S10 • Ep 20 • April 05, 2024Apr 05, 2024

Sainte-Soline, the Government Effort to Disband a Movement in France, and the Radical Solidarity of the Earth Uprisings

Why is the French government so afraid of the climate movement?

S10 • Ep 19 • March 05, 2024Mar 05, 2024

Nearly 30 Years After the Ogoni 9 Tragedy, Nigerians Are Still Resisting Oil Colonialism

S10 • Ep 18 • February 13, 2024Feb 13, 2024

Dana R. Fisher on the Past, Present and Future of Climate Protest

The “radical” flank of the climate movement is not that radical, but it’s going to become more so.

S10 • Ep 17 • February 06, 2024Feb 06, 2024

Messy Conversations, with Rhiana Gunn-Wright

The architect of the Green New Deal on what the climate movement loses when it excludes environmental justice

S10 • Ep 17 • February 06, 2024Feb 06, 2024

Department of Homeland Security, the Manufactured "EcoTerrorist" Panic, and Cop City

The U.S. government's ever-expanding definition of what constitutes an "ecoterrorist” continues to drive repression of protest

S10 • Ep 16 • January 23, 2024Jan 23, 2024

Meet the First UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders

Michel Forst is concerned by the increased use of repressive laws and tactics to silence climate protest.

S10 • Ep 15 • January 16, 2024Jan 16, 2024

S10, Ep15: How UK Courts Became the New Climate Protest Battleground

Since the passage of a new law curtailing protest rights in 2022, the U.K. has been on a rapid path to repression.

S10 • Ep 14 • December 19, 2023Dec 19, 2023

S10, Ep 14: What Happened at Bayou Bridge? The Other End of the Dakota Access Pipeline

While protests against the northern leg of the Dakota Access Pipeline, on the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, garnered international press attention, protestors in Louisiana, where the southern leg was being built, faced aggressive fossil fuel-funded and state-backed repression, but saw little to no media attention. Their story is a cautionary tale for the climate movement, and anyone concerned about democracy.

S10 • Ep 13 • December 07, 2023Dec 07, 2023

S10, Ep13: Seven Years Later, an Environmental Impact Statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline

Public comment period closes Dec 13 in what may be the last Standing Rock battle

S10 • Ep 12 • December 07, 2023Dec 07, 2023

S10, Ep12: Modern-Day Bead Trading: “Redwashing” and Repression in Canada

A look inside the Coastal Gas Link fight in Canada.

S10 • Ep 11 • November 14, 2023Nov 14, 2023

Abeer Butmeh: Living on the Front Lines of a War and the Climate Crisis, in Palestine

Fighting for survival on every level.

S10 • Ep 10 • November 01, 2023Nov 01, 2023

Messy Conversations: Magatte Wade, Head of Atlas Network's Center for African Prosperity

Atlas Network responds

S10 • Ep 9 • October 17, 2023Oct 17, 2023

S10, Ep9: The Tomato Soup “Controversy”

Climate protests are getting more disruptive—is it working?

S10 • Ep 8 • October 10, 2023Oct 10, 2023

S10, Ep8: In Brazil, A Tale as Old as Colonization: Why Indigenous Land Defenders Are Particularly Targeted by Extractive Industries

The backlash against Indigenous-led environmental protest is particularly harsh because it’s fueled by centuries’ worth of colonialist entitlement.

S10 • Ep 7 • October 10, 2023Oct 10, 2023

S10, Ep7: The Same Australian Think Tanks That Have Pushed Against Climate Policy for Years Say No to Indigenous Rights

As the “Voice” referendum heads to the polls in Australia, Atlas Network think tanks have fired up a campaign against it.

S10 • Ep 6 • October 04, 2023Oct 04, 2023

S10, Ep6: Joanna Smith on “Conspiring Against the United States Government” with…Fingerpaint

How did what would normally be a misdemeanor vandalism charge turn into two felonies, for a non-violent and non-destructive protest?

S10 • Ep 5 • October 04, 2023Oct 04, 2023

S10, Ep5: Meet the Shadowy Global Network Vilifying Climate Protestors

Libertarian think tanks have been laying the groundwork to criminalize protest for at least a decade.

S10 • Ep 4 • September 11, 2023Sep 11, 2023

S10, Ep4: In Vietnam, Tax Evasion Charges Help Lock Up Climate Activists

Since 2021, five prominent climate activists have been jailed on shaky grounds.

S10 • Ep 3 • September 05, 2023Sep 05, 2023

S10, Ep3: In Australia, a State-by-State Approach to Criminalizing Protest

In just a few years, anti-protest legislation has spread rapidly in the country.

S10 • Ep 2 • August 29, 2023Aug 29, 2023

S10, Ep2 | Disha Ravi on Becoming the “Radical” Face of Protest in India at 22

For Disha Ravi, the price of success for effective climate activism in India was a sedition charge.

S10 • Ep 1 • August 25, 2023Aug 25, 2023

S10, Ep1 | The Corporate Push to Criminalize Speech

The more successful climate protestors are, the more effort industry is putting in to criminalize them.

S10 • UPDATE

Climate News Update: The New Carbon Majors + Swiss Elders Win Landmark Climate Case

S9 • Ep 3 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S9, Ep3 | The Next Citizens United Will Be a Climate Case

Big Oil is still trying to expand corporate free speech rights.

S9 • Ep 2 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S9, Ep2 | A Legal Strategy

Herb realizes it’s not enough just to defend corporate free speech in the court of public opinion.

S9 • Ep 1 • July 27, 2023Jul 27, 2023

S9, Ep1 | The Panic

When broadcast news stations stand up to Mobil Oil, the company realizes it needs to go to bat for corporate free speech rights.

S8 • Ep 9 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S8, Ep9 | A Verdict

A Guyanese judge shocks the world with a blistering ruling against Exxon and the government.

S8 • Ep 8 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S8, Ep8 | The Turning Point

Guyana faces some big decisions about its future.

S8 • Ep 7 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S8, Ep7 | The Global Oil Rush

What’s happening in Guyana is happening throughout the Global South.

S8 • Ep 6 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S8, Ep6 | Old-School Greenwashing

Why Guyana’s environmental organizations are supporting an offshore drilling project.

S8 • Ep 5 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S8, Ep5 | On Global Poverty and Global Warming

How the utter failure of international climate negotiations and global development funding has left Global South countries reliant on fossil fuel development to pay for climate adaptation.

S8 • Ep 4 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S8, Ep4 | Constitutional Violation

New plaintiffs argue the oil project undermines their constitutional right to a healthy environment.

S8 • Ep 3 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S8, Ep3 | Unlimited Liability

A lawyer steps in to challenge the risks the government is taking.

S8 • Ep 2 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S8, Ep2 | The Contract

After asking for years, journalists finally see Guyana’s contract with Exxon

S8 • Ep 1 • August 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023

S8, Ep1 | The Boom

Exxon strikes oil off the coast of Guyana.

S8 • UPDATE

S8 Update: Gas to Energy for Guyana, or Problem to Profit for Exxon?

Guyana’s Gas to Energy project has been billed as a gift to the public, but the numbers tell a different story.

S7 • Ep 7 • August 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023

S7, Ep7 | Katie Worth on the State of Climate Education in the U.S.

What are U.S. schools teaching kids about climate change today?

S7 • Ep 6 • August 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023

S7, Ep6 | So…What Do We Do About This?

What can be done, and who’s trying to do it.

S7 • Ep 5 • August 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023

S7, Ep5 | Ben Franta on Oil on Big Campus

Stanford researcher Ben Franta on fossil fuel influence at universities

S7 • Ep 4 • August 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023

S7, Ep4 | We’re Going Streaking

How fossil fuel companies influence curricula and research at the university level.

S7 • Ep 3 • August 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023

S7, Ep3 | High School

Shaping young Americans’ understanding of how things work.

S7 • Ep 2 • August 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023

S7, Ep2 | Elementary School

Get ‘em while they’re young.

S7 • Ep 1 • August 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023

S7, Ep1 | The First Day of School

How Big Oil got into the education game, and why it worked so well.

S6 • Ep 10 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S6, Ep10 | The Disaster Capitalist Response to Russia-Ukraine

The great gas lock-in

S6 • Ep 9 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S6, Ep9 | Epic Astroturfing

An early test case.

S6 • Ep 8 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S6, Ep8 | Anatomy of a Front Group

The country’s largest utility starts a front group and charges ratepayers for it.

S6 • Ep 7 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S6, Ep7 | The New Climate Villains

The industry adjusts to a new role.

S6 • Ep 6 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S6, Ep6 | A Busload of COVID

A utility threatens a town over its proposed gas ban.

S6 • Ep 5 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S6, Ep5 | Whack-a-Mole

The endless thread of problems on the front lines.

S6 • Ep 4 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S6, Ep4 | Keeping Oil Alive

The fossil fuel industry’s plastic playbook uncovered.

S6 • Ep 3 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S6, Ep3 | And Then There Was Covid

A perfectly timed pandemic

S6 • Ep 2 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S6, Ep2 | Erasing the Imaginary Line

A new fight against Formosa.

S6 • Ep 1 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S6, Ep1 | Don’t Mess With Texas

How the fracking boom led to a plastics boom

S5 • Ep 10 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S5, Ep10 | The Kill Step

Chevron makes good on its promise to fight the Ecuadorian judgement until hell freezes over.

S5 • Ep 9 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S5, Ep9 | The Judge

Corruption charges start to fly against the judges.

S5 • Ep 8 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S5, Ep8 | Damages

Chevron drops a shocking new case.

S5 • Ep 7 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S5, Ep7 | The Linchpin

Chevron's attorneys go after the documentary filmmaker chronicling the case.

S5 • Ep 6 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S5, Ep6 | A Verdict And a New Charge

The case takes a bizarre turn.

S5 • Ep 5 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S5, Ep5 | The Big Guns

Chevron kicks things up a notch, bringing on new lawyers and PR firms

S5 • Ep 4 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S5, Ep4 | The Secret Tribunal

An explainer on investor-state disputes, and Chevron’s claim against Ecuador

S5 • Ep 3 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S5, Ep3 | The Trial

The trial gets underway in Ecuador.

S5 • Ep 2 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S5, Ep2 | The Colonizers

The early days of oil colonialism

S5 • Ep 1 • August 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023

S5, Ep1 | Lockdown

A lawyer on lockdown faces a pandemic.

S4 • Ep 8 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S4, Ep8 | Naomi Klein and How the Shock Doctrine Applies to America Right Now

Covid-19 and disaster capitalism

S4 • Ep 7 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S4, Ep7 | The U.S. Government Has Been Rubber-Stamping New Oil and Gas Projects—This Lawsuit Hopes to Change That

A lawsuit filed against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over a small project in Massachusetts could have big implications

S4 • Ep 6 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S4, Ep6 | Earth Day in Louisiana: A Petro State Fights Back

Petrochemicals, petroleum, plastic, and fossil-fueled philanthropy on the Gulf Coast.

S4 • Ep 5 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S4, Ep5 | How Big Oil Is Using the Pandemic to Push More Plastic

How the industry is using the pandemic to push more single-use plastics.

S4 • Ep 4 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S4, Ep4 | In Colorado, Seniors Held Hostage by Fracking

COVID pits public health against oil industry profits

S4 • Ep 3 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S4, Ep3 | Amid the Pandemic Free-for-All, Unlit Flares at Texas Shale Refineries Are Dumping "Unimaginable" Amounts of Methane into the Atmosphere

Industry has leveraged the pandemic for a get-out-of-jail-free card on emissions.

S4 • Ep 2 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S4, Ep2 | Reporter Justin Mikulka on Why ExxonMobil and Chevron Are the Biggest Opponents to a Shale Gas Bailout

Covid bailouts for shale companies have some surprising opponents.

S4 • Ep 1 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S4, Ep1 | There Will Be Fraud: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Turned into Christmas for Big Oil

From de-regulation to a laundry list of subsidies, the pandemic was the best thing to happen to fossil fuels in a long time.

S4 • UPDATE

S4, Bonus: Computer-Aided Destruction: Art, Autodesk, and What Accountability Looks Like for the Tech Industry

S3 • Ep 9 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S3, Ep9 | Jay Rosen and Nicholas Johnson on What the Media Can Do About Disinformation

Where do we go from here?

S3 • Ep 8 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S3, Ep8 | Meet The Harrisons

The godparents of greenwashing.

S3 • Ep 7 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S3, Ep7 | John Hill and the Tobacco-Oil-Plastic Triangle

The science denial king.

S3 • Ep 6 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S3, Ep6 | Manipulating the Masses and Predicting the Future—Edward Bernays and W. Howard Chase

From propaganda to PR to issues management.

S3 • Ep 5 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S3, Ep5 | Oil Slick, Part 2—False Equivalence and Free Speech

Schmertz and the art of “creative confrontation.”

S3 • Ep 4 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S3, Ep4 | Oil Slick, Part 1—The Rise of the Corporate Persona

Mobil’s PR guy, Herb Schmertz, takes a whole new approach.

S3 • Ep 3 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S3, Ep3 | Psychological Warfare, Astroturfing, and Another Tobacco-Oil Connection

Meet Daniel Edelman

S3 • Ep 2 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S3, Ep2 | The Oil-Nazi-Propaganda Triangle

The American PR men who advised Hitler.

S3 • Ep 1 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S3, Ep1 | The Father of Public Relations

Standard Oil and the first modern PR guy.

S3 • UPDATE

S3, Bonus: We Interrupt This Podcast for New Research + Emily Atkin and Guardian CEO Anna Bateson on Banning Fossil Fuel Ads

Why and how The Guardian banned fossil fuel ads.

S2 • Ep 6 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S2, Ep6 | Facing Extinction

Which industries do we protect, and which do we let go?

S2 • Ep 5 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S2, Ep5 | David v. Goliath

The crabbers are in for an even bigger fight than state and municipal governments.

S2 • Ep 4 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S2, Ep4 | Taking Big Oil to Court

The case and the evidence.

S2 • Ep 3 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S2,Ep3 | Two Lawsuits at Once, Both Driven by Climate Change

The first industry to sue Big Oil.

S2 • Ep 2 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S2, Ep2 | A Late Season and a Shaky Future

The crabbers start to get desperate.

S2 • Ep 1 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S2, Ep1 | A Crisis, a Cover-Up, and a Community on the Front Lines of Climate Change

West Coast crab fishermen find their livelihoods threatened by climate change.

S1 • Ep 8 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S1, Ep8 | Winning the War

Radical social change is still entirely possible.

S1 • Ep 7 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S1, Ep7 | Campaigns So Successful They’ve Landed In Court

Dozens of climate cases prosecuting denial.

S1 • Ep 5 • July 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023

S1, Ep5 | Aggressive Think Tanks, Shouty Pundits, and a New Religious Argument

Shifting culture to enable the success of climate denial.

S1 • Ep 4 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S1, Ep4 | Exploiting Scientists’ Kryptonite: Certainty

Turning doubt into a product.

S1 • Ep 3 • July 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023

S1, Ep3 | Weaponizing False Equivalence

The weaknesses in the U.S. media system that allowed climate denial to flourish.

S1 • Ep 2 • July 27, 2023Jul 27, 2023

S1, Ep2 | The Turn

From research to suppression

S1 • Ep 1 • July 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023

S1, Ep1 | The Bell Labs of Energy

Exxon’s foray into global warming research