Introducing The Black Thread: The Norwegians
Over the next few weeks, we're sharing a new mini-series, The Black Thread, about Norway's complicated relationship with its identity as both a progressive leader and oil state.Social norms and cultur...
13 Okt 202542min
Facing Climate Despair: How to Cope with Wen Stephenson
The climate crisis can feel overwhelming—to witness venture-capital-fueled AI domination, democracy’s steady drift toward authoritarianism, state-sanctioned genocide, and the collapse of one climate b...
12 Okt 20251h 5min
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 (...
7 Okt 202550min
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...
3 Okt 202558min
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
