Thomas Nelson

Tom Nelson

Science EN ↓ 414 episodes

Interviews and presentations on climate/energy realism and more, with guests including Will Happer, Jerome Corsi, Marc Morano, Carl-Otto Weiss, Valentina Zharkova, Christopher Essex, Henrik Svensmark, Patrick Moore, Ross McKitrick, Willie Soon, Susan Crockford, Peter Ridd, Christopher Monckton, and Richard Lindzen.

Author

Thomas Nelson

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Science

Podcast website

tomn.substack.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Nir Shaviv: Cosmic rays and climate | Tom Nelson Pod #138 17.08.2023

According to PhysicaPlus: “… [Dr. Shaviv’s] research interests cover a wide range of topics in astrophysics. Most are related to the application of fluid dynamics, radiation transfer or high energy physics to a wide range of objects – from stars and compact objects to galaxies and the early universe. His studies on the possible relationships between cosmic rays’ intensity and the Earth’s climate,...

Kelvin Kemm: South African electricity and climate realism | Tom Nelson Pod #137 16.08.2023

Dr Kelvin Kemm is a Business Strategy Consultant and runs his own company, Stratek, based in Pretoria. He is a nuclear physicist and is a past Chairman of the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa). Dr Kemm started work as a research and development scientist but then moved into the management of technology and became involved in a wide variety of projects in many industrial sectors, giv...

Paul Burgess: Climate Realism | Tom Nelson Pod #136 15.08.2023

Paul Burgess B.Sc, MS.C, a retired Chartered Water Resources Engineer was in charge of water resource planning for large sections of the UK and sat on national UK committees. Before he retired he represented the whole of the country of Wales where he was  responsible for planning water supply, flood protection, reservoirs, hydrological and weather monitoring. He built the first mathematical model...

Andy West: The Climate Change Doomsday Cult | Tom Nelson Pod #135 10.08.2023

Andrew Montford article about the book: “Climate Change’ is a Doomsday Cult That Threatens Us All”: https://dailysceptic.org/2023/06/09/climate-change-is-a-doomsday-cult-that-threatens-us-all/ Andy West’s posts on Climate Etc: https://judithcurry.com/?s=%22andy+west%22 https://twitter.com/AndyWest_tweets “The Grip of Culture” book: https://www.thegwpf.org/publications/culture/ Free PDF download: h...

Wade Allison: Radiation and Reason | Tom Nelson Pod #134 07.08.2023

Emeritus Professor of Physics and Fellow of Keble College, University of Oxford, UK  Hon. Sec.  Supporters Of Nuclear Energy (SONE) www.sone.org.uk  "The Flight of a Relativistic Charge in Matter" 2023 Springer; "Nuclear is for Life" 2015;  "Radiation and Reason" 2009; "Fundamental Physics for Probing and Imaging"  2006 OUP. Twitter: https://twitter.com/radi...

Kenneth P. Green: The Plague of Models | Tom Nelson Pod #133 05.08.2023

About Kenneth P. Green: I received my doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an M.S. in Molecular Genetics from San Diego State University, and a B.S. in Biology from UCLA. I have used my expertise for 25 years at public policy research institutions across North America. My list of publications includes policy studies, magazine art...

Tilak Doshi: “Rubicon Crossed: Energy World Turned Upside Down After Ukraine War | Tom Nelson #132 02.08.2023

Dr Tilak K. Doshi is managing director at Doshi Consulting. Dr Doshi is an industry expert, with over 30 years of international work experience in leading oil and gas companies and think tanks. He has been a visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore; Chief Economist at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore; a senior fellow and Pr...

Hügo Krüger: The Nuclear Narrative | Tom Nelson Pod #131 28.07.2023

Hügo Krüger is a writer, podcaster, and structural engineer with working experience in the nuclear, concrete, and oil and gas industry. He has a master’s degree in the design of nuclear structures, and has also worked on renewable energy. Hugo's podcast guests have included Richard Lindzen, Will Happer, Judith Curry, Tony Heller, Patrick Moore, and Noam Chomsky. Twitter: https://twitter.com/hk...

Wesley Massumbukolt: Students Against Tyranny | Tom Nelson Pod #130 27.07.2023

Wesley lives in Milton Keynes, U.K., studies automotive engineering at the University of Sheffield, and is also a music producer. https://twitter.com/SATOfficial_1 Students Against Tyranny: https://www.studentsagainsttyranny.com/ (You can donate near the bottom of the page) Telegram: Students Against Tyranny https://t.me/studentsagainsttyrannyofficial Good ol' outreach at Leeds: https://twitte...

Frank G Lasee: The Truth of Energy & Climate | Tom Nelson Pod #129 25.07.2023
Cal Abel: Nuclear Power for Human Flourishing | Tom Nelson Pod #128 21.07.2023

Cal is the co-founder and CTO of an energy and governance company, Signal Power and Light, with coal mining operations in Northern Alabama and a special governmental zone, ZEDE, in Honduras, ZEDE Orquídea. Cal’s work in governance and energy as a means of addressing global poverty stemmed from his early economic work connecting statistical physics to economics, which has been completed with The Qu...

Jusper Machogu: Hard reality of a low-CO2 lifestyle | Tom Nelson Pod #127 17.07.2023

Agricultural Engineer, energy freedom/availability advocate in Africa and climate skeptic. What is it like farming without Fossil Fuels/energy/machines? Is it 'Sustainable'? I will show you. https://juspermachogu.substack.com/ https://twitter.com/JusperMachogu Wonderful thread—What it’s like to live without fossil fuels: https://twitter.com/JusperMachogu/status/1642391693075836928 Buy Jusp...

Nicola Scafetta: Understanding Climate Change | Tom Nelson Pod #126 15.07.2023

Nicola Scafetta is a research scientist and at the University of Napoli Federico II. He was formerly at the ACRIM Lab group and an adjunct assistant professor in the physics department at Duke University.  His research interests are in theoretical and applied statistics and nonlinear models of complex processes Slides for this podcast: https://tomn.substack.com/p/understanding-climate-change 2023...

Meredith Angwin: Shorting the Grid | Tom Nelson Pod #125 13.07.2023

As a working chemist, Meredith Angwin headed projects that lowered pollution and increased reliability on the electric grid. Her work included pollution control for nitrogen oxides in gas-fired combustion turbines, and corrosion control in geothermal and nuclear systems. She was one of the first women to be a project manager at the Electric Power Research Institute. She led projects in renewable a...

Ivor Cummins: This is the battle of our lives | Tom Nelson Pod #124 06.07.2023

Ivor Cummins BE(Chem) CEng MIEI PMP completed a Biochemical Engineering degree in 1990. He has since spent over 25 years in corporate technical leadership and management positions. His career specialty has been leading large worldwide teams in complex problem-solving activity. His uniquely powerful ability has been to rapidly resolve complex multifactorial issues, involving all branches of science...

Ralph Schoellhammer: Popular Uprising Against the Elites | Tom Nelson Pod #123 04.07.2023

Assistant professor of International Relations at Webster Vienna Private University. My main field of research is political theory and international relations, with a particular emphasis on how culture, values, and ideologies influence state behaviour. I have written and published about the interplay of culture and identity and how it affects social capital formation and social cohesion. Besides m...

Tammy Nemeth: Demonizing hydrocarbons | Tom Nelson Pod #122 03.07.2023

Dr. Tammy Nemeth is a strategic energy and ESG analyst based in the UK. Her consulting company ESG2 Insight offers bespoke research, analysis, and insights to help organizations understand the overlapping challenges of Energy, Security, Geopolitics and Environmental, Social, Governance -- ESG2. Dr. Nemeth has a PhD in history from the University of British Columbia and was a guest lecturer on the...

James E. Kamis: Geological Impacts on Climate | Tom Nelson Pod #121 29.06.2023

James Edward Kamis is a retired Geologist with forty-two years of experience. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Northern Illinois University and a Master of Science degree in Geology from Idaho State University. More than forty-six years of research has convinced him that geological forces significantly influence, or in some cases, completely control climate, and climate-related...

Gordon Tomb: “Net Zero: An Existential Threat to Grid Reliability – and More” | Tom Nelson Pod #120 28.06.2023

Gordon Tomb is a Senior Advisor at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, Virginia, whose membership of approximately 120 world-class scientists and researchers are committed to educating the public and policymakers on the benefits of carbon dioxide. He is the primary editor of the best-selling “Inconvenient Facts: The science that Al Gore doesn’t want you to know.” Gordon is also a Senior Fellow with the...

Irina Slav: Challenging the dominant narrative | Tom Nelson Pod #119 21.06.2023

Irina has written about oil, gas, and all things energy since 2016. Her main focus is the reality of energy security and the many fantastical facets of the energy transition. Her work appears on Oilprice.com and Substack at Irina Slav on energy. Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrinaSlav1 Substack: https://irinaslav.substack.com Irina’s Oilprice.com articles: https://oilprice.com/search/tab/articles/i...

Lois Perry: Fighting for energy/climate realism in the U.K. | Tom Nelson Pod #118 20.06.2023

For 18 years, Lois has been a regular commentator on BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show. She has appeared on Channel 5 as a panelist on the Jeremy Vine Show on numerous occasions and also on the BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Essex, LBC, etc.  Lois regularly provides her commentary and appears regularly on GB News and Talk Radio. CAR26 campaigns for informed rational analysis of climate mat...

Samuel Furfari: “I denounce energy insecurity” | Tom Nelson Pod #117 20.06.2023

Prof. Samuel Furfari (aka Samuele) is a chemical engineer. He graduated from the Free University of Brussels. He obtained his Ph. D. from the same university in 1982. His thesis was in the field of energy. Between 1982 and 2018, he was a senior official at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy, where he devoted his entire career to the development of energy technologies and...

Simon Elmer: The Politics of Environmental Fundamentalism | Tom Nelson Pod #116 14.06.2023

Simon Elmer was born and lives in London. In 2002, he received his PhD in the History and Theory of Art from University College London, and he has taught at the universities of London, Manchester, Reading and Michigan. In 2015 he co-founded Architects for Social Housing, for which he is Head of Research. His books include The Road to Fascism: For a Critique of the Global Biosecurity State (2022);...

David Blackmon: Energy Absurdities | Tom Nelson Pod #115 13.06.2023

40 year veteran of the oil and gas industry. Long-time writer on energy issues. Widely recognized subject matter expert on energy. Contributor at Forbes.com, The Daily Caller, World Oil Magazine and The Petroleum Economist.    Substack:  https://blackmon.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnergyAbsurdity David helps to co-host The Energy Transition Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Roger Pielke Jr.: Honest brokering is a group effort | Tom Nelson Pod #114 12.06.2023

Roger Pielke Jr. is a professor at the University of Colorado, as well as a writer on Substack where he focuses on climate policy, sports governance, and the messy “place where science and politics collide.”  —— https://twitter.com/RogerPielkeJr https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/ ———————— https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123 Substack: https://tomn.sub...

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