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Scene on Radio: Capitalism

Bonus Episode: Manchin on the Hill, and Introducing Drilled

Scene on Radio: Capitalism

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Society & Culture, Audiodoc, Radio, Documentary, Stories

4.911K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Co-hosts John Biewen and Amy Westervelt discuss the U.S. Congress’s effort to pass its first major climate bill ever, and Senator Joe Manchin’s move to block a key measure seemingly on behalf of the fossil fuel industry. And an episode of Drilled, Amy Westervelt’s true crime podcast about the climate crisis.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We want power, we want trust in one,

0:02.8

hazel power, we want power, we want trust in one,

0:06.7

hazel power, we want trust in one,

0:09.0

hazel power, we want trust in ones,

0:12.0

hazel power, we want trust in one,

0:14.3

not to be old dramatic,

0:16.0

but the fall of 2021 is a fateful moment

0:20.1

for the future of planet Earth,

0:21.9

with climate watchers turning our lonely eyes

0:25.0

to Washington DC.

0:26.9

As you know, Amy, I drove up to DC

0:29.3

recorded this during a week of people versus fossil fuels protests aimed at the White House.

0:42.1

You were making recordings for use later in our series when we really dive into talking about

0:47.5

actions and solutions, but we decided to check in here as part of this bonus episode on what's

0:53.7

happening in the capital right now. Yeah, and for people listening to this in the future,

1:00.5

we're recording this the week of October 18th, 2021. And we've said this before on

1:06.8

Sinon Radio, we're a documentary show, usually not reacting to what's in the latest headlines.

1:14.0

But from time to time, we just can't resist when what's going on in the world connects

1:19.2

to tightly with the themes of ongoing series. We'll get together and talk about it as Changer

1:25.6

I and I did a couple of times in our season four series on American democracy, for instance.

1:30.9

So as we're recording this, it's looking like we're at this real moment of truth for whether the

1:37.1

US Congress will finally, finally do something meaningful on climate after decades of inaction

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