Drilled
Pushkin IndustriesDrilled 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.
In September 2025,... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 286 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | True CrimeEarth SciencesScience | |||
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Industrial agriculture has wrapped itself in a green cloak in Mato Grosso, promising jobs, money and endless opportunities, all in the name of "sustainability." But the good times are only happening for a select few. Local residents are dealing with ... more
Bruce's venture in Brazil isn't the first time he tried to go global. What an earlier attempt tells us about him, his business, and what's ahead for both Iowa and "the Brazilian Midwest."
This season is a collaboration with the Intercept Brasil. You... more
As his American company Summit Carbon Solutions struggles with backlash to a carbon capture pipeline linking corn ethanol plants across the Midwest, Bruce Rastetter is not slowing down. Instead, he’s celebrating some big wins for his Brazilian compan... more
For decades we’ve heard that “the markets” will solve the climate crisis. On Drilled: Carbon Cowboys, we put that theory to the test, following Bruce Rastetter, a corn ethanol kingpin-turned-carbon entrepreneur from Iowa to Brazil, and asking the big... more
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- Extremely necessary
We need more climate stories and make it more mainstream, and Drilled is that.
Apple Podcasts5Luke_Green
United States2 months ago - Thank you for this!
Love this podcast! Incredibly informative and incredibly important.
Apple Podcasts5YojebuUnited States2 months ago - Birds of a feather
Flat earthers use symmetrical reasoning
Apple Podcasts1Eddie610267United States3 months ago This is an excellent podcast. Amy Westervelt is a professional and skilled journalist, and she uses verifiable facts and interviews with those that with experts (real experts!) and those that were 'at the table'.
This is one of the two climate podcasts (the other one is 'the climate pod') that are really worth listening to.
Podchaser53 months agoGraham- Roundup
The other thing with the glyphosate is its use, not to control weeds during growth but for ‘desiccation’ just before harvest.! Beans are an example, green growth, then brown so they can all be the same for harvest.. I remember (BSc Agr 1980!) talk of withdrawal etc., sometime between application and harvest. Also, they should be having buffers around wetlands and water bodies. Sad to see.
Sticking to Canadian or other produce for sure.
Apple Podcasts5Rick in Canadia
Canada3 months ago
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Investigation-driven coverage that connects climate policy, corporate power, and political maneuvering to expose how “solutions” are marketed while the realities on the ground—land use, health, and communities—are often sidelined. Across seasons, discussions unpack the intersections of agribusiness, fossil-fuel interests, and environmental justice, blending archival context, on-site reporting, and expert commentary to reveal how power structures shape climate narratives, regulation, and public perception. Noteworthy are the deep-dive investigations into land deals, carbon capture narratives, and the global network of influence behind energy policy, offering listeners a rigorous, context-rich look at who benefits from climate messaging and w... more
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1. Bruce Rastetter
2. Marino Franz
3. Paulo Franz
4. Miguel Vaz Ribeiro
5. Rafael Abud
6. Eloisa Borges
7. Daniel Lopez
8. Fabiana Augusta
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