The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen just completed another polling study—this one asking people how worried they are about AI and what should be done about it legislatively. To no one's surprise, people are worried and think the government has a responsibility to get ahead of it.

We’ll also cover the way people can fool even themselves with AI, how some are totally outsourcing their thinking to it, what effect that has (or seems to have), and what the mass expansion of AI is going to do to the economy—especially in terms of energy demand and white-collar jobs. The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, S.T. Karnick, and Donald Kendal will discuss all this and more on Episode #495 of the In the Tank Podcast.

The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports released a new poll showing that 71% of Democrats support Elon Musk being IMPRISONED for his DOGE work. This insane position is held by 80% of self-reported "liberals" from the polling. The poll results were released the same day as this episode.

This is sadly not very shocking, as we take a look at what leftist-dominated Reddit says about Elon in our Unhinged segment. We also discuss DOGE's work so far, including issues at the U.S. Treasury Department, and whether or not the pork uncovered by DOGE is actually being cut. It seems many representatives want the spending to keep on rolling along. The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and S.T. Karnick will discuss all of this and more on Episode 494 of the In the Tank Podcast.

Spend any time at all watching or reading the news, and you may notice an odd trend in the Democrat party-- they seem to be embracing policies more and more that totally alienate the "normies," people who hold generally average views on social and political issues. Democrats increasingly favor extreme positions, like defending gang members and embracing ideologies that would have been universally rejected just a few years ago. Where it may end is anyone's guess, we try to parse it out here.

We also cover anti-gun activist David Hogg's potential expulsion from the DNC, how Trump Derangement Syndrome apparently was the deciding factor for many baby boomers in Canada, and a look back on Trump's first hundred days as President, part deux. The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and S.T. Karnick will discuss all of this and more on Episode #492 of the In the Tank Podcast.

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Far from just being useful for making anime memes from photographs, broad economy-scale automation and AI integration is likely here to stay, so it is important that we understand it. In The Tank legend Donald Kendal joins us to talk about AI and what conservatives need to know about it.

Also, we take a look at Bond-villain tier plots to dim the sun, get an update on Klaus Schwab and his alleged embezzlement investigation, and discuss what the future of technology means for society and how we can stay rooted while the virtual seems to eclipse the actual. The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, S.T. Karnick, and Donald Kendal will discuss all of this and more on Episode #492 of the In the Tank Podcast.

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Opening:
Opening chit chat, introduce guest (Donny!)

Topic #1 (combining Unhinged with Topic 1 again)
Sun Dimming Project to Begin in the UK
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/04/23/net-zero-plan-to-blot-out-sun-using-50-million-of-taxpayer-money-set-to-be-approved/


Topic #2
Davos Update: Klaus Schwab under investigation for embezzlement
https://www.reuters.com/world/world-economic-forum-launches-probe-into-founder-klaus-schwab-over-whistleblower-2025-04-22/


Topic #3
"Age of Extinction" - Human Culture and Experience withering in the tech age
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/an-age-of-extinction-is-coming-heres-how-to-survive/

Tariffs are the subject of heated debate not just between Democrats and Republicans, but within the spectrum of right wing economic thought as well. Trump has announced reciprocal tariffs for every country on the planet, in an attempt to end unfair trade imbalances across the board. Some countries have already started falling in line, the question is, what will the end result for American citizens be?

The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and S.T. Karnick will discuss. Join us as we also discuss the staff purges at various U.S. health agencies, Tim Walz' weird Marxist comic book, the house arrest of Marine Le Pen, and more on Episode #490 of the In the Tank Podcast.

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A new paper by Dr. Judith Curry, one of the world’s most prominent scientists skeptical of a looming human-caused climate catastrophe, and economist Harry DeAngelo cautions investors and the public that “the apocalyptic climate narrative is a seriously flawed guide for public policy.” Why? “Because it radically overstates the risks to humanity from continued global warming.” Wide-scale suppression of fossil fuel use will not measurably change future temperatures, but “a sharp decline in quality of life would surely ensue.”

We are proud to welcome Dr. Curry back to the show to dig deeper into her paper. We will also cover the Crazy Climate News of the Week, including a “die-in” at NOAA, how the polar ice crisis narrative is melting, Bernie Sanders wanting to ban gasoline cars but still flying private jets, and why climate change is not causing kids to miss more school days.

Join Heartland’s Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, H. Sterling Burnett, Jim Lakely, and Dr. Judith Curry LIVE at 1 p.m. ET for Episode #156 of The Climate Realism Show. Leave your questions in the live YouTube or Rumble chat to have them addressed in the Q&A segment at the end of the show.

Judith Curry's website, Climate Etc:
https://judithcurry.com/

Read Curry's latest paper, which we talked about on this program:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5145310

In mid-April, Spain’s socialist government bragged that, for the first time, the nation was powered by 100 percent “renewable” energy—mostly solar and wind. One week later, Spain, Portugal, parts of France, and several other countries suffered the largest peacetime blackout in their histories. Net Zero came to Europe all right—as in zero energy. We were perhaps seconds away from nearly the entire continent going dark. Yet again, wind, solar, and other “renewables” proved they simply cannot generate the consistent power needed to keep a complex electricity grid stable. We’ve been warning about this for a while, and today we’ll break down exactly what happened.

The Heartland Institute’s Sterling Burnett, Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely will also cover some “Crazy Climate News of the Week,” including the federal government scrapping the so-called “social cost of carbon,” NASA’s climate-alarmism office above the Seinfeld diner getting shut down, and a newly minted map of climate anxiety.

We discuss all this and more on Episode 155 of The Climate Realism Show. Watch the stream LIVE at 1 p.m. ET, and jump into the chat with your comments and questions!

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
4:04 Goodbye, Social Cost of Carbon
15:36 GISS Gets the Boot
24:16 Climate Anxiety, Mapped
30:25 Climate Monkey Business
40:31 Spain Goes Dark
59:59 Q&A

While the climate realism movement might feel it has the wind at its back these days, the global climate empire is not going away quietly, or quickly. A new report by the Media Research Center and Bongino Report details just how far and deep the reach of the radical Soros-backed network reaches. The report finds that no fewer than 345 well-funded eco-activist groups push radical environmentalism worldwide. George Soros and his more-radical son Alex have spent more than $600 billion (with a “b”) to exploit fears about climate change to push for more government control over the lives of ordinary people. We will go over this important report.

We will also cover the “Crazy Climate News of the Week” just after Earth Day, including how activists are using AI tools to identify and censor climate realists, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledging that we must act now to avoid “climate hell,” how the UK government wants to blot out the sun, and how Trump’s State Department has axed the office of “Climate Envoy to the World.”

Join us LIVE at 1 p.m. ET on Friday as Heartland’s Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely welcome special guest Tom Nelson — co-founder of Gorilla Science, podcaster, and producer of “Climate: The Movie.”

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
5:27 The Road to Climate Hell
13:26 Dimming the Sun is Dumb
21:39 Climate Envoy Cancelled
29:38 A.I. Climate Censorship
38:12 The Climate Empire Strikes Back
57:23 Q&A

SHOW NOTES:

CLIMATE DEPOT: UN Sec-Gen Guterres (former Pres. of Socialists Int’l) doubles down on ‘climate action’ & warns of ‘climate hell’: ‘We cannot allow climate commitments to be blown off course’ – ‘Science is on our side’
https://www.climatedepot.com/2025/04/23/un-sec-gen-guterres-former-pres-of-socialists-intl-doubles-down-on-climate-action-we-cannot-allow-climate-commitments-to-be-blown-off-course-science-is-on-our-side/

BREITBART: Scientists Look to Dim the Sun to Counter ‘Runaway Climate Change’
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/04/23/report-scientists-look-to-dim-the-sun-to-counter-runaway-climate-change/

WashFreeBeacon: Trump Admin Axes Biden-Era Climate Office John Kerry Used To Assault Fossil Fuels
https://freebeacon.com/energy/trump-admin-axes-biden-era-climate-office-john-kerry-used-to-assault-fossil-fuels/

Just the News: Activists use AI to identify climate 'deniers' and pressure social media companies to censor them
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/activist-campaign-uses-ai-identify-deniers-and-pressure-social-media

MRC NewsBusters: Eco-Kingpins: How the Soros Empire Funds and Steers the Global Climate Change Agenda
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/joseph-vazquez/2025/04/22/eco-kingpins-how-soros-empire-funds-and-steers-global

Today In The Tank crosses over with the Climate Realism Show, to take a look at what it means that EPA director Lee Zeldin is proposing to jettison the greenhouse gas "Endangerment Finding," which the EPA has used to levy piles of regulations on American businesses, the power grid, and individuals. Would this be a death blow to the green movement?

The Heartland Institute’s Linnea Lueken, Jim Lakely, and S.T. Karnick will be joined by H. Sterling Burnett to discuss this, as well as the firebombing of the PA governor's mansion and the incredible media spin, China's response to Trump's tariffs, and the death of yet another climate program, this time from the USDA. All of this and more on Episode #491 of the In The Tank Podcast!

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
3:43 PA Gov Firebombed
25:36 China Responds to Tariffs
47:06 USDA Climate Program Killed
58:55 EPA Endangerment Finding Endangered
1:19:27 IMPORTANT STUFF to close

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In news that has climate alarmists in an even greater panic, the Trump administration is ending funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the panel that produced the federal government’s National Climate Assessment every four years. Several officials in the office have reportedly been fired, and Trump’s NASA has canceled the contract with the firm that coordinates the production of the National Climate Assessment. Defenders of the program say the report has been a “comprehensive look at climate change,” but has that ever been true?

The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely will discuss this topic and also cover some of the Crazy Climate News of the Week.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
4:41 Pay Up, Michael Mann
12:00 Trump Targets Green States
22:08 Green Movement Dying?
31:05 Defunding Climate Anxiety
38:19 Exiting the Climate Alarm Cabal
53:57 Q&A

In this eye-opening clip from The Climate Realism Show by The Heartland Institute, we dive into the alarming rise of climate anxiety among young people, fueled by media hype and unscientific narratives. A recent study from Nature Medicine reveals how climate-related fears are driving depression, hopelessness, and even suicidal thoughts in some, particularly among the younger generation.

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In this gripping segment from The Heartland Institute's In the Tank Podcast, we dive into the shocking firebombing of PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence by a radical leftist, Cody Balmer. We explore the attacker’s anarchist motives, the media’s biased spin, and the broader trend of leftist violence in American politics—from the Weathermen to the BLM/Antifa riots.

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In this riveting excerpt from The Heartland Institute's In the Tank podcast, we explain how the Holy Grail of the environmentalists — the EPA’s Endangerment Finding — is in serious peril. We explore the rule's flawed origins under Obama's EPA, its shaky legal foundation, and how the Trump administration might reverse it using Supreme Court rulings like West Virginia v. EPA. Are we on the verge or returning to a reality-based world? Will science, and not ideology, be the touchstone of government policy again?

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Climate alarmists frequently claim that ocean temperatures are soaring at dangerous rates due to human-caused global warming. In recent reports, they cite record temperatures from 2023 as proof that humanity is dangerously altering our planet's oceans.

But how accurate is this alarming narrative? In this quick climate fact check, Linnea Lueken explains the gradual nature of ocean warming, noting a modest increase of only 0.7 degrees Celsius since 1880. She discusses natural phenomena like the end of the Little Ice Age and recurring El Niño events as significant drivers of ocean temperature variations, raising the important question: Are human CO2 emissions really responsible for ocean warming, or are natural forces playing a much larger role?

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When COVID-19 first appeared just steps from a lab known for engineering dangerous viruses, we were told it came from a bat. When vaccines were released, we were told they would prevent transmission. When masks became mandatory, we were told they stopped the spread. And now, we’re told the planet is spiraling into a climate catastrophe.

You’ve been lied to.

This whiteboard animation breaks down the well-coordinated misinformation we’ve been fed—from COVID’s lab origins to the media's climate crisis narrative. In this video, we ask the tough questions:

Why did the government and media suppress dissent?

Who profited from the fear?

What is the real science behind masks, vaccines, and climate claims?

Watch the full breakdown and decide for yourself.

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