Podcast Episodes

S14, Ep12 | How Litigation Works to Fight Obstruction

Season 12 Episode 13

We’ve never lied to you on Drilled and we’re not going to start now. It’s bleak out there. But some efforts to fight back against obstruction are working and litigation is one of them. In this episod…

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Drilling Deep: The Way Things Are Is Not the Way They Have to Be, with Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Season 14

More than a decade ago—when wind and solar power were far more expensive than they are today—the nation of Uruguay, long plagued by droughts and energy shortages, transitioned its entire economy such…

Published on 1 week ago

COP Out: What the Heck Happened at COP30?

Season 14

We're bringing you episode 5 of Dana R. Fisher's COP Out podcast, from the Center for Environment, Equity and Community at American University, featuring our own Amy Westervelt and legendary climate …

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

S14, Ep11 | How and Why Climate Adaptation Measures Get Blocked

Season 14 Episode 12

Working against regulations on emissions might make a certain amount of sense for those with money to lose, but why would anyone fight against adapting to be able to survive climate disasters? In the…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Carbon Bros Mailbag: On Vocational Therapy, Navigating Traditional Male Spaces, and the Benefits of Solidarity

Season 13

Daniel and I are back after a little hiatus to bring you our long awaited Carbon Bros mailbag episode.  We received so many interesting responses from people around the world. Thanks for sharing your…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Drilling Deep: Jessica Green on Why We Need More Confrontation at COP

The COP is in its fourth decade. If it were capable, in its current form, of achieving its stated aim of tackling climate change, it would probably have done so by now. So why isn’t it working? How i…

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

S14, Ep10 | The Corruption of COP

Season 14 Episode 11

The UN processes created to deal with climate change have been infiltrated by obstructive forces since jump. In this episode, as COP 30 begins, Kari de Pryck from the University of Geneva and Eduardo…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

The Black Thread, Ep4 | Norway Beyond Oil

Season 14

In the final episode of The Black Thread, we look forwards, imagining Norway’s future. We explore how Norway might begin to loosen oil’s grip on its politics and identity, and hear how different voic…

Published on 1 month ago

S14, Ep9 | How Climate Obstruction Works at the Local Level

Season 14 Episode 10

 Local governments are double-edged swords on climate, capable of either doing far more or far less than national governments and acting as either an agent of change or an agent of obstruction in and…

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S14, Ep8 | Climate Obstruction in the Global South

Season 14 Episode 9

The U.S. is a global leader on climate obstruction, but they’re not the only ones. In this episode, M. Omar Faruque, from Queen’s University in Canada and  Ruth E. McKie from De Montfort University j…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago