The End of France? | The Sceptic Ep.100

Michael Murphy on the battle for France, Chris Morrison on the unravelling of the great climate scam. Plus: Jason Arday, ‘autoethnography’ and the fall of academia.

In Episode 100 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Michael Murphy, writer and Head of Journalism at Outpost, about the violent student unrest rocking France – and what it means for next year’s Presidential election.

Daily Sceptic columnist Steven Tucker, on the Jason Arday scandal and what it shows about the latest academic discipline for pseuds, frauds and posers: autoethnography.

And Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor, on his hit new book Implausible and how he’s bringing down the climate change consensus.

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Produced by Richard Eldred.

Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

00:00 Intro 01:25 Michael Murphy on the French Protests 04:09 The Scale of the Violence 06:39 The Ideology Behind the Riots 09:32 Terrorist Sympathies or Youthful Nihilism? 11:34 The Ethnic Composition of the Rioters 14:09 Greta Thunberg 16:04 The Impact on France’s Presidential Election 17:46 The Rise of the French Right 20:11 Why French & British Protests Differ 25:35 Stephen Tucker on ‘Autoethnography’ 29:06 The Absurdity of Modern Research 41:04 Autoethnography & Jason Arday 48:14 Hilary Cremin & the Future of Education 55:03 The Ideological Capture of Universities 59:42 Chris Morrison on his new book Implausible 01:07:03 How Implausible Climate Predictions Became Accepted 01:13:21 Net Zero as the New Communism 01:18:45 Scale of the Climate Change Scam 01:22:22 Why the Climate Debate Needs to Happen