UNLOCKED: Are We Just Going to Ignore That Exxon Video?

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🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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A lobbyist for a giant oil company admitted in a video that the industry spreads disinfo to stop efforts to combat climate change and no one really talked about it. Molly Jong-Fast had Emily Atkin, climate reporter and author of the daily climate newsletter, HEATED, come on this bonus episode The New Abnormal to find out why: “The fuckery is immense.” If you haven't heard, every single week The New Abnormal does a special bonus episode for Beast Inside, the Daily Beast’s membership program. where Sometimes we interview Senators like Cory Booker or the folks who explain our world in media like Jim Acosta or Soledad O’Brien. Sometimes we just have fun and talk to our favorite comedians and actors like Busy Phillips or Billy Eichner and sometimes its just discussing the fuckery. You can get all of our episodes in your favorite podcast app of choice by becoming a Beast Inside member where you’ll support The Beast’s fearless journalism. Plus! You’ll also get full access to podcasts and articles. To become a member head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.5	Hello and welcome to another bonus episode of the new abnormal.
0:20.2	And we thank you so much for being here.
0:22.0	Today we have an extra special guest with Emily Atkin, who writes a daily climate newsletter called Heated.
0:27.5	And today we're going to talk about the latest Exxon tapes with her and how it should change the game on climate.
0:32.5	Since this is a bonus episode, it's usually behind a paywall where you need to be a member of Beasts Inside, the Daily Beast Membership Program.
0:39.0	To do that, to hear all of our past bonus episodes and our future ones, head to new abnormal dot the dailybeasts.com.
0:45.5	That's new abnormal dot the dailybeasts.com.
0:48.5	Hi Emily, welcome to the new abnormal.
0:51.5	Thank you for having me, very excited.
0:53.5	You know, one of the many reasons why I wanted to have you was you talked about this idea that like with the pandemic, where we had to learn how to write about COVID, we need to learn how to write about climate.
1:07.5	That more generalized people in the opinion space and in the more straight, Newsy space need to know how to cover climate.
1:15.5	Yeah, I mean, I've really wanted this for a long time.
1:19.5	I think that it would really benefit everyone's analysis of the way the world works, especially for general reporters and pundits on politics as someone that's been looking at climate change for seven and a half years.
1:33.5	I don't understand how you can pundit about the political future or about any of about our future at all without having a basic understanding of climate change.
1:43.5	Because all this is just going to get worse. I don't even mean that as I'm like not a pessimist in that way, but I'm a reporter and I know it's going to get worse.
1:52.5	Well, you're not incredibly old, but Jesse and I are incredibly old.
1:56.5	So we know we're not incredibly old, but we are in our 40s, early, early, very young 40s.
2:02.5	But we have seen, I mean, certainly I've seen the change in summers. You know, you never had 90 degree, 100 degree days in New York and June ever.
2:14.5	And now it's a regular thing. I mean, we can see it anecdotally.
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