Calling all true-crime fans. 

Drilled investigates the crime of the century – the creation of climate denial. Hosted and reported by award-winning investigative journalist Amy Westervelt, Drilled is a riveting podcast about the propaganda campaign to promote climate denial. 

The eight part series begins by going back in time to the 1960s and 1970s, before the inception of climate change denial. Listeners hear how Exxon transitioned from a global leader in energy and climate research to actively campaigning against the research of their very own scientists. Each episode further reveals the story of special interests that launched campaigns against evolving climate science and the momentum created by this science, starting in the late 1980s and sustained through the 2000s. 

• Season 1 (November 2018) focused on the climate research conducted by oil companies and when and how they shifted from studying the problem to denying it. 
• Season 2 (April 2019) followed a community of crab fishermen as they became the first industry to sue Big Oil. 
• Season 3 (January 2020) chronicles the 100-year history of fossil fuel P.R. campaigns and ties them to the propaganda we still see today. 
• At least four more seasons are planned for 2020 and 2021.

The podcast utilizes primary source documents, such as internal corporate correspondence, leaked plans, government records, and interviews with former fossil fuel industry scientists to illuminate this little known history. These documents, which can be read here, guide each episode and expose the comprehensive and successful public-relations endeavor undertaken by the fossil fuel industry and allies to deny climate change.

“What began as a limited-run 8-part series has become the most-listened to podcast on climate change and, as of January 21, 2020, a multi-platform climate accountability reporting project that keeps industry honest on climate via investigative reporting across web, newsletters, and podcasts.”

Check out the Drilled podcast through this link www.criticalfrequency.org/drilled.