#217 Augustus Doricko - Did Cloud Seeding Cause the Texas Floods?

Shawn Ryan Show

Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Shawn Ryan Show has donated to the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund. Donate & Get Involved - https://cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=4201 Augustus Doricko is the founder and CEO of Rainmaker Technology Corp., a company focused on cloud seeding and weather modification. A Thiel Fellow and rising figure in climate tech, Doricko has recently faced public scrutiny following the major floods in Texas. His team conducted a brief cloud seeding operation on July 2 in a limited area of the state, then suspended operations out of caution. While some have raised questions about a possible connection between his work and the recent flooding, Doricko joins us to explain what cloud seeding actually involves—and to weigh in on the growing speculation surrounding it. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://USCCA.com/srs https://masachips.com/srs https://ROKA.com https://tryarmra.com/srs Augustus Doricko Links: Rainmaker - https://www.rainmaker.com X - https://x.com/ADoricko LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/augustus-doricko-660b20145 Substack - https://substack.com/@doricko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.3	Augustus Dorico, welcome back.
0:38.4	Thanks for having me back, Sean.
0:39.6	Didn't expect to see you again so soon.
0:42.5	It was quite the timing.
0:44.6	Yeah.
0:45.1	Yeah, man.
0:45.6	So, uh, massive flood tragedy in Texas.
0:51.6	You were there cloud seeding before.
0:56.8	And, uh, so I know you're getting blasted on the internet people are fucking irate you know what's it what's going on and and um you know but
1:03.5	i pride myself on giving everybody a voice and so i wanted to offer you the opportunity to
1:10.1	come back and talk about what's going down on
1:12.9	there so quick introduction and some stats on what's happened last week Augustus Dorico founder and
1:20.8	CEO of Rainmaker a next generation cloud seating company your name popped up in the news last week
1:27.2	obviously because of the Texas floods and the cloud seating company. Your name popped up in the news last week, obviously, because of the Texas
1:29.1	floods and the cloud seating stuff. And so like I said, I just want to bring you on, give you
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