Drilled

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Drilled is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Hosted and reported by award-winning investigative climate journalists and led by Amy Westervelt, each season unravels new evidence of deception, disinformation, and the power structures keeping real climate solutions out of reach. Season 15 coming April 2026.

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Why Political Will is the Real Barrier to Climate Action

Despite at least a decade of scientific certainty, proposed technological solutions, and policy measures, the world still hasn’t acted on the climate crisis. The problem is a lack of political will—and how it’s been intentionally obstructed at every turn. As we gear up for the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30), Amy Westervelt digs into a new book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment, to assess how powerful political, economic, and ideological forces have delayed global climate action. She’s joined by the leading climate and political scientists who wrote it, Timmons Roberts (Brown University), Jennifer Jacquet (University of Miami), Carlos Milani (Rio de Janeiro State University), and Christian Downie (Australian National University), to break down how climate politics reached this point, why resistance to climate policy has intensified, and what movements can realistically expect in the year ahead. You can check out and download the book here and check out the Climate Social Science Network here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1시간 8분
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How Rightwing Populism and Accelerationism Fuels Climate Denial

Jesse Bryant (Yale University) and Dieter Plehwe (University of Kassel) examine the growing connection between right-wing populism, climate change denial, and resistance to climate policy. They explore how rising authoritarian politics in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe are reshaping public discourse and obstructing meaningful climate change.Additional resources:Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1시간 19분
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Why Misinformation Works: The Psychology Behind Climate Disinformation

Why does misinformation spread like wildfire—and why is it so hard to correct? Climate communication researchers John Cook (University of Melbourne) and Dominik A. Stecula (Colorado State University) explain the psychology of misinformation, drawing on years of research around climate denial, political polarization, and media dynamics. Additional resources:Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1시간 2분
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How The Media Drives Climate Obstruction

Climate obstruction would not be nearly as effective as it is without the influence of the public relations industry and the willful ignorance of mainstream media. Melissa Aronczyk (Rutgers University) and Max Boycoff (University of Colorado) explain why getting a handle on the media's role in climate obstruction is critical to solving the problem. Melissa and Max examine how strategic communication and media systems have contributed to climate denial, spread misinformation, and delayed action. Additional resources:Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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How the Fossil Fuel Industry Sabotages Climate Action

The fossil fuel industry has undoubtedly played a central role in obstructing climate action through lobbying, impacting political influence, and spreading disinformation. Academic Kristoffer Ekberg (Lund University), nonprofit researcher Kert Davis (Center for Climate Integrity), and DeSmog global managing editor Geoff Dembicki walk us through how fossil fuel industry strategies have undermined climate policy, delayed regulation, and furthered climate denial. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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How the Coal, Utilities, and Transportation Industries Block Climate Policy

The coal, utilities, and transportation industries have all played a major role in stopping governments from regulating emissions or transitioning to cleaner energy. Examining how those effort have taken shape around the world, Jen Schneider (Boise State University) and Gregory Trencher (Kyoto University) break down the strategies these industries use to influence policymakers, resist decarbonization, and slow climate action.Additional resources:Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment You can now download a FREE copy of the book Climate Obstruction: A Global Survey here! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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How the Animal Agriculture Industry Blocks Methane Regulation

For decades, the meat and dairy industries avoided scrutiny for the planet-heating emissions they pump into the atmosphere. As governments began considering methane regulation, the animal agriculture sector starting working on efforts to resist such regulations. Siliva Secchi (University of Iowa) and Kathrin Lauber (University of Edinburgh) expound the concept of "agricultural exceptionalism" and the strategies the agriculture industry uses to keep climate policy at bay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1시간 9분
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Drilling Deep: Karen House on Saudi Arabia Under Mohammed bin Salman

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Wall Street Journal publisher Karen Elliott House, author of The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia, joins Adam Lowenstein to discuss how the crown prince has reshaped Saudi Arabia. They explore if MBS's gamble on economic and social freedoms alongside ciivil and political repression is politically, or environmentally, sustainable and examine how Saudi Arabia's oil and petrochemical industries serve its geopolitical interests. Karen and Adam also discuss the kingdom’s promises about transitioning away from fossil fuels and why it might be a bit less green than climate advocates would hope. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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시즌 14 모두 보기(27개)

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Incredibly important podcast

2025. 07. 06.

linenfrolic21

Highly recommend. Essential listening for anyone intellectually engaged with our world
Climate hoax

2025. 12. 28.

Big Sincho

Put on a coat, take off the coat.
Excellent journalism, socio-politically biased

2025. 08. 23.

scunns

The level of investigative journalism of the show is excellent. They turn up stories that I’ve seen nowhere else, and it’s understandable why. They dig, they research, they reach out, they go on site. Through this, they’ve been able to reveal the history of lies and shady business of the fossil fuel industry. The downside is that they clearly live within a political bubble. This shows in their biased takes on the actions of conservatives, often assuming they are due to bigotry or greed when usually ignorance or simple difference in political or economic opinions suffice. I know that conservatives are largely “the bad guys,” in the climate story, but that does not mean they’re bad people who are intentionally ignoring the problem. The bias is unfortunate, because it will turn off any curious conservatives who might find the show and who could otherwise have their eyes opened.
Critical

2025. 06. 16.

KSaluki

Such an essential investigative journalism resource, invaluable!

Drilled is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Hosted and reported by award-winning investigative climate journalists and led by Amy Westervelt, each season unravels new evidence of deception, disinformation, and the power structures keeping real climate solutions out of reach. Season 15 coming April 2026.