Michael Shellenberger on the Case for Nuclear Power, Progressive Hypocrisy on Energy Policy, and His New book, ‘Apocalypse Never’

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4.6 • 917 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Quillette founder Claire Lehmann talks to author and activist Michael Shellenberger about how environmental alarmism and ideological blind spots often prevent us from having a rational discussion about the best way to address climate change while growing national economies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Colette Podcast. My name is Claire Lehman and I am editor and chief of Colette.
0:08.0	Colette is where Free Thought lives. We are an independent grassroots platform for heterodox ideas and fearless commentary.
0:15.0	Our podcast is a team effort and is jointly hosted by myself, associate editor Toby Young,
0:20.0	and Canadian editor Jonathan Kay.
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0:32.4	Welcome to the Quilett The patron you'll also receive our weekly newsletter.
0:33.0	Welcome to the Quilett Podcast.
0:36.0	I'm Jonathan Kaye speaking to you from Toronto.
0:39.0	As some of you know, in late 2020,
0:42.0	Quilett began collaborating with Think Inc. Australia's leading intellectual
0:46.5	touring company to bring you a regular series of speaking events under the banner,
0:50.8	Free Thought Live.
0:52.5	What you're going to hear today is from a recent event,
0:55.5	hosted virtually by my boss, Claire Lehman,
0:58.1	in which she interviews Michael Schellenberger,
1:00.6	a prolific author, including here at Quilatlette and also the founder of environmental progress which advocates for nuclear energy as a clean and viable energy option.
1:10.0	His most recent book is titled Apocalypse Never, why environmental alarmism hurts us all.
1:16.0	To learn more about this speaking series, just Google Quillette and Free Thought Live. and Freethart Life. Hi everyone, it's Susie from Thinkink here.
1:27.0	We are so thrilled to have you here today for the event Ecomodernism with Mike Schellenberga.
1:32.0	This event is presented by our friends
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