Quoth the Raven #245 - Dr. Marc Defant

Published: March 20, 2021, 1:57 p.m.

b'Geologist Marc Defant talks why he quit Twitter, the "woke" movement, social constructs and climate change.\\nDr. Marc J. Defant is a professor of geology/geochemistry at the University of South Florida. Before he became involved in research related to the misuse or misunderstanding of science by society, he specialized in the study of volcanoes \\u2014 more specifically, the geochemistry of volcanic rocks, the associated processes within the mantle, and the origin of the continental crust. He has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Geographic, the American Chemical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences, and has published in many internationally renowned scientific journals including Nature.\\nHe has written a book entitled Voyage of Discovery: From the Big Bang to the Ice Age and published several articles for general readership magazines such as Skeptic and Popular Science and appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.\\nDefant on JRE:\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFlAFo78xoQ\\nYou can follow Marc on the web here:\\xa0www.marcdefant.com\\nThe QTR Podcast is a completely, 100% listener supported podcast that is always going to be free.\\nYouTube does not let me monetize my videos on the site and the podcast is full time work which will never have ads in the middle of it. If you enjoy the content, please support the QTR Podcast in any or all of the following ways:\\nA small recurring donation via:\\nPatreon:\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch\\n\\nOne time donations can also be sent via:Paypal:\\xa0https://www.paypal.me/qtrresearch\\nQTR MERCH is available\\xa0here.\\nYou can also follow me on\\xa0YouTube,\\xa0and Twitter.\\n\\nTHANK YOU TO ALL OF MY KIND PATRONS.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nPlease show love to those who support the QTR Podcast:\\xa0\\n\\nGeorge Gammon -\\xa0Rebel Capitalist Pro\\xa0- Twitter:\\xa0@GeorgeGammon\\nJM Bullion -\\xa0where QTR buys gold & silver\\xa0- Twitter:\\xa0@JMBullion\\nThe Trader\'s Path -\\xa0no BS trading service\\xa0- Twitter:\\xa0@PLHStock\\nSang Lucci & Wall St. Jesus \\u2014\\xa0The Steamroom\\xa0\\u2014 Twitter:\\xa0@wallstjesus\\xa0and\\xa0@sanglucci\\n\\nCorvus Gold -\\xa0http://www.corvusgold.com\\n\\n\\nInvestors Underground -\\xa0day trading community\\xa0- Twitter:\\xa0@investorslive\\xa0\\n\\n\\nKen R\\xa0\\n\\n\\nChris Bede - Twitter:\\xa0@cbede\\xa0\\n\\nNicholas Parks\\nMatthew Zimmer\\nJ Mintzmyer - Twitter:\\xa0@mintzmyer\\n\\nRuss Valenti - Twitter:\\xa0@russellvalenti\\xa0\\n\\nCreighton Titus\\nCamila Sol\\n\\nLongest Running Supporters \\xa0\\n\\n\\nMax Mulvihill - Since 2/2018\\xa0\\n\\nMark Heywood - Since 3/2018\\n\\nKyle Thomas - Since 4/2018\\xa0\\n\\n\\nChris Bede - Since 5/2018\\xa0\\n\\n\\nDariusz Kordonski - Since 5/2018\\xa0\\n\\n\\nChris Gerrard - Since 5/2018\\n\\n\\nShear Luck - Since 5/2018\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\nAll podcast content is subject to\\xa0this disclaimer.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nChris is not an investment adviser. QTR is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers. Please leave me alone.'