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Drilled

Widening the Lens of Accountability, with Naomi Oreskes, Jennifer Jacquet, Dr. David Michaels, Geoffrey Supran, and Jessica Wentz

Drilled

Critical Frequency

True Crime, Earth Sciences, Social Sciences, Science

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Taped live at the Harvard Faculty Club, an interview with Naomi Oreskes about her forthcoming book "The Big Myth," focused on the origin story behind free-market ideology, followed by a panel discussion on how to widen climate accountability to include not only oil companies but also the other industries and enablers that have obstructed climate action.

Resources:
UCS Science Hub for Climate Litigation: https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/science-hub-climate-litigation
Climate Social Science Network: https://cssn.org/
Pre-order The Big Myth: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Myth-American-Business-Government/dp/1635573572
Jennifer Jacquet's The Playbook: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/534048/the-playbook-by-jennifer-jacquet/
Dr. David Michaels' books: https://www.drdavidmichaels.com/books

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to Drilled I'm Amy Westrow out.

0:25.4

This week I was at Harvard University with the great Naomi Arresquez and a whole cast of

0:31.8

other really fascinating researchers who are all looking at this question of climate

0:37.4

accountability and not just for the fossil fuel industry but really how do we widen the

0:42.6

lens of accountability?

0:44.6

How do we look at the industries that have enabled the fossil fuel industry to greenwash,

0:50.2

for example, where is the responsibility of the PR and advertising industries of that?

0:56.6

Also what are the other industries that have worked in lockstep with the fossil fuel industry

1:01.7

to obstruct climate policy?

1:03.7

So the automotive industry, manufacturing industry, the airline industry, the list goes on

1:11.0

and on.

1:12.0

In this episode I'm going to bring you some of the conversations from that event starting

1:16.2

with an interview with Naomi Arresquez about her work in general and also the work that

1:22.6

has fed into her new book coming out in February.

1:26.8

It's called The Big Miss and it looks at where this idea that Americans should stop relying

1:35.8

on or even trusting the government and instead rely on big business and the so-called free

1:41.7

market came from.

1:43.8

Where did this ideology come from and who does it benefit?

1:47.5

It's a fascinating read.

1:48.8

It's not out yet.

1:49.9

I got an early copy and it's really, really, really good.

1:53.0

So we got Naomi talking about some of the themes that come up in that book and some of the

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