Sanity Check
Welcome to Sanity Check (formerly Created to Reign), a production of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation. On this podcast, Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, Dr. David Legates, and experts in science, economics, theology, ethics, and public policy strive to think Biblically about creation care, global warming, and the world’s poor.
Episodes
200 episodes
Why Climate Models Are Changing Course
For years, the most extreme climate scenarios shaped headlines, policy debates, and public fear—despite growing evidence that many of those projections were increasingly detached from real-world energy and emissions trends. Now, in a major shif...
What Does the "Green" Agenda do to the Developing World?
This episode is a bit different from our usual content. We are bringing you a lecture from our inaugural conference, "Heaven and Earth, the Struggle for Faith and Science in the Public Square." If you missed our conference, you're in luck, beca...
Is Capitalism Bad for the Environment? Part 3
In this episode, E. Calvin Beisner takes on three enduring claims about capitalism and the environment: that it depletes resources, imposes unjust costs, and prioritizes the short term at the expense of the future. Drawing on economic theory, h...
The Myth of Environmental Tipping Points
The concept of “planetary boundaries” has become one of the most influential frameworks in modern environmental science—shaping global policy, corporate behavior, and public perception. But how solid is it, really? In this episode o...
Sue and Settle
What happens when lawsuits quietly shape public policy—without a full trial, public scrutiny, or legislative debate? In this episode of Sanity Check, David R. Legates unpacks the controversial practice known as “sue-and-settle.”...
How Solid Is the Data Behind Climate Claims?
How reliable are the measurements behind climate claims? In this episode of Sanity Check, David R. Legates examines the data systems used to estimate Earth’s energy imbalance—particularly ocean temperature measurements from Argo...
Greenwashing and Greenhushing
In this episode of Sanity Check, David R. Legates explores the rise of “greenhushing”—a growing corporate trend where companies pursue environmental initiatives but deliberately stay silent about them.Contrasting it with the mor...
Is Climate Change Driving Insurance Costs?
Are rising insurance costs really driven by climate change—or is that just the latest political narrative?In this episode, Dr. David Legates takes apart the claim that extreme weather is driving a home insurance crisis. From hurricanes a...
Is Capitalism Bad for the Environment? Part 2
In this episode, Cal Beisner takes on a common claim at the heart of modern environmental debates: that capitalism is inherently harmful to the natural world. Engaging directly with leading environmental critiques—especially those of Gus Speth—...
Introducing Sanity Check: A New Chapter for the Cornwall Alliance Podcast
In this special episode, producer Liza Claire introduces the Cornwall Alliance podcast’s new name: Sanity Check. After several years as Created to Reign, the show is relaunching with a clearer title and a renewed...
Where’s the Beef? The Climate Debate on Your Plate
Is eating beef really bad for the planet?Environmental activists often claim cattle are a major driver of climate change, deforestation, water shortages, and biodiversity loss. From methane emissions to land use, the beef industry has be...
Dustbin of History—or Climate Comeback?
For more than fifteen years, the EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding has been the legal foundation for sweeping federal greenhouse gas regulations—impacting everything from your car to the power grid. But what if the ruling that launched t...
Think Climate Alarmism is Dead? Go to a Blue State
With headlines declaring the end of climate extremism and federal withdrawals from global climate bodies making waves, many are celebrating what looks like a turning point. But is it really over?In this episode, David R. Legates argues t...
Does Capitalism Harm the Environment?
Is capitalism wrecking the planet—or is that the biggest environmental myth of our time?From Naomi Klein in This Changes Everything to Karl Marx in Das Kapital, and even Pope Francis in Laudato ...
Use It or Lose It: How the Electric Grid Works
Most people think the electric grid is a giant battery—store power when there’s extra and pull it out when you need it. Simple. And completely wrong. In this episode, David R. Legates explains how the electric grid actually w...
Blaming the Weather for Your Migraine
Migraines are a debilitating neurological condition affecting millions—and no one who has experienced one takes them lightly. In the United Kingdom alone, an estimated 10 million adults suffer from migraines, costing millions of lost workdays e...
Keep Your Hands in Your Own Pockets
$7.56 billion. 321 grants. One federal judge. And a big question: who should be spending your money? In this episode of Created to Reign, Dr. E. Calvin Beisner breaks down the Department of Energy’s attempt to cancel...
NCAR, Alarmism, and the Federal Gravy Train
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has been called the “mothership” of climate science. So when reports claimed the Trump administration was planning to shut it down, the reaction was explosive—headlines screamed “destruction o...
God Never Lost Control of Creation
Psalm 104 offers a bracing corrective to the modern habit of treating the world as fragile, chaotic, or fundamentally out of control. In this episode of Created to Reign, Cal Beisner walks through one of Scripture’s most vivid portrait...
This New Company Lets You "Save the Planet" for $9.95
Some efforts are so disproportionate to their impact that they border on the absurd—like bailing out the ocean with a teaspoon. In this episode of Created to Reign, David R. Legates takes aim at one such effort: a Silicon Valley–style ...
More on the Greenhouse Effect
In this episode of Created to Reign, Dr. David Legates revisits the most controversial sentence he’s ever spoken: “Carbon dioxide contributes very little to the greenhouse effect.” That single line has earned him everything from eye-ro...
Is The Science Really Settled?
Sometimes new research genuinely advances our understanding. Other times, long-standing claims quietly fall apart. In this episode of Created to Reign, David R. Legates walks through two major developments in the climate literature fro...
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
What wiped out the great American Chestnut Tree—human industry or nature itself? The answer might surprise you.In this episode, Dr. E. Calvin Beisner revisits one of North America’s greatest ecological losses to reveal how the near-extin...