Ep. 3 | A Nobel Mann?

Climate Change on Trial

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4.9 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The trial really got underway today with three gripping opening statements. The defendants’ words “broke the bounds of decency,'' according to Michael Mann’s lawyer. His combative opening set the tone for what became a very, very combative courtroom as the day went on. And you can hear all the drama here.

The jury heard the accusations against Michael Mann were “vile.” But both defendants got to hit back. Their opening speeches slammed Mann’s Climate Change Hockey Stick graph and the “whitewash” investigations into his scientific method.

Rand Simberg’s lawyer said Mann is guilty of bullying, boycotting, and blacklisting members of his profession. She dismantled the idea that Mann was damaged at all by her client's statements. “Inflammatory does not equal defamatory,” she said.

Then came the masterclass in oratory from Mark Steyn. He’s defending himself and left no doubt that he stands by everything he has ever said about Michael Mann. Steyn described Mann as a “vicious blowhard”....who discriminates against, harasses, and bullies anybody who disagrees with him”. He said Mann’s Hockey Stick graph was a fraud and Mann himself was a fraud. Mann falsely claimed on numerous occasions to have won a Nobel Prize.

You won't want to miss this episode. Listen now to the riveting opening day of Climate Change On Trial.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to climate change on trial. I'm Anne Mackelhe.
0:08.6	And I'm Phila Mackelier. This is a daily podcast from Inside the DC
0:12.2	defamation trial of writer and broadcaster Mark Stein.
0:16.0	Stein has been sued for defamation by climate scientist Professor Michael Mann.
0:21.0	Stein described Mann's famous hockey stick graph as a fraud.
0:25.0	Mann is also suing writer Rand Simbruck who made similar comments.
0:30.0	Mann is a professor at Penn State University famous for the Hoggi-stick graph which
0:34.8	prefer to show a sharp rise in world temperatures since industrialization and it's a
0:41.5	controversial graph and this is a controversial graph.
0:43.0	And this is a very important case about climate science, climate
0:47.4	activism, free speech.
0:48.9	So we're presenting this podcast in a very special way
0:51.2	by having actors reenact verbatim the most exciting
0:53.7	exchanges in court each day you'll get daily updates in their own words of a case
0:58.6	that is hugely important as I said because of the debate over climate change and the importance of free speech.
1:05.0	So welcome to climate change on trial day three. A noble man, question mark. Just a note on today's episode.
1:17.0	Due to technical difficulties, we were unable to get the transcript of one of the council giving opening speeches today.
1:24.5	We were unable to get the statement and the transcript of John Williams,
1:28.8	Mann's chief council.
1:30.6	We have lots of notes so we can tell you what was said and we want to give everyone a fair hearing.
1:35.0	We were able to get the opening statements of Ran Simburg's lawyer and Mark Stein himself so you'll hear those reenactments.
1:42.0	So, John... you'll hear those reenactments.
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