The People vs. Big Oil, Part 1: 'Amazon Chernobyl'
After Texaco (now Chevron) discovered oil in Ecuador, they left behind an ecological and public health disaster so severe that experts have dubbed it the "Amazon Chernobyl.” The local population then ...
16 Mar 47min
When Elon Musk’s Data Center Came to Town
When Elon Musk’s xAI opened a data center called Colossus in South Memphis for its chatbot, Grok, local politicians and business leaders hailed it as the first step towards turning Greater Memphis int...
9 Mar 43min
'Field of Schemes': Organic Farming’s Epic Fraud
When it comes to organic food, can we really trust what’s on our plate? Do we understand how it was grown or raised? The organic food industry is largely built on the honor system. More than a decade ...
2 Mar 43min
The Battle Over Burn Pits, a Military Practice That’s Making Veterans Sick
When Jessey Baca returned from Balad Air Base in Iraq, he began experiencing strange health symptoms: fevers, chills, headaches, difficulty breathing. The VA tried to write off his condition as PTSD, ...
23 Feb 46min
The Bundy Family’s Bloody War over Federal Land
The tug-of-war over undeveloped land in the U.S. is nothing new, but in 2014 Cliven and Ammon Bundy escalated their dispute over cattle grazing permits in Nevada to another level. Their clash against ...
16 Feb 43min
Who Hired Hackers to Target Climate Activists?
In 2015, news broke that Exxon’s own scientists had known for decades that burning fossil fuels was causing global warming. To raise awareness, climate activists launched a campaign called “Exxon Knew...
9 Feb 41min
How America’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster Was Almost Erased
One of the worst industrial disasters in our nation’s history occurred in West Virginia in the 1930s. Not in a coal mine – but in a tunnel chiseled out of a mountain for a hydroelectric power plant. H...
2 Feb 42min
Clean Energy, Dirty Mines: The Dark Story of Congo Cobalt
The device you’re using to listen to this podcast almost certainly contains cobalt. It’s a vital component of rechargeable batteries, which are essential to electric vehicles, laptops, and smartphones...
26 Jan 39min
