Science From the Fringe

Conversations with fearless scientists, policy experts, and journalists who are defying dogma and defending discovery. sciencefromthefringe.substack.com

Science From the Fringe is a science podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 56 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Science From the Fringe, a science show with 56 episodes published.

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  The Climate Apocalypse Isn’t Around the Corner (In Defense of Climate Change - Episode 4)

  May 25, 202657 minS0

  <p>In the fourth episode of In Defense of Climate Change, Bryce Nickels and climate policy scholar Roger Pielke Jr. discuss what Pielke describes as one of the most consequential developments in climate science in years: the retirement of the extreme climate scenario known as RCP 8.5. Bryce and Roger unpack how a small international committee helped shape the climate scenarios that informed scientific research, media narratives, regulations, banking policy, and global climate politics for over a decade.</p><p>Roger explains why many of the “worst-case” climate projections were based on implausible assumptions about future coal use and why recent upda...

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  'An Inconvenient Truth' - 20 Years Later (In Defense of Climate Change - Episode 3)

  Apr 17, 202641 minS0

  <p>In the third episode of In Defense of Climate Change, Bryce Nickels and climate policy scholar Roger Pielke Jr. revisit the legacy of An Inconvenient Truth twenty years after its release. Building on Pielke’s recent essay, they examine how Al Gore framed climate change through a religious lens—apocalyptic warnings, moral imperatives, and a defined path to “salvation.” Pielke reflects on how readily much of the scientific community embraced this framing and argues that the film’s most enduring impact lies not in any single claim it made, but in how it helped recast climate science as a vehicle fo...

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  The Problem With Peer Review (In Defense of Virology - Episode 9)

  Apr 2, 20261h 7mS0

  <p>In this episode of In Defense of Virology, Bryce Nickels speaks with virologist Simon Wain-Hobson about Simon’s essay, “WHO Wordplay on COVID Origins,” which critiques the WHO SAGO report and a related Nature commentary on what is known about the origins of COVID-19.</p><p>The discussion begins with SAGO’s claim that most peer-reviewed evidence supports a natural origin, while acknowledging that key intelligence and data remain unavailable. Simon argues this creates a misleading sense of certainty—presenting a conclusion while admitting critical gaps.</p><p>The conversation then turns to peer review, emphasizing that it is not a fina...

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  'Stick and Jab' (In Defense of Climate Change - Episode 2)

  Mar 31, 202636 minS0

  <p>In the second episode of In Defense of Climate Change, Bryce Nickels speaks with climate policy scholar Roger Pielke Jr. about his recent review of Science Under Siege (SUS), a book by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez arguing that an “anti-science movement” threatens society.</p><p>Roger argues that SUS is less a serious analysis than a partisan manifesto—one that treats political disagreement, especially from Republicans, as a form of scientific heresy. A central theme is the book’s use of terms like “anti-science cabal” and “anti-science ecosystem.” He contends that these categories are vague and elastic, functioning less as analytic...

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  The Best Kept Secret in Climate Science (In Defense of Climate Change - Episode 1)

  Mar 17, 202643 minS0

  <p>Climate change is one of the most politically charged issues in science, often framed as a choice between denial and apocalypse. In the first episode of In Defense of Climate Change, Bryce Nickels speaks with climate policy scholar Roger Pielke Jr. about why that framing distorts the realities of climate science.</p><p>At the center of the conversation is the role of scenarios in climate research—what Roger calls “the best kept secret in climate science.” Climate models do not predict the future; they simulate how the climate would respond under different assumptions about how the world develops, includ...

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