Manipulating the Weather | Interview: Dr. David Keith

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

News, Politics

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Dr. David Keith, professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago and founder of Carbon Engineering, joins Jonah Goldberg to explain the controversy surrounding geoengineering. They brainstorm ways to decarbonize the economy, argue over the fine print of climate policy, and wonder if humanity can fix the planet without accidentally turning it into a giant Easy-Bake Oven. Show Notes:—Dr. Keith's bio The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Jack, I'm seeing your business everywhere. Have you got a new marketing person or something?
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0:28.6	.
0:29.6	U.K.
0:30.6	...
0:31.6	...
0:32.6	...
0:36.6	... Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention.
0:48.3	Can you digger?
0:57.6	Greetings your listening. Jee-Ga! Greetings, dear listeners, this is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant Podcast,
1:01.6	brought you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media.
1:04.8	This is a very exciting episode for me, or we'll see how exciting it is in retrospect.
1:10.7	But as a long-time listeners know,
1:12.5	I've wanted certain, I call them my guys, right? I wanted a rat guy on here to talk about
1:17.3	rat stuff and I got that, but I need a new rat guy, needed a dog guy, I got a dog gal to do that.
1:23.5	I've wanted a geoengineering guy for a really long time. And I kind of, by happenstance,
1:31.0	bumped into this person at the Aspen Ideas Festival. He actually introduced himself to me,
1:36.4	which was very generous. And I was, once I realized he wasn't one of the strange people at the
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