{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Frealclearinvestigations.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F114-txv_6WYW","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Al Gore and the Politicization of Science | RealClearInvestigations Podcast #114","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/69be5d4f-b498-44bc-b3b5-f614ce9a7957/8cd31ef2-9e4d-4b9f-9bcf-c7409aee67d6/rci_114_thumbnail_square_1080x1080.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with Roger Pielke Jr., a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, about his article detailing how Al Gore’s seminal 2006 book and film on climate change, “An Inconvenient Truth,” helped politicize science.\n\nIn our round-up of the week’s best investigative reporting, Zane and Varney discuss Paul Sperry’s article for RCI on newly declassified documents showing how a top government official fast-tracked a politically compromised whistleblower complaint in 2019 that ultimately triggered the first impeachment of President Trump. They also discuss the sexual accusation that forced Rep. Eric Swalwell to resign from Congress – and why this evidently widely-known questions about his conduct had not been reported until now. \n\n00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Guest\n01:00 Impeachment Insights and Partisan Politics\n07:05 The Eric Swalwell Controversy\n16:05 Legacy of Al Gore's Climate Advocacy\n17:01 The Evolution of Climate Change Discourse\n22:08 Current Understanding of Climate Science\n28:00 Global Perspectives on Climate Change\n29:14 Decarbonization and Energy Sources\n31:28 The Politicization of Science\n38:35 Millenarianism in Climate Science\n42:47 Finding Common Ground in Climate Policy\n46:38 The Impact of COVID on Public Trust\n50:39 The Future of Academia and Climate Policy\n"}