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Environment and Climate News Podcast

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Joel Berry, managing editor of the news satire website The Babylon Bee, to discuss "The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness." They discuss the Bee’s origin story, how Berry became involved with it, comedy and the art of satire, how staff go about choosing the articles they write, and what are some of his favorite pieces. They also discuss, of course, wokeness and why that moral panic is so much fun to poke fun of.

Get the book here: https://www.regnery.com/9781684512720/the-babylon-bee-guide-to-wokeness/        

Show Notes:

The Atlantic: Emma Green – “The Christians Who Mock Wokeness for a Living”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/10/babylon-bee-news-kyle-mann-wokeism/620376/

The Deseret News: Jennifer Graham – “How a preacher’s son made The Babylon Bee sting”
https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/10/22770662/how-a-preachers-son-made-the-babylon-bee-sting-politics-fakenews-evangelical-fox-news-jokes-humor

The Washington Times: Anthony J. Sadar – “BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness’”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/25/book-review-the-babylon-bee-guide-to-wokeness/

Ill Literacy: Books With Benson

Ill Literacy, Episode 52: The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness (Guest: Joel Berry)

If Jesus was a mix, then religion would be a teddybear... Even I don't get this

Stepping Away From the Monkey Business - Early Edit

Jumping Into The Monkey Business

Keep It Funky - Early Edit

Good Fucking Night (Chuckie Smash Crank Bootleg) - Roscoe Dash
Swag (Original Mix) - J Flash
The Devil's Den [Wolfgang Gartner] - Skrillex
Fire Hive - Knife Party
Kill Everybody - Skrillex
Pursuit of Happiness - Steve Aoki

Devil

Skream - Phat Head
Skream - Nefariousa
Zedd - Slam the Door
Dream - Go Hard (Crizzly Remix)
Feed Me - Blood Red

BeDaBa

Speakers - Markus Cole
There Might Be Coffee - Deadmau5
Spectrum - Zedd
Rockin' - Feri & Multi
Festival - Feri & Multi
Blessed - Avicii
She Wolfe (Falling to Pieces) - David Guetta feat. Sia

Jumping Into the Monkey Business

Lets Go Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Human caused climate change is not ending the world, indeed human health, quality of life, and environmental quality has improved dramatically in just the past 10 years, thanks in large part to development and innovation driven by  the use of fossil fuels. Schools and the media are lying to kids when they say the humans and capitalism are destroying the earth. By almost any measure, the world is improving, with rates of poverty, hunger, infant mortality declining dramatically, and life spans, crop yield, forest regrowth, health all growing dramatically, all led by market innovations driven by the increased use of fossil fuels.

Environment & Climate News

The World is Getting Better Thanks to Fossil Fuels! (Guest: Merril Matthews)

Attorney Peter Ferrara notes, cities, kids, and states have brought multiple lawsuits against corporations and the federal government attempting to impose energy and climate policy through the judiciary. Courts have dismissed them all, saying the legislature and the executive, not the judiciary, are the proper branches of government to shape national energy and environmental policy. Ferrara explains that these lawsuits are based on bad science and if successful would harm the U.S. economically.

Climate Lawsuits: Bad Science, Bad Law, Wrong Forum (Guest: Peter Ferrara)

In two new papers for The Heartland Institute, Paul Driessen, explains the Green New Deal would require an authoritarian take over of the economy and result in untold environmental devastation as vast numbers wildlife and huge swaths of wildlands are destroyed to mine minerals for and erect industrial wind and solar facilities. The Green New Deal is neither green nor new, but rather is warmed over communism.

Green New Deal: Warmed Over Environmentally Destructive Authoritarianism

Led by President Donald Trump, Jeffrey Tucker says the public should rise up and demand the federal government stop imposing energy and water efficiency requirements on household appliances. Federal appliance mandates have produced a whole generation of appliances that don't clean, take too much time, undermine the livability of our homes, and threaten our health.

Federal Appliance Mandates: Bad for Everything (Guest: Jeffrey Tucker)

Overtime federal agencies have used the vagueness of the Clean Water Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to expand their authority beyond legitimate bounds over peoples lives and properties. The Trump administration is upholding the rule of law with reforms to the  Clean Water Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify what waters fall under federal power and what that only acts which intentionally harm  migratory birds are criminal. These reforms make clearer when a person or company is not violating federal law or needs regulatory approval to act.

Water and Bird Protection Reforms Bring Clarity (Guest: Darren Bakst)

Models previously used by the Obama administration to account for the economic impact of increasing carbon dioxide levels either intentionally ignored or undercounted the benefits of carbon dioxide. When the impact on plants alone, especially staple crops, are properly accounted for in "Social Cost of Carbon" models, is turns out increasing levels of carbon dioxide produce net benefits.

Plants grow faster, larger, and use water more efficiently, increasing crop yields and decreasing hunger and malnutrition. "Social Cost of Carbon" models cannot be trusted to provide policy guidance because their outputs are a result of assumptions manipulated to produce the policy results the modelers desire.

Government's Social Cost of Carbon Calculations Can't be Trusted (Guest: Kevin Dayaratna)

In the inaugural episode of The After Party, Andy, Samantha and Nate discuss the Kamala Harris VP pick, Belarus, the college football season, and more!

The After Party

Joe Biden Picks Kamala Harris as VP

Andy and Samantha break down the DNC, postal service controversy and more in episode two of The After Party.

Let's Talk About the DNC

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal and Jim Lakely talk with conservative movie and culture critic Christian Toto on episode 275 of the In The Tank Podcast.Donald and Jim get your holiday binge streaming off right with a discussion with the publisher and editor of HollywoodInToto.com. Toto and the In The Tank crew talk about Wonder Woman 1984 (and why Toto hates it), how "woke culture" and social justice warriors are ruining the enjoyment of movies and TV shows, and if traditional theaters can survive the COVID era.They also talk about the brilliance of director Jon Favreau, who has not only saved Star Wars as a viable creative property with his Mandalorian series on Disney+, but gave the world "Elf" -- the greatest Christmas movie of all time.Enjoy this discussion about pop culture from a non-leftist perspective for a change. And read more at the great HollywoodInToto.com https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/

275. Wonder Woman 1984 and Woke Hollywood with Christian Toto

The “fire hose” of all podcasts produced by The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank. Policy ideas and discussions that will keep Freedom Rising.

The World is Getting Better Thanks to Fossil Fuels! (Guest: Merril Matthews)

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