How They Made Us Doubt Everything Podcast
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.
Episodes to download
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10. Leaving the tribe
Fri 7 Aug 2020
10/10 Our story ends at the very top, with a fax to the White House.
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9. Deep pockets; useful allies
Thu 6 Aug 2020
9/10 Oil money is pumped to scientists and think tanks in the bid to make it a culture war.
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8. Jerry gets ‘duped’
Wed 5 Aug 2020
8/10 A climate change sceptic realises he’s been getting it wrong
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7. The opponent
Tue 4 Aug 2020
7/10 In the battle for public opinion, the scientists were no match for a well-oiled PR machine
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6. ‘Reposition Global Warming as theory, not fact’
Mon 3 Aug 2020
6/10 ‘Unless climate change becomes a non-issue…there may be no moment we can declare victory’
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5. Big Oil's Big Group
Fri 31 Jul 2020
5/10 As the world’s scientists agree on man-made climate change, oil companies form a coalition
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4. Tobacco in the dock
Thu 30 Jul 2020
4/10 As the evidence against tobacco mounts, the court suits mount up. Tobacco keeps winning.
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3. The White Coats
Wed 29 Jul 2020
3/10 The tobacco industry’s white coats are ready, the battle of science vs science begins.
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2. ‘Doubt is our product'
Tue 28 Jul 2020
2/10 In 1953 PR and tobacco execs draw up a plan to fight claims that smoking causes cancer.
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1. Big Oil’s Big Crisis
Mon 27 Jul 2020
1/10 From climate change to smoking and cancer, this is the story of how to manufacture doubt.
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Welcome to How They Made Us Doubt Everything
Mon 27 Jul 2020
From climate change to smoking, this is the story of how doubt has been manufactured.
How the oil industry made us doubt climate change
From climate change to smoking and cancer, this is the story of how to manufacture doubt.
