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Bjørn Lomborg

Author of 'Cool It' and 'Skeptical Environmentalist', director of the Copenhagen Consensus think tank

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The Ricochet Podcast6 episodes

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The Ricochet Podcast
The Ricochet Podcast

Heightened Risibility

We're erring on the side of positive expectations again. This time with Bjørn Lomborg. His new book is Best Things First. There he sets his sights on cost effective, acheivable goals that will lift the world's poorest out of miserable conditions and inch us along in the direction towards those sustainable goals we hear about so much. We ask the minuscule billions of dollars question: Are the world's most prosperous ready for such tangible win-win? James, Rob and Steve aren't quite done with Barbenheimer; they discuss Ohio's pro-life prospects; and muse on words that make them feel sophisticated. (And to whoever kidnapped our co-host, could you please return him?) Song of the week: Soundbites from opening clip: Truman and Oppenheimer
Hosts:
James LileksRob LongSteve Hayward
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December 2021

The Ricochet Podcast
The Ricochet Podcast

Seven

It's a better-late-than-never show. We've got galavanting hosts (James is out this week), a Supreme Court steeped in overdue contemplation (John Yoo fills in for James to keep fill us in and even makes a prediction!) and our guest, Bjørn Lomborg is here to talk COP26. Lomborg—author of False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet—takes us through all the great things Climate leaders have accomplished with these conferences, including promises that they will have accomplished great things in the coming decades... Aside from John's thoughts on the speciousness of the arguments against Dobbs and the behind the scenes process that will take place between now and when get their decision, he also tells us about his time shooting hoops with Charles Barkley; And Rob updates us on his travels (to Hungary now) and his delighted impressions of conservatism abroad. Music from this week's podcast: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) by Talking Heads
Hosts:
John YooPeter RobinsonRob Long
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August 2021

The Ricochet Podcast
The Ricochet Podcast

Glimmers of Hope

Do you follow the science? Do you have an aversion to the scolds who routinely declare code reds for humanity? Perhaps you're being driven to despair. But we at Ricochet hope to see you flourish, we want to see you b(j)orn again! Our guest this week is the absorbingly optimistic Bjørn Lomborg, exactly the man to set us straight on the U.N. climate report and the cataclysmic media circus that's followed. The fellas also get into infrastructure - whatever that means - and the attendant endemic of thoughtless dishonesty. Also, Rob got a smidgeon of hope from some youngsters recently and Peter needs some recommendations for a good binge-worthy TV series: help him out in the comments! Music from this week's show: O-o-h Child by The Five Stairsteps
Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
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July 2020

The Ricochet Podcast
The Ricochet Podcast

The Long Game

Back this week with the full cast and another full show. We start with a deep dive on the Bari Weiss resignation and free speech in general. Then our favorite Denmark dude, Bjørn Lomborg joins to discuss his new book, How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet. and we give him a chance to rebut a very snarky New York Times review of said book. Happy to help, Bjorn. Then, our favorite health care wonk, Avik Roy (listen to his 2x a week Covid in 19 podcast -- co-hosted by some guy we've ever heard of-- for all the latest COVID news and analysis) drops by to school us why schools should stay open. Finally, yep it's another Lileks Post of The Week, this time by Ricochet member Tocqueville, who has compiled a very good list of Bullsh*t words/expressions that have got to go! 2020 Edition. The guys add a few of their own, so please feel free to give us yours in the comments below. In the meantime, stay safe and mask it. Music from this week's show: Times Like These by Glen Campbell
Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
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September 2019

The Ricochet Podcast
The Ricochet Podcast

It Smells Better Here

Some weeks, we have to hunt hard for topics. Other weeks, well, they rain down like a monsoon. The latter describes this week and to provide an umbrella we've got the Las Vegas Review-Journal's White House correspondent Debra J. Saunders on the political topics (and a bit on San Francisco) and The Skeptical Environmentalist himself, Bjørn Lomborg, who at this moment, is the world's second most famous Scandinavian authority in climate. Also, a new poll question (answer it!) and Lileks make a cameo appearance to award Ricochet member Kevin Creighton the highly coveted Lileks Post of The Week. Music from this week's show: How Soon Is Now by The Smiths
Hosts:
Peter RobinsonRob Long
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February 2019

The Ricochet Podcast
The Ricochet Podcast

Hot or Not?

This week on the world famous Ricochet Podcast, our own Bethany Mandel sits in for Peter Robinson as we parse Amazon's departure from NYC, discuss the climate with noted expert Bjorn Lomborg, and talk politics with the WSJ (and Manhattan Institute's) Jason Riley. Also, is CPAC now just a grifter's convention? We discuss, you opine. Music from this week's show: Heatwave by Ella Fitzgerald
Hosts:
Bethany MandelJames LileksRob Long
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