Michael Murphy on the battle for France, Chris Morrison on the unravelling of the great climate scam. Plus: Jason Arday, ‘autoethnography’ and the fall of academia.
In Episode 100 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Michael Murphy, writer and Head of Journalism at Outpost, about the violent student unrest rocking France – and what it means for next year’s Presidential election.
Daily Sceptic columnist Steven Tucker, on the Jason Arday scandal and what it shows about the latest academic discipline for pseuds, frauds and posers: autoethnography.
And Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor, on his hit new book Implausible and how he’s bringing down the climate change consensus.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.
00:00 Intro
01:25 Michael Murphy on the French Protests
04:09 The Scale of the Violence
06:39 The Ideology Behind the Riots
09:32 Terrorist Sympathies or Youthful Nihilism?
11:34 The Ethnic Composition of the Rioters
14:09 Greta Thunberg
16:04 The Impact on France’s Presidential Election
17:46 The Rise of the French Right
20:11 Why French & British Protests Differ
25:35 Stephen Tucker on ‘Autoethnography’
29:06 The Absurdity of Modern Research
41:04 Autoethnography & Jason Arday
48:14 Hilary Cremin & the Future of Education
55:03 The Ideological Capture of Universities
59:42 Chris Morrison on his new book Implausible
01:07:03 How Implausible Climate Predictions Became Accepted
01:13:21 Net Zero as the New Communism
01:18:45 Scale of the Climate Change Scam
01:22:22 Why the Climate Debate Needs to Happen
