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) ...
30 Sep 20251h 2min
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 explor...
23 Sep 20251h 18min
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—an...
16 Sep 20251h 7min
Drilling Deep: The Golden Age of Oil-Funded Influence with Casey Michel
Reporter Adam Lowenstein talks with Casey Michel, author of Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World about the influence of oil money on United States c...
12 Sep 202556min
The "Carbon Dominance" Strategy Behind Trump's Anti-Renewables Actions
Killing a nearly-completed offshore wind farm makes no sense, even for a climate denier who thinks windmills kill whales. Political economist Mark Blyth walks Drilled reporter Royce Kumerlovs through ...
8 Sep 202534min
Integration: Bringing Men Into the Climate Movement
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 new ideas of masculinity, into the climate movement?...
5 Sep 202553min
Why Is the Fossil Fuel Industry Funding Anti-Trans Politics?
Special guest Vivian Taylor, a researcher on both trans rights and climate policy, joins us to share the the shocking connections between fossil billionaires and anti-trans campaigns. Turns out, it’s ...
22 Aug 202518min
The SLAPP Heard 'Round the World: Standing Rock Verdict
The verdict in Energy Transfer's lawsuit against Standing Rock activists and Greenpeace is announced, more than doubling the damages. At a time when repression of protest is accelerating in the United...
19 Aug 202535min
