THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL: WHO IS TO BLAME?
The Alarmist
The Alarmist
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Who’s to Blame for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?
This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) speaks with special guest Craig Anstett about the historic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Could this be another classic case of money over maintenance? Or are we to blame for our deep global obsession with car culture? Producer Clayton Early and Fact Checker Chris Smith join in the conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | An Iriot original. |
| 0:03.0 | I was born with a special gift. |
| 0:07.0 | The ability to mentally transform any situation into the worst case scenario. |
| 0:13.0 | In my own brain. |
| 0:18.0 | My therapist calls my gift catastrophizing. |
| 0:21.0 | And that's why I'm uniquely qualified to scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters. |
| 0:28.0 | And find out who's to blame. |
| 0:33.0 | They say history repeats itself. |
| 0:35.0 | Not on my watch. |
| 0:37.0 | My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith and I am the alarmist. |
| 0:49.0 | Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into the alarmist. |
| 0:52.0 | A comedy podcast where we talk about history's greatest tragedies and figure out who's to blame. |
| 0:57.0 | Today we're discussing the deep water horizon oil spill. |
| 1:01.0 | Here's what you need to know. |
| 1:03.0 | The night sky lit up. |
| 1:05.0 | Powerful explosion rocked a giant oil ring. |
| 1:07.0 | The explosion was spectacular and catastrophic. |
| 1:10.0 | An offshore drilling unit. |
| 1:12.0 | With a harrowing ordeal as workers scrambled to a bend in the rig. |
| 1:15.0 | Pressurized wells with big heavy equipment and of course with highly volatile gas and oil, |
| 1:20.0 | 5,000 feet of water. |
| 1:22.0 | It is starting to sink. |
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