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Climate Crisis, Meet Democracy Crisis Jan 07, 2022

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What happens when the climate crisis collides with the unraveling of American democracy? Max Berger, a longtime progressive organizer who helped incubate the Sunrise Movement and worked with both Cori Bush and Elizabeth Warren, discusses movement building and the climate crisis.
(Check out Scene on Radio's climate season here: http://www.sceneonradio.org/the-repair/)

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Drilled Presents | Scene on Radio, The Repair | Episode 9: Pachamama Dec 17, 2021

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In several countries around the world, including Ecuador, New Zealand, and the U.S., some people are trying to protect the planet using a legal concept called “rights of nature”—infusing the law with Indigenous understandings of Mother Earth.
Listen to the complete Scene on Radio season: http://www.sceneonradio.org/the-repair/
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The Influence Industry and Climate Obstruction Dec 10, 2021

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Groundbreaking new research from Brown University's Dr. Robert Brulle shows just how much oil companies have spent on PR in recent decades, and tracks how PR firms helped to architect climate obstruction. PR whistleblower Christine Arena joins with Dr. Brulle to discuss his research and the many tentacles of the influence industry.

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One PR Firm Works on More Climate Obstruction Than Any Other Dec 07, 2021

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In a new study, sociologist Robert Brulle examined which PR firms work for the various industries obstructing climate action. Only one firm was in the top 3 for every single segment. Listen to find out which one, and learn about some of their other contributions to the world of spin

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Fracking the Outback: Australia's Plan to Go Big on Fracking and Plastic Nov 26, 2021

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As the rest of the world is beginning to realize that fracking comes with more downsides than upsides, Australia is readying itself for a fracking boom, eyeing basins on Indigenous land.

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Melissa Aronczyk on the History of Greenwashing Nov 19, 2021

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Melissa Aronczyk, media studies scholar at Rutgers University, is one of my go-to sources on all things disinformation. In this episode, she walks us through the history of environmental PR and how it's shaped the broader disinformation system we're all grappling with today. This history is also the subject of Aronczyk's new book, with co-author Maria Espinoza, A Strategic Nature (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-strategic-nature-9780190055356?cc=us&lang=en&)

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Climate Education in the U.S. with Katie Worth Nov 05, 2021

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Reporter Katie Worth has been researching climate education in the United States for years, forming the basis of her new book Miseducation. Here's what she's uncovered.

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Fighting Back Against Big Oil in Education Oct 29, 2021

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Over the last five episodes, we've tracked how long the fossil fuel industry has been investing in schools, why, and what impact it's had. Now it's time for the most important question: What can we do about it?

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Ben Franta on Big Oil in College Oct 22, 2021

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Here's our full interview with Stanford researcher Ben Franta to discuss fossil fuel influence at universities.

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Big Oil on Campus Oct 15, 2021

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By the time students reach college, Big Oil's education strategy reaches it's largest phase: direct influence on curricula and research at the university level.

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