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It seems as though it’s unending covid lockdowns until the vaccines arrive. But will people take them when they get here? Joe Biden pleases some and upsets others and he gears up for action on climate change. And for once, attempts to cancel both the living and the dead fail miserably.Support this podcast: https://patreon.com/mallenbakerThe Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.  

Boris Johnson launches his ten-point plan for the green industrial revolution. Question marks get raised over whether Covid-19 actually started in China, even as protests against lockdowns continue. And we ask the question whether there’s any answer now to our deeply polarised society.Support the Mallen Baker Show https://patreon.com/mallenbakerThe Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.References Prime Minister releases ten point plan https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-outlines-his-ten-point-plan-for-a-green-industrial-revolution-for-250000-jobs Carbon Brief analysis of government’s 10 point plan https://www.carbonbrief.org/media-reaction-boris-johnsons-10-point-net-zero-plan-for-climate-change Poland and Hungary create EU crisis https://www.politico.eu/article/polish-premier-points-finger-at-eu-in-budget-fight/ Tucker Carlson - time to present the evidence https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-rudy-giuliani-sidney-powell-election-fraud Lebanon modelling https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/beirut-port-explosion

Joe Biden promises that he can heal America, but there are good reasons to think that he’s wrong. A vaccine is on the way that has a 90% effectiveness against Covid-19. And climate scientists stand up against end-of-the-world doomerism even as President Trump gives them a final kick on his way out of the door.Support this podcast! https://patreon.com/mallenbakerThe Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.

England goes into full lockdown and within days the data that put it there is being ripped apart. The US presidential standoff gets uglier as President Trump alleges widespread fraud and Europe faces serious conflict over political Islam in the wake of recent terrorist attacks.Support this podcast! https://patreon.com/mallenbakerThe Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.ReferencesWhy have No 10’s Covid forecasts changed so much?https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-have-no-10s-covid-forecasts-changed-so-muchOSR Statement on transparency of data related to Covid-19https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/osr-statement-regarding-transparency-of-data-related-to-covid-19/Toby Young post about ‘what are they up to?’https://lockdownsceptics.org/2020/11/04/#the-government-is-terrified

As European countries are locking down again in the face of the pandemic, we discover the previously secret UK government advice directing its actions as we go into the predicted second wave. Plus, we review the week’s news and discuss the downsides of campaigns to feed hungry children. Support this channel! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.ReferencesSAGE worst case scenario (paywall, but limited free sample articles) https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/classified-covid-in-winter-2020-a-worst-case-scenario NHS service reduction during the pandemic https://drfoster.com/2020/10/14/quantifying-nhs-activity-reduction-during-the-peak-of-the-covid-19-crisis/ First do no harm, letter from health professionals and scientists https://usforthem.co.uk/open-letter-from-health-professionals-and-scientists-to-the-prime-minister

In this round-up of the week, the final presidential debate takes place against the backdrop of highly partisan media reporting. The UK throws more areas into Covid lockdown and the data shows that the coronavirus doesn’t after all care about the colour of your skin.Support the Mallen Baker Show on Patreon! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.References Office for National Statistics data on Covid deaths versus influenza Ethnic minority Covid risk 'not explained by racism' NY Covid mortality study SAGE rejects the Great Barrington Declaration (paywall)Kemi Badenoch, speech on critical race theory

In this round-up of the week, the UK government says ‘no’ to the scientists over covid lockdowns, Supreme court nominee Amy Coney Barrett outrages many with her comments on climate change, and both social media giants and the police are ramping up the policing of speech.Support this podcast: https:patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility. 

In this round-up of the week, following the vice presidents debate we ask what we learned from the two candidates who are actually able to speak in complete sentences, and why the debate format is so bad. We ask whether President Trump is really as recovered and healthy as he says he is, And Britain and Europe prepare for yet more Covid-19 lockdowns in spite of the growing chorus of criticism.

In this round-up of the week, the UK tightens and Belgium relaxes their lockdowns even though their covid-19 figures are the same, America descends further into turmoil, and China surprises the world by announcing it will commit to net zero carbon by 2060.Support this podcast: https://patreon.com/mallenbakerReferencesComres poll resultshttps://twitter.com/SavantaComRes/status/1308788938463678471Belgian Doctors open letterhttps://docs4opendebate.be/en/open-letter/Examination of the Spain Covid experiencehttps://www.cebm.net/covid-19/does-the-resurgence-of-covid-19-in-spain-exhibit-exponential-growth/Countries with commitments to ban gasoline vehicles and by whenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_fossil_fuel_vehicles 

In this round-up of the week, another shooting in America unleashes another round of riots, but are the protesters President Trump’s best hope of re-election? The UK gets hot under the collar over the BBC’s plan to cancel the song Land of Hope and Glory, and the UK’s disastrous wheat harvest has eco-doomers predicting the beginning of the end.Support this podcast: https: //patreon.com/mallenbakerReferencesDetailed account of shootings by Kyle Rittenhousehttps://heavy.com/news/2020/08/kyle-rittenhouse/Don Lemon CNN says riots are helping trumphttps://hannity.com/media-room/this-is-cnn-don-lemon-says-riots-have-to-stop-because-its-showing-up-in-the-polling/Wikileaks document on Hezbollah and Ammonium Nitratehttps://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/13/1336443_hezbollah-searches-for-an-alternative-explosive-.htmlWorld grain harvesthttps://www.agriculture.com/news/business/record-high-world-grain-production-for-second-year-in-a-rowChina’s grain harvest fearshttps://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3098590/chinas-grain-scarcity-fears-say-more-about-uncertain-relations-us-food

In this round-up of the week, panic provokes lockdowns and quarantines in Europe even though almost nobody’s dying, panic leads to a U-turn in the UK’s position on fantasy exam results so now there are prizes for everyone, and panic underpins the start of the US presidential elections.Support this podcast: https://patreon.com/mallenbaker Mallen interviewed on the Ross Trevena Projecthttp://www.rosstrevena.com/trtp.htmlReferencesMelbourne debates switch to covid-19 elimination planhttps://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-debates-switch-to-covid-19-elimination-plan-as-melbourne-cases-surgeRelease for ‘women make the best covid leaders’ paperhttps://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR846481.aspxLeading the Fight Against the Pandemic: Does Gender ‘Really’ Matter? https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3617953Denver doctors may have found the answer to a pandemic mystery: What happened to all the heart attacks?https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/17/denver-coronavirus-deaths-heart-attack/ 

In this round-up of the week, anger is rising in the shell-shocked city of Beirut, leaked video evidence throws a new light on the murder of George Floyd and President Trump and Joe Biden are in a tightly fought contest to see which can do the most self-harm to their own campaigns.Support this channel at: https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility. References What really happened at the Port of Beirut? By Dr Mordechai Kedar https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/beirut-port-explosion/

In this round-up of the week, European governments are terrified of what seems to be an emerging second wave of covid-19. Americans fight partisan wars over masks and hydroxychloroquine, and the tech companies take another step in the censorship of bad thoughts.Includes the mask debate, the Frontline Doctors of America video, Trump's comments on election fraud, hydroxychoriquin and more. Support this channel: https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.ReferencesCovid-19 Opinion Tracker https://www.kekstcnc.com/media/2793/k... I Was Invited to Testify on Energy Policy. Then Democrats Didn’t Let Me Speak https://quillette.com/2020/07/29/why-... Destroyer Mariko https://www.youtube.com/user/DestroyerMarikoMariko's Patreon https://www.patreon.com/destroyermariko

In this round-up of the week, the US media shows shocking partisan bias as America sinks deeper into conflict, the UK is faced with the evidence of Russia’s attempts to do it harm and Britain’s climate campaigners turn against each other. Support this channel: https://patreon.com/mallenbakerThe Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility. This episode talks about The Russia Report, looking at Russian interference in the UK elections, Brexit and Scottish Independence referendum. It looks at President Trump, blaming the Black Lives Matter protests for spreading Covid-19. It looks at Isaiah Jackson, who knelt on the neck of a two-year-old toddler to promote Black Lives Matter, and we talk about the Beyond Politics Party, offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, brainchild of Roger Hallam, which this week covered the buildings of environmental NGOs such as Greenpeace with paint in protest at their failure to rebel against the government.ReferencesPaper on Black Lives Matter protests and social distancinghttps://www.nber.org/papers/w27408.pdfPaper on Black Lives Matter protests and social distancinghttps://www.nber.org/papers/w27408.pdf

In this round-up of the week, we learned that Data and research are obliterated if they tell us things we don’t want to hear. The world wakes up to how vulnerable it’s made itself to communist China. And leading figures on the left get cancelled for signing a letter calling for the end of cancel culture.Support this channel. https://patreon.com/mallenbaker Mallen interviewed on The Amish Inquisition podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HntVHaq5bdE The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.ReferencesTrump rally ‘likely source’ of surgehttps://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-07-08/health-official-trump-rally-likely-source-of-virus-surgeDemonstrations may have caused surge, Fox Newshttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/cities-protests-coronavirus-cases-black-lives-matterFauci comments on Covid-19https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-coronavirus-spreads-striking-efficiency-creates-perfect-storm-2020-7Retraction Noticehttps://retractionwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PNAS_STATEMENT.pdfHeather MacDonald on the retractionhttps://apkmetro.com/i-cited-their-study-so-they-disavowed-it/Harpers letterhttps://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/Response letter to the Harpers originalhttps://theobjective.substack.com/p/a-more-specific-letter-on-justice

In this round-up of the week, the surge in the south puts the coronavirus back on the US agenda. A backlash grows against Black Lives Matter the organisation, and Facebook refuses to censor political speech while censoring political speech.Support this podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/mallenbakerThe Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.

In this round-up of the week, anti-racism campaigners choose increasingly bizarre targets, battles are won against cancel-culture but mostly the war is being lost, and France’s citizens assembly on climate change comes up with its list of demands. Support this channel! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.ReferencesPhotos: So who was Hans Christian Heg? Here's why the Civil War hero had a statuehttps://madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime-and-courts/photos-so-who-was-hans-christian-heg-heres-why-the-civil-war-hero-had-a/collection_31313606-691a-52d2-a4fa-cbe4eca84f73.html#anchor_item_5BLM leader says they will ‘burn down the system’https://disrn.com/news/blm-president-says-movement-prepared-to-burn-down-the-systemTrump responds to ‘treason’https://disrn.com/news/president-trump-calls-blm-leaders-remarks-treason-sedition-insurrection Jake Hepple defends his casehttps://metro.co.uk/2020/06/24/burnley-fan-behind-white-lives-matter-banner-insists-not-racist-12897432/Hepple was firedhttps://www.skysports.com/football/news/11708/12014029/burnley-fan-jake-hepple-sacked-for-part-in-white-lives-matter-bannerHepple’s girlfriend rejected ‘sensitivity training’ and was firedhttps://summit.news/2020/06/24/girlfriend-of-man-who-flew-white-lives-matter-banner-fired-from-her-job/Stu Peters reinstated at Manx Radiohttps://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/stu-peters-is-back-but-live-calls-axed/Free Speech Unionhttps://freespeechunion.org/Cambridge University rescinds Jordan Peterson invitationhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/mar/20/cambridge-university-rescinds-jordan-peterson-invitationFrances’ Citizen Assembly on Climate Changehttps://www.conventioncitoyennepourleclimat.fr/Residents sue Seattle over CHAZhttps://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/25/us/seattle-protest-zone-chop-lawsuit/index.html

In this round-up of the week, we begin to reap what we sowed over the last month as trust in institutions goes through the floor. And people begin to kick back against the narrative that everything is awful and everyone is racist.Please support this content at https://patreon.com/mallenbaker Additional Reading / ReferencesDouglas Murray Daily Mail piecehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8418209/DOUGLAS-MURRAY-Anarchy-breaking-brakes-thing-Does-know.htmlMore police than usual resigning from Minneapolis policehttps://disrn.com/news/minneapolis-police-resigning-in-unusually-large-numbersAustin, Texas, protests 11 days in a row by June 7https://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/black-lives-matter-rally-draws-thousands-austinFear of surge in cases in Jacksonville after demonstrationshttps://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/fear-of-surge-in-coronavirus-cases-among-african-american-communities-as-mass-protests-continue/77-d4bcce44-8955-428b-b90b-c927901bb35fWill protests increase the spread of covid-19?https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/ethics/will-protests-increase-spread-covid19-coronavirusInterview with Professor Clifford Stotthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k2l3Racist police violence reconsideredhttps://quillette.com/2020/06/11/racist-police-violence-reconsidered/ 

In this round-up of the week, campaigners aim to cancel the police for brutality. Others want to cancel long-dead people for slavery. Mostly they end up cancelling each other for having wrong opinions. Let's discuss. A star-spangled cast, with the likes of Winston Churchill, Gandhi and Gladstone rubbing shoulder to shoulder with JK Rowling, Nigel Farage, and more. Join the lovely people who support this channel by becoming a patron. https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.ReferencesBlack Lives Matter website – ‘defund the police’https://blacklivesmatter.com/defundthepolice/Mayor Garcetti disagrees with protesters' calls for defunding LAPD https://abc7.com/george-floyd-defund-lapd-the-police-use-of-force/6242698/Forbes: Why The ACLU, Black Lives Matter And Others Want To ‘Defund The Police’ While This Weapons Supplier Disagreeshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamelton/2020/06/08/why-the-aclu-black-lives-matter-and-others-want-to-defund-the-police-while-this-weapons-supplier-disagrees/#5e6c4222f929Democratic leaders clash with Black Lives Matter activists over 'defund the police'https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/democratic-leaders-clash-black-lives-matter-activists-over-defund-police-n1227671

In this round-up of the week, America sees a week of protests and riots and police brutality and political manoeuvring and almost no social distancing. The result of the terrible events that led to the death of George Floyd. What's the unfortunate truth why the protests are possibly going to result in the opposite to what they want? What are President Trump and Joe Biden doing to try to ensure events benefit their campaign for election? And what just happened that means we might get even worse violence further down the road? If you want to solve the problem, you have to know what the problem is. And that’s what we’re getting wrong. Let’s discuss. The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.ReferencesStory about Breonna Taylorhttps://www.vox.com/2020/5/13/21257457/breonna-taylor-louisville-shooting-ahmaud-arbery-justiceforbreStatistics on people shot by police in the UShttps://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/Fatal shootings by police in England and Waleshttps://www.statista.com/statistics/319246/police-fatal-shootings-england-wales/Officer characteristics and racial disparities in fatal officer-involved shootings, Johnson et alhttps://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877Channel 4 Fact check – Do more black Americans commit crimes?https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-black-americans-commit-crimeDefinitions 2nd / 3rd degree murder, Minneapolishttps://www.voanews.com/usa/nation-turmoil-george-floyd-protests/what-do-2nd-degree-murder-3rd-degree-murder-manslaughterThe Myth of Systemic Police Racism, Heather MacDonald, WSJhttp://archive.is/OXbjA