Climate in Disguise: Podcast Recommendations

5 podcast episodes on a theme, each week curated by a different person

Curator
Mary Annaise Heglar and Amy Westervelt, hosts of Hot Take

Why did you choose this theme?
Climate change is not an isolated story. It influences everything and everything influences it. Therefore, we're all talking about it all the time whether we know it or not.

PODCAST PICKS:

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Reveal
American Rehab: A Desperate Call

In its American Rehab series, Reveal delves into the dark side of rehab programs that exploit, rather than treat their patients. In lieu of therapy, patients are sent out to work in dangerous jobs with no pay — and guess who takes advantage of these people? Fossil fuel companies!

Behind the Bastards
Part One: Christopher Columbus: Bringer of the Apocalypse

In their series on Christopher Columbus, Behind the Bastards details the building blocks of colonialism and the beginning of the ethos of profit over everything. This ultimately led to companies like Chevron being able to shirk their responsibility to a livable planet.

Floodlines
Antediluvian

The phenomenal podcast Floodlines from The Atlantic details the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which was arguably one of the first major storms of the climate change era in the United States. The podcast clearly and painfully spells out how and why the disaster played out along strict and stark racial lines and acts as a harbinger of our world today.

Scene on Radio
Turning the Lens (Seeing White, Part 1)

In this episode, hosts talk about the creation of race, particularly whiteness and white supremacy, in order to understand the climate crisis.

This Land
Solomon's Sword

Erosion of tribal sovereignty was a key first step on the road to the climate crisis, and that battle continues today. In this season of This Land, Rebecca Nagle walks listeners through a case that's headed to the Supreme Court right now that threatens to undermine tribal sovereignty in one fell swoop.

BONUS RECOMMENDATION:

From Crooked Media, Hot Take is a holistic, irreverent, honest look at the climate crisis and all the ways media and society are talking—and not talking—about it. Hosted by real-life friends Mary Annaïse Heglar and Amy Westervelt—an essayist and a journalist— Hot Take offers a unique perspective on the issue of climate change.

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PODCAST SPOTLIGHT:

Calling Bullsh!t

Have you ever looked at a company and thought 'Wow! Their mission is so inspiring. I'd love to support them!' But then a few months later you read the news and discover they're actually doing the opposite?

In Calling Bullsh!t, the weekly podcast about purpose-washing, we explore the gap between what companies say and what they do — And, what they would need to change to practice what they preach.

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