Reviews
“The fact’s presented clearly shows the players and techniques used. Strategies used to confuse the public are cleverly revealed. The BBC have done a great job or communicating and debunking climate denying myths.”
lessles via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
04/07/24
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“A look into how a few particular corporations have used misleading language to manipulate their customers and public opinion. Although there is useful insight to hear, (and I would recommend listening) the conversational tone of the narrator often came across as patronising, and at times I felt...”Read full review »
Meiquel04 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/11/23
“One of the greatest show on how oil industry dares to fabricate data to reshape the public opinion. These methods are surely used in other industries too and it’s worthwhile to pause and think about how the world really works and who moderates the discussion.”
namfast25 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/19/22
“I thoroughly enjoyed this series of podcasts and as a scientist I am scared at how peoples view of science has been changed by business, lobbyists and government. Well worth a listen”
Skysong8787 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/07/21
“I was familiar with most of the ideas here, having read Naomi Orestes’ book Merchants of Doubt and Jane Mayer’s Dark Money. But this rather dramatically produced podcast supplements the story with great - sometimes astonishing - interviews with influential figures through the years. Pomarentsev...”Read full review »
Marco Polo Mint via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
12/09/20
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“Highly recommend this series. Explains a lot about the failure of governments and the media to probe the issue of climate change”
JohnMooneyST via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
12/07/20
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“You thought you knew, but the cynicism of the corporations in altering our shared reality is dumbfounding”
madsflash via Apple Podcasts ·
Denmark ·
11/07/20
“Incredible insight and worth a listen”
Gumtree hugger via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
11/04/20
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“Have already recommended this to friends and will be listening again with my teenage son. Fascinating and scary insights into the manipulation of truth by powerful organisations for their own ends. Well-researched and presented. You should definitely listen.”
TheBagPeople via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/12/20
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“A wide-ranging investigation into highly profitable ‘industries of doubt’ and how their campaigns over decades have led us to a world where facts no longer matter and everything is down to our tribal affiliations & ideologies.
Fascinating insight into deep polarisation experienced on both...”Read full review »
JonSlack via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/01/20
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“A fascinating insight into how facts have become opinions and the erosion of scientific evidence by politics”
HankAlabama via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/22/20
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“You wonder if the oil companies sued in 10 years time when the science becomes undeniable .”
Danny kedwell via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/22/20
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“Compulsive listening and terrifying!”
expanding my knowledge via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/20/20
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“This the level of quality that you would expect from the BBC. And it’s a really interesting subject”
Kev484882 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/20/20
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“While the BBC has much to answer for in its historically weak coverage of the climate emergency and the science behind it, this excellent, lively series goes some way to making up for that. Its cogent expose of the power and money behind climate change denialism - and its far-reaching...”Read full review »
Hyggeville via Apple Podcasts ·
Denmark ·
09/19/20
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“Great journalism and very important in these days of misinformation!”
MarijaJur via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/16/20
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“Gets to the heart of the modern malaise of doubting truth. Loved it.”
Stottc via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/15/20
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“Really fascinating. Great insight into the role of PR in selling lies and how it has shaped the modern world.”
CorkyMac11 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/29/20
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“Insightful, disturbing and utterly compelling- agree with ahume1000- should be part of school curriculum.”
Ianandelaine via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/20/20
“A great series that starts off showing how a PR firm (Hill and Knowlton) helped big tobacco companies create doubt about the increasing scientific evidence showing the link between smoking and cancer.
The focus shifts to climate change, how we were coaxed into doubting scientific evidence, and...”Read full review »
Vigornian. via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/17/20
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“This show lifts reporting, sources and framing from Neela Bannerjee, Lisa Song, David Hasemeyer (Inside Climate News) and Amy Westervelt (Drilled podcast) without attribution. Crediting those whose work you’ve relied on would in no way minimize this story but failing to do so really undermines...”Read full review »
francinegil via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/14/20
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“Excellent podcast. Should be required listening for all senior school students”
ahume1000 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/11/20
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“compelling, shocking.”
fjugssjhgvns via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/11/20
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“Well done to the production team and indeed to the BBC for this meticulous piece of reporting. A powerful analysis of how one set of tactics has been honed over time in order to sell us things that do us harm. More, it shows how these tactics have been subsumed into political ideology to such an...”Read full review »
dollybodkin via Apple Podcasts ·
France ·
08/10/20
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“Superbly researched. The detail unearthed from the internal company memos is fascinating and terrifying!”
groberts83 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/09/20
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“A wonderful breath of fresh air in a foul and pestlent congregation of American vapors.”
Petit Cintre via Apple Podcasts ·
France ·
08/08/20
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“Fascinating and terrifying”
andrew74484 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/07/20
“Really interesting to hear a structured narrative of planned misinformation to prevent the truth about climate change being widely disseminated - starting decades ago.”
Baruda59 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/07/20
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“We could have done with this prior to the Brexit fiasco. The issue now is how to get this into the people who would benefit from it the most.”
bernim10 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/06/20
“At last a truly balanced piece on climate science from the beeb. After years of insisting on pitching political climate deniers against honest scientists. Fascinating, insightful and a great listen from episode 1 to 10 in one go. Go on treat yourself.”
zzubeeb56 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/05/20
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“I wish this sort of podcast was more mainstream. If people were sat down in school and made to listen, we’d all have a better future.”
The Monkeydog via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/04/20
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“A very balanced and well presented set of podcasts. We kept listening from 1-10 in one sitting and were never disappointed. The facts presented showed just how easy it is to influence and sway opinion. We particularly enjoyed the way scientists use ambiguous terms which they know can often be...”Read full review »
Totsein via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/04/20
“Elegantly illustrated. Thank you Peter and Phoebe. If only our public broadcaster would accept the evidence, BBC news would be reliable listening.”
SWSBy via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/04/20
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“We kind of know this is happening but dont know the real scope and the details. This series opens it all up!”
joshiabhi via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/03/20
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“Highly recommend podcast if you want to know some of the real reasons why it has taken humanity so long to overcoming fossil energy. Of course we may never know about all the devious moves by oil, gas and coal companies to put off any change — but here is a good scoop of some of the tricks that...”Read full review »
martjay via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
08/03/20
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“As a scientist, I found this terrifying and illuminating. Good communication skills should be one of the pillars of any scientific training and qualifications. Only then will we have a better chance of preventing this happening again...”
docbroc11 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/03/20
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“This is a perfectly pitched reflection on what kind of world is it that we actually live in.
Time well spent, thanks guys.”
Riverman311 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/01/20
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“Really helped me understand the mechanisms that are used to counter facts that would seriously damage large companies and by implication any well-financed vested interests.”
MikeGraves via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/31/20
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“One of the best podcasts I have listened to. The whole series is thoughtfully assembled and integrated. Well worth listening, time well spent.”
drc108 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/30/20
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“Perhaps you have seen a new army of white coats in the media last week (mid July 2020). If you like to know who perhaps back them listen in!
Thank you, keep up your great work!”
ChrisCat9876 via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
07/30/20
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“This is a show that could have been a decent hour-long traditional radio documentary, yet it’s struggling to be a podcast and suffering as a result. And as a podcast, it’s very formulaic, featuring lots of annoying podcast clichés, like always having to talk in the present tense, trying to turn...”Read full review »
Djewesbury via Apple Podcasts ·
Sweden ·
07/29/20
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“Excellent series, well researched and presented. Would hav been even better if the episodes were longer”
Nigellas kitchen wonder via Apple Podcasts ·
New Zealand ·
07/29/20
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“Excellent journalism unpicking the manipulation of science to prevent big businesses loosing huge amounts of money at the expense of the life and health of Individual people and ultimately our whole planet.”
LouMysz via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/28/20
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“This podcast was an eye-opener about exactly how powerful interests have influenced public opinion and policy to their undue advantage and one can recognise the same strategies at play on various issues, today.”
Saurabh Joshi via Apple Podcasts ·
India ·
07/28/20
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“Having read about the receipt of the oil companies back in the sixties we need more programs like this one. We need to let everyone know how climate catastrophe is looming, how tobacco hurt millions. Then we need to think of structural changes. Heads up hope up. First educate ourselves”
bbcjewel via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/28/20
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