Welcome to "The Spill," Our New Weekly Newscast
· 48 min · S17 E1
Episode Welcome to "The Spill," Our New Weekly Newscast
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
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Links in the notes 5
- 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/environment/ng-interactive/2025/oct/09/extreme-heat-deaths-autopsy
- https://drilled.media/news/hopenhaym
- https://drilled.media/news/guyana-venezuela
- https://omnystudio.com/listener
Transcript
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