Alright so here is what is actually said for those that don't have the 2 hours to listen to this.
He does specify that if you have something in your living room and don't have absolute control of the ambient temperature everything he said pretty much goes out the window.
He mentions that a basking spot of 88-90 is not necessary as long as the snake can get up to 75-82 degrees and that is the optimal temperature for morelia (carpets/diamond python) and green tree python species to live at and that these are ambush predators and these species moving around all the time is actually a sign of stress. He mentions that with this species some people are keeping are giving much colder temps because that's what happens in their natural habitats which is what's causing RI's.
His mention of humidity is actually quite interesting. He says what is actually important is the hydration of the snake, these overly high basking temps are what is causing snakes to get dehydrated which is in turn the thing causing various disease/issues including RI's and bad sheds. The high temps are causing overactive metabolism and things like that.
Overall I recommend a listen, this is quite interesting and he makes a lot of interesting points. I'm certainly going to take some of his ideas and maybe lightly test them for my own snakes as they seem to drink ALOT of water and have had some occasional stuck shed in the tail region and it makes me think that maybe my overall ambients my be too high.
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