On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI contributor John Murawski speak with Nathan Cofnas about his academic research into group identity and IQ – work that is so controversial that he may be facing criminal charges in Europe. On the news roundup, Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney discuss a Free Press article detailing the success of America’s post-all-out-bombing strategy in Iran, which has crippled Iran’s economy while restoring almost all of the pre-war flow of oil from the region. They also discuss Varney’s new article for RCI which suggests how like-minded groups – in this case journalists, nonprofits and lawyers that believe insurance companies do not treat their customers fairly – piggyback on each other’s work to amplify their message in ways that may raise ethical concerns. 00:00 Open 02:10 News Roundup: Iran Sanctions, Oil Flows, and the Munitions Narrative 04:24 Diesel Prices, CNN's Spin, and Results-Oriented Journalism 05:50 The Clarkson Law Firm: Turning Investigative Journalism into Lawsuits 16:20 Introducing Nathan Cafras and the Cambridge Plagiarism Scandal 20:43 What IQ Actually Measures 27:00 The "Equality Thesis" 33:05 Race and IQ 36:44 Do IQ Tests Have Cultural Bias? 44:27 "The Right's Stupidity Problem" 48:14 Affirmative Action and the Logic of the Equality Thesis 55:04 Why There's No Conservative New York Times 1:02:40 Hereditarianism, Selective Immigration, and the Fight Against Wokeism 1:07:24 Closing & Thanks Articles Discussed in This Podcast: · Nathan Cofnas: Research on group differences in intelligence: A defense of free inquiry https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09515089.2019.1697803 · Nathan Cofnas: Why We Need to Talk about the Right’s Stupidity Problem https://ncofnas.com/p/why-we-need-to-talk-about-the-rights · Nathan Cofnas: Beating Woke with Facts and Logic https://ncofnas.com/p/beating-woke-with-facts-and-logic · Natha Cofnas: DEI Fraud and Cover-Up at Cambridge https://ncofnas.com/p/dei-fraud-and-cover-up-at-cambridge · Free Press: The Strait of Hormuz Is Open https://www.thefp.com/p/the-strait-of-hormuz-is-open?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics · James Varney/RCI: Media Law: How One Firm’s Lawsuits Echo Investigative Journalism https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/29/media_law_how_one_firms_lawsuits_echo_investigative_journalism_1208788.html