PM – Vicki opens the show talking about “The Bolton Bombshell” and why it might not be as big a deal as it was made out to be 2:30 – Kevin Nicholson, No Better Friend, joins the program to talk about education and school choice schools 3PM – J. Christian Adams. PJ Media, joins the program to talk about President Trump making in-roads with influential religious communities, and his recent appearance at the March for Life rally 3:30 – Tim Graham joins the show to discuss Impeachment, and its continued decline in the minds of Americans 4PM – Dr. Patrick Michaels, Competitive Enterprise Institute, joins the program to discuss climate panic in the United States 4:30 – Jed Babbin, American Spectator, joins the show to talk about Space Force, and other topics related to President Trump

The Vicki McKenna Show
How Can You Have a War Powers Resolution Without a War?

The Vicki McKenna Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020


The Voice of Reason in a city of chaos. Weekday afternoons on 1310 WIBA Madison. 2PM – Vicki starts the show with Congress passing a war powers resolution without a war. Then Congressman Bryan Steil joins the show to discuss the resolution and Congress' other actions recently 2:30 – Former Milwaukee County Sherriff David Clarke joins Vicki to talk about the myth of prison overcrowding in Wisconsin 3PM – Daniel Suhr, Liberty Justice Center, joins the show to talk about Governor Evers decision to ban the McIver News Service from press briefings 3:30 – Dr. Patrick Michaels, Competitive Enterprise Institute, joins the show to talk about the real causes of the wildfires in Australia 4PM – Brian Schimming joins Vicki in studio to go over the news of the day

The Leighton Smith Podcast
Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 46 - December 11th 2019

The Leighton Smith Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 76:10


On the podcast this week –The tragedy of White Island.The British election and a brief from Kiwi lawyer and journalist Christian Smith. And a comment on a different perspective by Niall Ferguson.Tough on crime, why it's nonsense not to be.A great conversation with Dr Patrick Michaels. He is co author of a new book “Scientocracy; The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy. The cover story of the October 19, 1913 Economist magazine  was “How Science Goes Wrong”. Not much has changed. Feedback with Mrs Producer. Carolyn, if you prefer.File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nzHaven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide.Listen here on iHeartRadioLeighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here

Hidden Truth Show with Jim Breslo
S7E7: 1on1: Climate Expert: Don’t Believe the Scare Tactics on Climate Change

Hidden Truth Show with Jim Breslo

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 79:45


Dr. Patrick Michaels is a world renowned climatologist. He says the models projecting a climate catastrophe are wrong and the scientists are biased based due politics and groupthink.Become a patron here: http://www.patreon.com/hiddentruthshowWebsite: http://www.hiddentruthshow.comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/hiddentruthshowInstagram: http://www.instagram/hiddentruthshow.comYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Lpl...

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations
How Should Christians View Climate Change? with Dr. Patrick Michaels

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 58:52


Climate change is one of the most contentious issues of our time, leaving many Christians unsure of how they should view climate change. A key issue of concern at the Christian Research Institute is discernment, which is precisely why Hank wanted to have a conversation with Dr. Patrick Michaels to encourage Christians to critically consider how they view climate change. Dr. Michaels is a leading climatologist, who was a contributing author and reviewer of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. We hope that this conversation helps you to better understand this highly controversial and politicized issue.. Click here to see Hank's writings on this topic. https://www.equip.org/article/how-should-christians-think-about-global-warming/ Topics discussed include: why is the government involved in scientific issues, and what happens when science gets politicized? (6:00); are CO2 emissions always bad? (8:15); the social cost of carbon, and asking if there is a social benefit to carbon emission? (10:10); isn't the climate always changing? (12:10); how should we process alarmist narratives pushed by politicians regarding climate change? (14:45); the economic impact of climate change initiatives (16:55); how reliable are the computer models that predict climate patterns? (18:55); the political abuse of the global-warming narrative (21:40); the virtue signaling of global warming and the role it plays in a modern secular religion (24:45); do global warming initiatives harm the poor? (26:00); the problem with consensus science (27:00); which of the many climate models is best at predicting climate patterns? (29:20); Patrick Michaels taking a stand against climate change consensus because science has always progressed by people going against the consensus (32:10); is it really time to panic about climate change? (34:20); how can people read the news stories about climate change with a critical mind? (38:20); is the Earth warming, and if it is, what should we do about it? (39:15); why Patrick Michaels believes that the Paris Climate Accord is a joke (43:35); is global warming actually bad? (46:40); should nuclear fission be viewed as an alternative energy source? (48:00); Patrick Michaels on his upcoming book Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy (50:05); and are people developing apocalypse fatigue? (53:40). Thank you for listening to the Hank Unplugged podcast! We prayerfully ask you to consider making a financial pledge of support to stand shoulder to shoulder with us in the battle for life and truth. The outreaches of the Christian Research Institute are fully funded by listeners like you. To learn more about how you can support this podcast or any of the many outreaches of the Christian Research Institute simply visit https://www.equip.org/product/2019fyewa/ or call 888-7000-CRI. Thanks again for tuning into another edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations
How Should Christians View Climate Change? with Dr. Patrick Michaels

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 58:51


Hank is joined by special guest Dr. Patrick Michaels

Mark Levin Podcast
Mark Levin Audio Rewind - 11/26/18

Mark Levin Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2018 115:19


On Monday's Mark Levin Show, the Republican party, which is a soft progressive party, keeps embracing the Democrat agenda. It eats the crumbs that the Democrats provided. They fund Obamacare and won’t secure the border. We will have a new massive new entitlement called family leave. Then we’re going to have a trillion and a half more dollars on infrastructure. Boondoggle after boondoggle. Also, hundreds of years from now this will be viewed as our "flat earth period" when we believed that humans could change the climate. Despite the fact that it was much warmer during the Roman empire. It’s an idiotic argument to presume that humans are a contributing factor to climate change, there is nothing to legitimately support this; climate is not static, by its very nature it changes. Both the media and the GOP have lost their ability to skeptically analyze political manifesto disguised as scientific reports. Why doesn't the media bring on experts with dissenting opinions like Dr. Patrick Michaels, an expert in the atmosphere, environment, and climate? Then, the caravan that the media wrongly said wasn't an invasion attempted to breach the border and faced a retaliatory response from US border patrol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Levin Podcast
Mark Levin Audio Rewind - 11/26/18

Mark Levin Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2018 115:19


On Monday's Mark Levin Show, the Republican party, which is a soft progressive party, keeps embracing the Democrat agenda. It eats the crumbs that the Democrats provided. They fund Obamacare and won’t secure the border. We will have a new massive new entitlement called family leave. Then we’re going to have a trillion and a half more dollars on infrastructure. Boondoggle after boondoggle. Also, hundreds of years from now this will be viewed as our "flat earth period" when we believed that humans could change the climate. Despite the fact that it was much warmer during the Roman empire. It’s an idiotic argument to presume that humans are a contributing factor to climate change, there is nothing to legitimately support this; climate is not static, by its very nature it changes. Both the media and the GOP have lost their ability to skeptically analyze political manifesto disguised as scientific reports. Why doesn't the media bring on experts with dissenting opinions like Dr. Patrick Michaels, an expert in the atmosphere, environment, and climate? Then, the caravan that the media wrongly said wasn't an invasion attempted to breach the border and faced a retaliatory response from US border patrol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turning Hard Times into Good Times
Politics And Economics Behind Global Climate Change

Turning Hard Times into Good Times

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 59:48


F. William Engdahl, Michael Oliver and Nolan Watson return. With religious fervor, leftist politicians declare with 100% certainty that post-industrial-age humans are the primary cause of climate change. They demand the cessation of fossil fuel consumption. They site as “fact” that “99% of all scientists agree” but never tell you that the scientists in their data base have all been paid to write papers on that topic to reach that pre-ordained conclusion. Contrary views by legitimate scientists like Patrick Michaels, for example, are blindly dismissed. William will explain the political forces that have driven climate hysteria and their political and economic motives. We look forward to another discussion with Nolan Watson, the CEO of Sandstorm Gold, a royalty and streaming gold company poised for dramatic growth with lower than normal mining company investment risk. As usual, Michael will provide his astute insights into the precious metals, equity and debt markets.

Vintage Voorhees
Gourmet Club Announcement: Monarch Prime

Vintage Voorhees

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2018 8:06


Chef Patrick Michaels reveals the menu for our April 8th dinner event at the new Monarch Prime and Bar

Angelic Realms Radio
"Ascendance: Becoming the Best Version of Yourself"!

Angelic Realms Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2017 63:00


Host Bernadette Garvin welcomes her Special Guest: Author Patrick Michaels, discussing his new book: Ascendance: Becoming the Best Version of Yourself! ...Bernie will also be taking Your Calls for Mini-Readings, later in the Show! On Sundays we discuss Fairies, Angels, Fairy Realms, Angelic Realms, and much MORE!

The Christian Outlook | Topics for Today's Believers
TCO 6/10/17: How Grace and Truth Offer the Prodigal a Way Home

The Christian Outlook | Topics for Today's Believers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2017 39:17


Kevin McCullough turns to Robert Spencer, author of “The Complete Infidel's Guide to ISIS,” to discuss the latest terror attack in London. Dr. Albert Mohler notes a shift in the language used by politicians regarding Islamic terrorism. Joseph Bast, president and CEO of the Heartland Institute, talks with Don Kroah about why the U.S. pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Kroah continues that conversation with climatologist Dr. Patrick Michaels. Managing Editor for the Media Research Center Brittany Hughes joins the George Rice Show to shed light on Planned Parenthood's latest statistics on abortion. Lori Wildenberg, author of "Messy Journey, How Grace and Truth Offer the Prodigal a Way Home," talks with Craig Roberts about the difficulty of raising prodigal children. Apologist James Warner Wallace provides tools to help defend the faith on Craig Roberts' show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jimmy Sengenberger Show Podcast
Special Kelley and Kafer - Nov. 17, 2016 - Hr 3

Jimmy Sengenberger Show Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2016 55:00


Jimmy Sengenberger fills-in for Steve and Krista. Patrick Michaels of the Cato Insitute joins us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jimmy Sengenberger Show
Special Kelley and Kafer - Nov. 17, 2016 - Hr 3

Jimmy Sengenberger Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2016 55:00


Jimmy Sengenberger fills-in for Steve and Krista. Patrick Michaels of the Cato Insitute joins us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Power Hour with Alex Epstein
Pat Michaels on our Lukewarming Climate

Power Hour with Alex Epstein

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2015


On this episode of Power Hour, I talk to Dr. Patrick Michaels, director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute and author of the recently published book Lukewarming: The New Climate Science that Changes Everything, about his book and the history of global warming politics and science. Subscribe to Power […]

Cato Event Podcast
Preparing for Paris: What to Expect from the U.N.'s 2015 Climate Change Conference -- Panel 1: Developments Since the Last Scientific Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Cato Event Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2015 89:11


In late November world leaders will gather in Paris at the United Nations Climate Change Conference for what is viewed as the last great chance for a sweeping international agreement to limit carbon dioxide emissions. The consequences of this gathering may be enormous. Please join us to hear distinguished climate scientists and legal experts assess the issues sure to drive the debate before, during, and after the Paris meeting.Conference attendees will receive a free print edition of the new ebook Lukewarming: The New Climate Science That Changes Everything, by Patrick Michaels and Paul Knappenberger, being released in the next several weeks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cato Event Podcast
Preparing for Paris: What to Expect from the U.N.'s 2015 Climate Change Conference -- Luncheon Keynote - The Road from Paris: Whither Climate Policy

Cato Event Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2015 49:32


In late November world leaders will gather in Paris at the United Nations Climate Change Conference for what is viewed as the last great chance for a sweeping international agreement to limit carbon dioxide emissions. The consequences of this gathering may be enormous. Please join us to hear distinguished climate scientists and legal experts assess the issues sure to drive the debate before, during, and after the Paris meeting.Conference attendees will receive a free print edition of the new ebook Lukewarming: The New Climate Science That Changes Everything, by Patrick Michaels and Paul Knappenberger, being released in the next several weeks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cato Event Podcast
Preparing for Paris: What to Expect from the U.N.'s 2015 Climate Change Conference -- Panel 2: Legal and Technical Aspects of a New Climate Agreement

Cato Event Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2015 77:49


In late November world leaders will gather in Paris at the United Nations Climate Change Conference for what is viewed as the last great chance for a sweeping international agreement to limit carbon dioxide emissions. The consequences of this gathering may be enormous. Please join us to hear distinguished climate scientists and legal experts assess the issues sure to drive the debate before, during, and after the Paris meeting.Conference attendees will receive a free print edition of the new ebook Lukewarming: The New Climate Science That Changes Everything, by Patrick Michaels and Paul Knappenberger, being released in the next several weeks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cato Event Podcast
Preparing for Paris: What to Expect from the U.N.'s 2015 Climate Change Conference -- Panel 3: Realistic Expectations from Paris

Cato Event Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2015 90:33


In late November world leaders will gather in Paris at the United Nations Climate Change Conference for what is viewed as the last great chance for a sweeping international agreement to limit carbon dioxide emissions. The consequences of this gathering may be enormous. Please join us to hear distinguished climate scientists and legal experts assess the issues sure to drive the debate before, during, and after the Paris meeting.Conference attendees will receive a free print edition of the new ebook Lukewarming: The New Climate Science That Changes Everything, by Patrick Michaels and Paul Knappenberger, being released in the next several weeks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO
UVA and Climategate

STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2014 32:00


In 2010, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a law suit against  University of Virgina (Mike Mann Climate Gate Professor) who received nearly half a million dollars in research grants to do research on the climate of the earth. The reseach concluded that global warmining is related to human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels.   The contraversary stems from Manns critics who claim that "he" used the contraversial "hockey stick graph" which contends that global temperatures have experienced a sudden an unprecedented spike in recent years -the graph is in the shape of a hockey stick.  Professor Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State.  In researching the case, Cuccinelli discovered an email in which one researcher expressed an interest in punching Charlottsville-based doubting climate scientist Patrick Michaels in the nose. Topic Areas: Use/misuse of public money; freedom of speech;academic freedomSupreme Court Ruling Guest Peter Finnocchio, Mark Falzon  This show spomsored by ladylibertyistitute

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The Interchange on KSPC

Arielle Zionts unpacks the recent controversy at the Claremont Colleges surrounding fraternity Kappa Delta and the “America” themed Pub party hosted this past Wednesday. Later, Anna Shepard interviews Patrick Michaels, a critic of the federalization of science and the current climate change narrative. Then, the Interchange rebroadcasts my interview with Maddy Ruvolo, president of the Disability, Illness, and Difference Alliance at the Claremont Colleges. A transcript of that interview is now available below the cut.Listen here.INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT:Ann:  This is Ann Kirkpatrick and I am speaking with Scripps College Senior, Maddy Ruvolo.So I'd like to begin by speaking about the disability difference and illness alliance. What is its mission here at the 5Cs?Maddy:  So the mission of DIDA, as we call it, is to increase awareness of disability issues, to start conversations around disability, also to really form and cultivate a disability community here. It started a couple years ago after some of my friends and I were getting pretty frustrated because just disability never came up. It never came up in classes, it never came up in conversations with friends, it just, it wasn't a part of the culture here. And so what we're trying to do is trying to educate people here about disability and have a space where disabled students feel comfortable and feel like they can share things about their disability with other disabled students.A:  What is your role as president of DIDA?M: So as president, I run the weekly meetings, which are mostly discussion based, so I'm facilitating those discussions. I've also done outreach to the administration and to other student groups. So just trying to make sure everyone feels included and reaching out to other groups to try to work with other people and move our organization forward.A:  When does DIDA meet?M:  We meet Tuesdays, at 8pm, in the GJW living room, although that is probably going to change next semester. So if people are interested in coming to our meetings they should check out our Facebook pageA:  Speaking of next semester, what are you plans for this coming semester?M:  We're trying to bring in more speakers for next semester. So this semester, we've been mostly focused mainly on the weekly discussions, which have been really great. We've had a good turnout this year, much more than last year, so many more people have been coming, which is really great.  But we want to bring in some more disability speakers, people who are doing disability activism outside of the 5Cs to come and talk with us. So that's one of the big things we're working on for next semesterA:  So I know you have a vested interest in disability activism, would you like to share a little bit about your own experience with disability and chronic illness?M:  Sure! I have a chronic illness called disautonomia, it's a malfunction of the automatic nervous system. And I got sick the beginning of my sophomore year of high school. And after that I didn't really go to high school, teachers mostly came to my house, and I really just graduated by the skin of my teeth. And then I came here and started as a part time student just because I didn't have the energy to be a full time student at the beginning. But it was really something I didn't' think about on an activism level, on a community level. For a very long time I really just thought about it as a personal, like I am sick, this is my experience. But then I started taking classes here, and we were talking about oppression of other marginalized groups, and I started wondering, should disability be a part of this conversation? And then I also started looking online and finding communities there. And that was really great, so I started learning a lot more about the disability community as a whole and the history of the disability rights movement. This summer I was in an internship program with a bunch of other disabled students. And so that was really great.A:  You were in DC last summer as an intern; can you tell us more about that experience?M:  I was in the American Association of People with Disabilities, AAPD, summer internship program. And that was 29 young people, students and young professionals from around the country who all came to DC and did various internships around the city. And we also all lived together in the dorms, which was really fantastic. Through the program I got to meet really amazing people in the disability community and really just learn about the history of the disability rights movement. The internship I did was really great. It was just a really fantastic summer.A:  What are some of the important agenda items for disability activists today?M:  Wow! So there are so many things that the disability rights movement is trying to do now. I think ending stigma is a big one. That is such a huge problem and is a barrier in so many other areas. Employment is a really big issue. The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is so high, it's a lot higher than the rate for people who are able bodied. Also, independent living, getting people out of institutions and in their communities. There was the Olmstead case a little while back that said that people need to be integrated into communities, but it hasn't been implemented as well as it could have been. Also just ADA, there's so many ADA violations still, so accessibility generally is a big issue. I mean the ADA was passed in 1990, and there's still so many buildings that aren't accessible. Also political power, really making disability more of a political issue, I mean you know, right now there are a ton of polling places that aren't even  accessible, so that's a barrier there. So you see how all these issues are sort of working together. But I think over all that everybody is, everybody's trying to end ableism, everybody's trying to work against that and to increase equality and increase empowerment.A:  Do you feel like disability often gets overlooked as a civil rights issue?M:  Oh absolutely! Yes! (laughs) Yes, the short answer to that question is yes. I think most people still tend to conceptualize disability as something that is a thing to be pitied, a thing where people who have disabilities are looked down on. And then also people don't think of it in terms of rights and equality, people think of it as a medical issue or as just some tragedy. They don't think about equality, they don't think about accessibility. So yeah, I mean, it's very much overlooked.A:  One of your interests is disability in the media, correct?M:  Yes.A:  How does mainstream media portray disability, and how does it need to change the way it does so?M:  Mainstream media does a horrible job of portraying disability. If you're looking at just TV and film, you really see characters, if a character is disabled, they are either this heroic, super crip, happy, shiny, smiley, inspirational type of figure that's like, they're not even human, they're just there to make other characters realize all the good things they have in their life. They're there as sort of like a comparison, like Oh, if this person, if that disabled person is happy, then what am I complaining about? And it's ridiculous, and it's dehumanizing. And then on the opposite side, you see these bitter, lazy, evil, like ooh those terrible terrible cripples. You see a lot of disabled villains, these people who are portrayed as being, you know, so they're physically disabled, like they have a hunch back, and that makes them bitter towards the world. Or you know, even like, I mean, and this is less so in terms of fictional media, but if you have a person who is daring to demand the accommodations and accessibility that they should be guaranteed, then they're portrayed in terms of this bitter trope. Or if somebody is on disability, like government disability benefits, then they're lazy, because of course disabled people don't really want to work, because of course, we love it when people think we're lazy. So you really see these terrible portrayals and really what the media needs to do is have these actual human portrayals. Like have portrayals of people as they actually are. And then of course another issue is that when you do see disabled characters in the media, nine times out of ten they are played by an able bodied actor, so there really needs to be a change there too.A:  You're involved with several blogs that speak about disability, chronic illness, and activism. Can you recommend any blogs as a resource for listeners?M:  Sure, absolutely! One of my favorites would probably be by an activist named Mia Mengis (SP), and her blog is called Leaving Evidence. And she, I mean she's an incredible writer, and she does really great work. And I think especially if you're interested in learning about the intersections between disability and things like race, gender, class, sexual orientation, that's a great place to go. And then, let's see, I also really love my roommate's blog, my roommate from this summer. She writes a blog called Claiming Crip where she talks about her experiences. She has cerebral palsy and she is a wheel chair user and she is just a really fantastic writer and she is brilliant and she is hilarious. And, I mean, if you start reading people's disability blogs, people tend to link to each other, people tend to be in conversation with each other, so once you get going it's pretty easy to find more resources.A:  One metaphor that I've come across in my research of blogs is the spoon theory, would you care to explain what that means?M:  Yeah, absolutely! So the spoon theory was created by a woman who has lupus and she used it as a way to describe energy in the way that people with chronic illnesses experience it. So if you are able bodied, you have generally unlimited amounts of energy or easily replenishable amounts of energy, energy generally isn't a problem. But if you have a chronic illness, you only have a certain amount of energy and if you over extend yourself, then it can take days, or weeks, or months to recover, and so you really have to do a lot more planning ahead and thinking about how you are going to ration out your energy. So the spoon theory is a way of thinking about spoons as portions of energy. So if you are able bodied, you have unlimited spoons, but if you have a chronic illness, you might wake up and you have ten spoons for a day and going to breakfast costs you two spoons and going to class costs you three spoons and going to work costs you two spoons and you might get to the end of the day and realize “oh, I have enough spoons where I can either go to the dining hall and eat dinner or I can work on this paper”. So it's really about explaining the choices people with chronic illnesses have to make, and just the amount of planning and mental energy that goes into thinking about how are you going to get through the day.A:  So if there's just a couple things that you want our listeners to take away from this conversation, what would those things be?M:  Well I think people on the Claremont colleges generally are pretty open to learning about disability. Certainly we've found in DIDA that a lot of people want to know more, they just don't know where to begin. Or they've never even thought about it. And I hope, what DIDA can do is sort of fill that need and start to educate people. But I also hope that people really start to become allies, or better allies, and speak up if you hear someone say something ablest. And that's not just people saying the word retarded. That is people making comments about how somebody is crazy, or people, you know, not understanding why somebody who is a wheel chair user wouldn't want to be cured, quote unquote. And so I think, or just I hope, that people get educated to the point where they really can stand up for their friends and start just really engaging with these issues and stop being so scared about disability, because it freaks people out and people shouldn't be scared of it. I would say disability is not tragic. It's not this tragic, terrible thing. It is a normal part of human diversity and there are so many disabled students at the Claremont colleges, probably some of your friends, maybe you! It's really important to learn about disability issues, because you are going to encounter disability in your life. I think it's great how much people do care about other people and about how much people do want to know about other people's life experiences, and I just want people to know that disability is part of that. Disability is part of the equation.A:  Thank you so much for speaking with me today!M:  Thank you for having me!

Power Hour with Alex Epstein
Episode 71: Patrick Michaels on Global Warming and the IPCC

Power Hour with Alex Epstein

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2013


On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Dr. Patrick Michaels about global warming and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Dr. Michaels is Director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute. He taught Environmental Science for 30 years at University of Virginia. He is a past […]

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UVA Climategate

STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2013 39:00


In 2010, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a law suit against  University of Virgina (Mike Mann Climate Gate Professor) who received nearly half a million dollars in research grants to do research on the climate of the earth. The reseach concluded that global warmining is related to human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels.   The contraversary stems from Manns critics who claim that "he" used the contraversial "hockey stick graph" which contends that global temperatures have experienced a sudden an unprecedented spike in recent years -the graph is in the shape of a hockey stick.  Professor Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State.  In researching the case, Cuccinelli discovered an email in which one researcher expressed an interest in punching Charlottsville-based doubting climate scientist Patrick Michaels in the nose.  Topic Areas: Use/misuse of public money; freedom of speech;academic freedom Supreme Court Ruling Guest Peter Finnocchio, Mark Falzon This show sponsored by campusteaparties.com log onto youthforindependenceforum

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STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO
UVA AND CLIMATEGATE

STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2013 43:00


  n 2010, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a law suit against  University of Virgina (Mike Mann Climate Gate Professor) who received nearly half a million dollars in research grants to do research on the climate of the earth. The reseach concluded that global warmining is related to human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels.   The contraversary stems from Manns critics who claim that "he" used the contraversial "hockey stick graph" which contends that global temperatures have experienced a sudden an unprecedented spike in recent years -the graph is in the shape of a hockey stick.  Professor Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State.  In researching the case, Cuccinelli discovered an email in which one researcher expressed an interest in punching Charlottsville-based doubting climate scientist Patrick Michaels in the nose.  Topic Areas: Use/misuse of public money; freedom of speech;academic freedom Supreme Court Ruling Guest Peter Finnocchio, Mark Falzon 

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STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO
UVA AND CLIMATEGATE

STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2013 32:00


  n 2010, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a law suit against  University of Virgina (Mike Mann Climate Gate Professor) who received nearly half a million dollars in research grants to do research on the climate of the earth. The reseach concluded that global warmining is related to human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels.   The contraversary stems from Manns critics who claim that "he" used the contraversial "hockey stick graph" which contends that global temperatures have experienced a sudden an unprecedented spike in recent years -the graph is in the shape of a hockey stick.  Professor Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State.  In researching the case, Cuccinelli discovered an email in which one researcher expressed an interest in punching Charlottsville-based doubting climate scientist Patrick Michaels in the nose.  Topic Areas: Use/misuse of public money; freedom of speech;academic freedom Supreme Court Ruling Guest Peter Finnocchio, Mark Falzon  This program sponsored by Campusteaparites.com log onto campusteaparties.com/blog/

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STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO
UVA AND CLIMATEGATE

STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2012 31:00


  n 2010, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a law suit against  University of Virgina (Mike Mann Climate Gate Professor) who received nearly half a million dollars in research grants to do research on the climate of the earth. The reseach concluded that global warmining is related to human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels.   The contraversary stems from Manns critics who claim that "he" used the contraversial "hockey stick graph" which contends that global temperatures have experienced a sudden an unprecedented spike in recent years -the graph is in the shape of a hockey stick.  Professor Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State.  In researching the case, Cuccinelli discovered an email in which one researcher expressed an interest in punching Charlottsville-based doubting climate scientist Patrick Michaels in the nose.  Topic Areas: Use/misuse of public money; freedom of speech;academic freedom Supreme Court Ruling Guest Peter Finnocchio, Mark Falzon  This show is sponsored by campusteaparties.com a 501 c3 non profit.  For more information go to campusteaparties. com or log onto campusteaparties.com/blog/

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STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO
UVA AND CLIMATEGATE

STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2012 32:00


  n 2010, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a law suit against  University of Virgina (Mike Mann Climate Gate Professor) who received nearly half a million dollars in research grants to do research on the climate of the earth. The reseach concluded that global warmining is related to human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels.   The contraversary stems from Manns critics who claim that "he" used the contraversial "hockey stick graph" which contends that global temperatures have experienced a sudden an unprecedented spike in recent years -the graph is in the shape of a hockey stick.  Professor Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State.  In researching the case, Cuccinelli discovered an email in which one researcher expressed an interest in punching Charlottsville-based doubting climate scientist Patrick Michaels in the nose.  Topic Areas: Use/misuse of public money; freedom of speech;academic freedom Show sponsored by campusteaparties.com  Log onto campusteaparies.com/blog Supreme Court Ruling Guest Peter Finnocchio, Mark Falzon 

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STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO
UVA AND CLIMATEGATE/UPCOMING ELECTION

STUDENTSFORABETTERFUTURERADIO

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2012 31:00


  In 2010, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a law suit against  University of Virgina (Mike Mann Climate Gate Professor) who received nearly half a million dollars in research grants to do research on the climate of the earth. The research concluded that global warming is related to human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels.   The controversial stems from Manns critics who claim that "he" used the controversial "hockey stick graph" which contends that global temperatures have experienced a sudden an unprecedented spike in recent years -the graph is in the shape of a hockey stick.  Professor Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State.  In researching the case, Cuccinelli discovered an email in which one researcher expressed an interest in punching Charlottsville-based doubting climate scientist Patrick Michaels in the nose.  Topic Areas: Use/misuse of public money; freedom of speech;academic freedom Supreme Court Ruling Presidential election: Current statistics have Virginia in a dead heat.  Obama polling roughly 49 percent of the vote and Romney 48 percent of the vote.  This show sponsored by campusteaparties.com  log onto campusteaparties.com/blog/ Guest Peter Finnocchio, Mark Falzon 

Power Hour with Alex Epstein
Episode 8: Climate Policy with Patrick Michaels

Power Hour with Alex Epstein

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2011


Climatologist Dr. Patrick Michaels discusses climate policy