Drilled
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250,001+listeners248eps6 yearsoldApr 28, 2026last ep

Drilled

by Pushkin Industries

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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.In September 2025, a group of Brazilian ministers trekked all the way to chilly North Dakota to see a presentation on a new type of clean energy project, one that promised to help them deliver Brazilian President Lula’s dream of turning Brazil into “the Saudi Arabia of sustainable aviation fuels.” It was the latest in a string of projects from Midwest Republican kingmaker and corn ethanol magnate Bruce Rastetter, whose investments in Brazil might just transform him into a global carbon czar, even as his Summit pipeline carbon project faces fierce opposition from Iowa to North Dakota. The problem? It all requires

Language: en · Explicit: No

Created: Sep 5, 2020

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Est. Listeners

250,001+

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  • Per-Episode Audience

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    25,001 - 50,000
  • Monthly Reach

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    75,001 - 150,000
  • Active Followers

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    15,001 - 40,000

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Nina Lakhani
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Amy Westervelt
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Adam Lowenstein
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Royce Kurmelovs
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Karen Hao
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Nina Lakhani
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Fernanda Hopenhaym
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Oscar Berglund
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
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Jessica Reznicek
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Ruby Montoya
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John Vaillant
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Most discussed topics

fossil fuelsclimate crisiscolonialismrepressionfossil fascismimperialismoil extractionenvironmental oppositionprotestpetromasculinitystanding rockwar

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Pushkin Industries2
oil majors1
Standing Rock1
OpenAI1
Silicon Valley1
Big Tech1
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UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights1
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Places mentioned

Venezuela2Iran2United States2Iraq1the planet1Honduras1U.S.1Lenca1
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32 placements across 22 markets.