Climate scientist and professor at the University of Maine, Dr. Paul Mayewski led more than 30 scientific expeditions to the Antarctic, the Arctic, the Himalayas, and the Tibetan Plateau to examine ancient climate changes by looking deep into the ice. Perhaps the most startling new information gleaned from ancient ice samples was the knowledge that natural climate is far from stable; major, fast changes in climate are found throughout the record. He mentioned that up until one-hundred years ago, you wouldn't need to take into account human beings affecting the climate, but now human activities must be studied to see what we might have caused. The dramatic changes of climate that apparently froze mammoths in their tracks was also discussed.

Mayewski described his amazement of Antarctica – mountain ranges and beautiful islands. Once you go inland, there is almost no life roaming around, he said, and some of the excavations take weeks with a fair amount of risk.

First-hour guest Stan Abrams discussed his invention called the "thermal combustor" which uses discarded tires to produce powerful energy. He said he would be building one in Art’s county. Abrams explained that the process converted the tires directly into a gas. He suggested that a power plant would be completely fueled by shredded tires at the rate of about 12 million tires a year.