Episode #090: 500 Years of Extreme Storms

Summary

In this episode, RC delves into extreme weather events and the historical context of weather disasters over the past 500 years, challenging the notion that current storms are unprecedented. He critiques the 'hockey stick graph' popularized by Al Gore and the IPCC, labeling it as a fraudulent misrepresentation. The discussion leads to the exploration of catastrophism as introduced by Charles Hapgood in his book 'Path of the Pole'.

Key takeaways

• 1Charles Hapgood: Author of 'Path of the Pole', known for his theory on catastrophism.
• 2Hockey stick graph: A controversial climate graph criticized as being misleading and used by Al Gore and the IPCC.
• 3Urban Heat Islands: A phenomenon mentioned for further exploration in future episodes.
• 4Historical weather disasters: An extensive listing of weather-related disasters over the last 500 years is referenced to counter prevailing narratives.

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Transcript excerpt

That's ancientnutrition.com, code protein. This is Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. And welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. This is Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast, episode 90. Guys, we are 10 episodes away from 100. What are we going to do for the 100th episode? Chugging on. Toga. Toga party. Toga. Toga. So we're continuing on with climate disasters, I think, and just looking at climate throughout the history. And Randall's got some good stuff planned for us today, I think. Right, Randall? Or are we just going to hang out and not really look at anything? Is it good stuff? Great stuff. Nah, just mediocre. Okay. Mediocre stuff. All right. Mediocre show today, folks, for episode 90. We got to tone it down a bit. Randall said he needed to get rid of all of his mediocre data. But by the time we get to episode 100, it's back to the awesome stuff. Yeah, we got to do a mediocre dump here. No way we got. No, you know, while we've been getting so much feedback from people, you know, having, you know, fainting spells and things while we're podcasting, we figured we better tone it down a little bit. You know, we've had a few, you know, several people have had to check themselves into emergency rooms. But, yeah, that was Mike. That's what he said after the end of the last episode. We're glad you're fully recovered, Mike. Thank you. I appreciate it. To rejoin us. It certainly does some. Is your heart rate normal again, Mike? Always. Very good. Yeah, well, we're getting our panels back. So we're on a roll. I don't think we ought to go back to mediocre. We ought to keep laying it on. Oh, okay, Brad. All right. ...

Excerpt from Kosmographia, Nov 3, 2022. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.