Show Notes
Michael Shellenberger is the Founder and President of Environmental Progress, a nonprofit pro-nuclear research organisation based in California. He is also and investigative journalists and has run twice for Governor of California as an independent.
A lifelong environmental activist, Shellenberger has criticised climate alarmism for being unscientific, and has advocated for the use of nuclear energy as an efficient and environmentally-friendly energy source. In 2022, his reporting on the "Twitter Files" exposed "blacklisting" of journalists taking place at Twitter prior to Elon Musk's purchase of the platform.
On this episode of BASED, Senator Antic and Michael Shellenberger discuss government and social media censorship, changes in progressivism over the years, the Twitter Files, and the relationship between intelligence agencies and social media.
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