Podcasts by How They Made Us Doubt Everything
How some of the world's most powerful interests made us doubt the connection between smoking and cancer, and then how the same tactics were used to make us doubt climate change.
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10. Leaving the tribe from 2020-07-27T11:43
Our story ends at the very top, with a fax to the White House. The campaign to spread doubt about climate change was so successful, it infiltrated the White House. In 2007, a House of Representa...
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9. Deep pockets; useful allies from 2020-07-27T11:26
Following the oil money as it’s pumped to contrarian scientists and think tanks. As millions of dollars flow from oil companies to researchers looking into ‘solar variation’ or picking holes i...
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8. Jerry gets ‘duped’ from 2020-07-27T11:21
As climate change goes prime time, a super star climate change sceptic wins his last TV debate. Jerry Taylor was working at CATO, a free market think tank and was regularly on TV putting forward...
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7. The opponent from 2020-07-27T11:11
How do you win a battle, if you’re fighting in the wrong arena? A look at how the virtues of science were being used against the scientists. Uncertainty is an inherent part of climate change sci...
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6. ‘Reposition Global Warming as theory, not fact’ from 2020-07-27T10:56
‘Unless “climate change” becomes a non-issue…there may be no moment when we can declare victory’. We reveal the communications plans drawn up by energy groups to make us doubt climate change. Fr...
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5. Big Oil's Big Group from 2020-07-27T10:17
As the world’s scientists agree on man-made climate change, the oil companies come together to form their own coalition. They aren’t just focused on the science, though.
From climate cha...
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4. Tobacco in the dock from 2020-07-27T10:12
As the evidence against tobacco mounts, the court suits keep coming. Tobacco keeps winning. ‘Due to favourable scientific testimony, no plaintiff has ever collected a penny from any tobacco com...
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3. The White Coats from 2020-07-27T10:02
The tobacco industry’s white coats are ready, the battle of science vs science begins. The battle for public opinion will be played out in the media. In this episode we hear how the tobacco ind...
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2. ‘Doubt is our product' from 2020-07-27T09:44
At a secret meeting, a plan is drawn up to fight claims that smoking causes cancer. In 1953, the tobacco industry was hit by a major storm. ‘Salesmen in the industry are frantically alarmed and...
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1. Big Oil’s Big Crisis from 2020-07-27T09:38
From climate change to smoking and cancer, this is the story of how doubt has been manufactured.
In this episode we take you to an oil company’s boardroom as they plan their response to th...
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Welcome to How They Made Us Doubt Everything from 2020-07-27T07:38
From climate change to smoking and cancer, this is the story of how doubt has been manufactured. This 10 part series will explore how powerful interests and sharp PR managers engineered doubt ab...
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