Why people recommend it
An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore is a documentary film and companion book highlighting the severe global threats and projected consequences of climate change. Joe Rogan and his guest discussed the timeline of the film's release on The Joe Rogan Experience, with Rogan strongly criticizing its dire predictive models and arguing that its catastrophic warnings about rising sea levels and imminent environmental collapse were wildly exaggerated. Mike Baker similarly referenced the documentary during an earlier episode, noting its dramatic warnings about coastal cities being submerged by specific dates. Steven Crowder also brought up the project on The Rubin Report to argue that the documentary's core predictions were fundamentally incorrect, framing it as a catalyst for Al Gore's subsequent corporate board appointments and financial success. Across these programs, the book and film functioned primarily as a lightning rod for broader political and scientific debates regarding climate forecasting, environmental policy accuracy, and the credibility of high-profile prognostications concerning global warming and ecological disaster.
Who recommended it
- Joe Rogan Discussed
- Mike Baker Discussed
- Steven Crowder Discussed
Joe Rogan — 2 mentions
“And when he made that movie, An Inconvenient Truth, what year was that again, Jamie? It was like 1988 or something? Something like 99? What is it? Oh, really? We're that off. Wow. Okay, so 2006.”
“what Al Gore predicted in this stupid movie which is so far off. If you he thought we were all going to be dead today.”
Mike Baker — 1 mention
“I mean an Al Gore had already predicted in that movie An Inconvenient Truth that we were gonna be covered in water in 2014”
Steven Crowder — 1 mention
“anyone who watched An Inconvenient Truth which was the big Catalyst that put Al Gore on a board at Apple to collect billions of dollars while massas were rubbing his feet and he was doing their arches know that all these predictions were wrong”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“so the al gore's climate reality is al gore did that film an inconvenient truth about 15 years ago probably short in school my dad made me watch it right”