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How The Media Drives Climate Obstruction
Season 14 Episode 4
Climate obstruction would not be nearly as effective as it is without the influence of the public relations industry and the willful ignorance of mai…
6 months, 1 week ago
Why Misinformation Works: The Psychology Behind Climate Disinformation
Season 14 Episode 3
Why does misinformation spread like wildfire—and why is it so hard to correct? Climate communication researchers John Cook (University of Melbourne) …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
How Rightwing Populism and Accelerationism Fuels Climate Denial
Season 14 Episode 2
Jesse Bryant (Yale University) and Dieter Plehwe (University of Kassel) examine the growing connection between right-wing populism, climate change de…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Political Will is the Real Barrier to Climate Action
Season 14 Episode 1
Despite at least a decade of scientific certainty, proposed technological solutions, and policy measures, the world still hasn’t acted on the climate…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Drilling Deep: The Golden Age of Oil-Funded Influence with Casey Michel
Season 13
Reporter Adam Lowenstein talks with Casey Michel, author of Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World …
7 months ago
The "Carbon Dominance" Strategy Behind Trump's Anti-Renewables Actions
Season 13 Episode 7
Killing a nearly-completed offshore wind farm makes no sense, even for a climate denier who thinks windmills kill whales. Political economist Mark Bl…
7 months ago
Integration: Bringing Men Into the Climate Movement
Season 13 Episode 5
The bros of the manosphere love to talk about "integrating" a man's warrior and civilized selves, but what would it look like to integrate men, and n…
7 months, 1 week ago
Why Is the Fossil Fuel Industry Funding Anti-Trans Politics?
Season 13 Episode 4
Special guest Vivian Taylor, a researcher on both trans rights and climate policy, joins us to share the the shocking connections between fossil bill…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The SLAPP Heard 'Round the World: Standing Rock Verdict
Season 12 Episode 6
The verdict in Energy Transfer's lawsuit against Standing Rock activists and Greenpeace is announced, more than doubling the damages. At a time when …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Climate Hysteria and “Boy Math”: Masculinity, Tech Fixes, and Gendered Climate Solutions
Season 13 Episode 3
Stop listening to hysterical Swedish teenagers and start listening to reasonable men! Some dudes do have solutions to the climate crisis; they just d…
7 months, 4 weeks ago