Amy Westervelt, Nina Lakhani and Alleen Brown on the world on fire, how the media is covering the climate crisis, what's happening with the industry as a whole, and how it all relates to rising authoritarianism. The Spill is our new weekly show to bring you news, rants, and interviews in between narrative seasons.

Reading list from today's show:
Amy's book: geni.us/broughttoyouby
The Guardian on fossil fuel companies' war profiteering: https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/aug/04/revealed-major-oil-firms-make-93bn-profits-amid-war-and-climate-crisis
Nina's past reporting on extreme heat deaths: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/oct/09/extreme-heat-deaths-autopsy
Drilled coverage of criminal conduct in Venezuela: https://drilled.media/news/hopenhaym
Drilled reporting on the U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana triangle: https://drilled.media/news/guyana-venezuela
Alleen's new series "The Propagandist": https://drilled.media/podcasts/drilled/16/s16-ep01

Amy Westervelt, Nina Lakhani and Alleen Brown on the world on fire, how the media is covering the climate crisis, what's happening with the industry as a whole, and how it all relates to rising authoritarianism.&nbsp;The Spill is our new weekly show to bring you news, rants, and interviews in between narrative seasons.
Reading list from today's show:
<ul>
<li>Amy's book: <a href="http://geni.us/broughttoyouby">geni.us/broughttoyouby</a></li>
<li>The Guardian on fossil fuel companies' war profiteering: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/aug/04/revealed-major-oil-firms-make-93bn-profits-amid-war-and-climate-crisis">https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/aug/04/revealed-major-oil-firms-make-93bn-profits-amid-war-and-climate-crisis</a></li>
<li>Nina's past reporting on extreme heat deaths: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/oct/09/extreme-heat-deaths-autopsy">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/oct/09/extreme-heat-deaths-autopsy</a></li>
<li>Drilled coverage of criminal conduct in Venezuela: <a href="https://drilled.media/news/hopenhaym">https://drilled.media/news/hopenhaym</a></li>
<li>Drilled reporting on the U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana triangle: <a href="https://drilled.media/news/guyana-venezuela">https://drilled.media/news/guyana-venezuela</a></li>
<li>Alleen's new series "The Propagandist": <a href="https://drilled.media/news/guyana-venezuela">https://drilled.media/podcasts/drilled/16/s16-ep01</a></li>
</ul>

Drilled is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Hosted and reported by award-winning investigative climate journalists and led by Amy Westervelt, each season unravels new evidence of deception, disinformation, and the power structures keeping real climate solutions out of reach.

Drilled is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Hosted and reported by award-winning investigative climate journalists and led by Amy Westervelt, each season unravels new evidence of deception, disinformation, and the power structures keeping real climate solutions out of reach.

A true-crime podcast about climate change, hosted and reported by award-winning investigative journalist Amy Westervelt.

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