4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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0:00.0 | This is outside in, I'm Justine Paradise in for Nate Hegey this week. |
0:05.2 | Over the years we've talked a lot in our editorial meetings about the challenge of covering |
0:09.0 | climate in a way that doesn't leave us feeling hopeless or overwhelmed. |
0:13.5 | And our approach has been to stay curious, to look for interesting solutions and stories, |
0:19.3 | and to keep our sense of humor alive as much as possible. |
0:22.2 | But back in 2016, investigative journalist Amy Westervalt had another idea. |
0:29.7 | We're not used one of podcasting's most popular genres, true crime, to tell the story of |
0:35.8 | climate change. |
0:39.4 | Since then, Amy's podcast, Drilled, has been covering greenwashing, climate denialism, |
0:44.7 | and corporate propaganda like no other show out there. |
0:48.6 | And it works, Drilled makes accountability journalism sound fun and frustrating in |
0:53.6 | all the right ways, while consistently being one of the most informative sources for in-depth |
0:58.0 | climate news out there. |
1:00.4 | So today we are featuring the first episode of their latest three-part series about a guy |
1:04.8 | named Herb Schmerz. |
1:06.6 | A political strategist turned mobile executive, and the guy who invented a corporate personality |
1:11.8 | for big oil. |
1:13.8 | Alright, here it is. |
1:18.1 | Everyone has a story I can learn from, to be fearless like her, to have the confidence |
1:24.1 | to achieve my dreams. |
1:27.1 | This ad that you're hearing, it starts out with a little girl dressed in an Amelia Earhart outfit. |
1:34.7 | Then it pans to a montage of women playing golf, professionals clearly. |
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