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Join Wondery Plus in the W Graham, and this is American Scandal. In April of 2010, an explosion ripped through the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

Eleven workers were killed, and over the next 87 days, more than 100 million gallons of oil poured into the sea.

The scale of the disaster was staggering.

Millions of marine animals died.

Fishermen lost their livelihoods, and coastal communities struggled with fallout.

But given British Petroleum's history of cost-cutting and deflecting blame,

the disaster was predictable, perhaps even inevitable.

Yet its executives emerged largely unscathed.

Today, offshore drilling continues, and oil companies remain enormously profitable.

And all around the world, stories of corruption, cover-ups, and violence continue to unfold on the front lines of the climate crisis.

My guest today is Zach Goldbound.

He's the host of a new Wondery podcast, Lawless Planet.

This show investigates crimes against our environment, from the BP oil spill to renewable energy fraud to activists

murdered for protesting development. Our conversation is next.

Startups move fast, and with AI, they're shipping even faster, and attracting enterprise buyers sooner.

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A SOC2 isn't always enough.

The right kind of security can make a deal, or break it.

Vanta knows what's needed and when, and they've built the fastest, easiest path to get

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