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- 3 weeks ago26 min
Update Episode: Into The Tank
Rollie and Nicole are back with an exciting update about season 4, and a mini explainer on the Trump administration’s “clean beautiful coal” mascot Coalie.BONUS EPISODES available on PatreonSOCIALS & MOREWANT TO ADVERTISE WITH US? Please contact sponsors@multitude.productions DISCLAIMER: Some media clips have been edited for length and clarity. CREDITS Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben BoultHosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole ConlanEditor: Laura ConteProducers: Daniella Philipson & Rebecca SteinbergAdditional Research and Fact Checking: Carly Rizzuto & Canute HaroldsonMusic: Tony Domenick Art: Jordan Doll Special Thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense CenterSOURCESTrump touts 'Beautiful Clean Coal', addresses energy costsTrump At UN: 'Climate Change Is The Greatest Con Job'10 Things to Know About How OSMRE Supports America’s Energy Legacy and CommunitiesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Jan 29, 202651 min
The (Non) Climate Denier’s Book Club [Patreon Preview]
Rollie and Nicole take a break from poisoning their brains with climate disinformation by bringing you a climate-themed book club. It’s the final episode of season 3, and you can get a HUGE jump on your new year’s resolution of reading more by listening. How can that be? Well simply listening to this ONE podcast is the equivalent of reading FOUR entire books. It’s a screaming deal!Stay tuned for updates about our upcoming season!BONUS EPISODES available on PatreonSOCIALS & MOREWANT TO ADVERTISE WITH US? Please contact sponsors@multitude.productions DISCLAIMER: Some media clips have been edited for length and clarity. CREDITS Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben BoultHosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole ConlanExecutive Producer: Ben Boult Editor: Laura ConteProducers: Daniella PhilipsonAdditional Research and Fact Checking: Carly Rizzuto & Canute HaroldsonMusic: Tony Domenick Art: Jordan Doll Special Thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense CenterSOURCESSilent Spring by Rachel Carson Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc ReisnerThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonDoppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi KleinSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Oct 30, 20251h 2m
These Protesters Are Protesting Wrong!
Can’t they protest someplace quiet where I don’t have to think about them?!BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook) WANT TO ADVERTISE WITH US? Please contact sponsors@multitude.productions DISCLAIMER: Some media clips have been edited for length and clarity. CREDITS Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben BoultHosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole ConlanExecutive Producer: Ben Boult Editor: Laura ConteProducers: Daniella Philipson, Irene PlagianosArchival Producer: Margaux SaxAdditional Research and Fact Checking: Carly Rizzuto & Canute HaroldsonMusic: Tony Domenick Art: Jordan Doll Special Thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense CenterSOURCESDon Vidrine and Bob Kaluza: What Happened to the BP Executives? Aahana Swrup. (2024, April 7). The Cinemaholic.Stop the Church. ACT UP Oral History Project. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2025.In Memory of Jesse Helms, and The Condom On His House [VIDEOS] - POZ. Peter Staley. (2008, July 8). POZ. Panel Discussion: Protest Art and the Art of Protest. Art For Tomorrow. (2023, May 8).Here Is Every Artwork Attacked by Climate Activists This Year, From the “Mona Lisa” to “Girl With a Pearl Earring.” Benzine, V. (2022, October 31). Artnet News.Taraji Shouts Out Keith Lee & Halle, Urges Us To Research Project 2025 & GO VOTE | BET Awards ’24. BETNetworks. (2024, July 1).“Deeds not words”: Suffragettes and the Summer Exhibition. Bonett, H. (2018, June 18). Royal Academy of Arts.A Timeline of Colin Kaepernick’s Protests against Police Brutality. Boren, C. (2020, August 26). Washington Post.CNN Tonight : CNNW : October 25, 2022. CNN. (2022, October 25). Internet Archive.Even Though He Is Revered Today, MLK Was Widely Disliked by the American Public When He Was Killed. Cobb, J. (2018, April 4). Smithsonian.Climate Activists Get Prison Time for Throwing Soup at Van Gogh Painting. Dobkin, R. (2024, September 27). Newsweek.Why Did Suffragettes Attack Works of Art?. Fowler, R. (1991). Journal of Women’s History, 2(3), 109–125.Outnumbered : FOXNEWSW : October 14, 2022. Fox News. (2022, October 14). Internet Archive.Stories - FAM. L. D. | This Is Loyal. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2025.Running Aground in a Sea of Complex Litigation: A Case Comment on the Exxon Valdez Litigation.
- Oct 9, 20251h 41m
Climate: The Movie [Full Episode Unlock]
How can we possibly be expected to trust settled climate science when we simply refuse to do so? BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook) CREDITS Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben BoultHosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole ConlanExecutive Producer: Ben Boult Producers: Ben Boult & Gregory Haddock Editor: Gregory HaddockResearchers: Carly Rizzuto, Canute Haroldson & James CrugnaleArt: Jordan Doll Music: Tony Domenick Special Thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense CenterSOURCESBattle of Ideas 2015 | speaker | Martin Durkin. (n.d.). Archive.battleofideas.org.uk. Retrieved June 8, 2024British Thought Leaders. (2024, April 23). The Science Simply Does Not Support the Ridiculous Hysteria Around Climate At All: Martin Durkin. YouTube. Burns, D. (2024, April 11). Review of Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth) reveals numerous, well-known misinformation talking points and inaccuracies - Science Feedback. Https://Science.feedback.org/. Claire Fox. (n.d.). Academy of Ideas. Retrieved June 11, 2024Clement, N. O., Michael E. Mann, Gernot Wagner, Don Wuebbles, Andrew Dessler, Andrea Dutton, Geoffrey Supran, Matthew Huber, Thomas Lovejoy, Ilissa Ocko, Peter C. Frumhoff, Joel. (2021, June 1). That “Obama Scientist” Climate Skeptic You’ve Been Hearing About ... Scientific American. Cook, J. (2019). Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics and what the science really says. Skeptical Science. Desmog. (n.d.). Willie Soon. DeSmog. Retrieved June 10, 2024Does Urban Heat Island effect exaggerate global warming trends? (2015, July 5). Skeptical Science. GOV.UK. (n.d.). FAST CAR FILMS LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK. Find-And-Update.company-Information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved June 8, 2024Hayhoe, K. (2017, November 23). New rebuttal to the myth “climate scientists are in it for the money” courtesy of Katharine Hayhoe. Skeptical Science. Hayhoe, K. (2024, April). Katharine Hayhoe on LinkedIn: There’s a new climate denial movie doing the rounds. In the first 42… | 54 comments. Www.linkedin.com. Hobbes, M. (2023, June 18). x.com. X (Formerly Twitter). Jaffe, E. (2011, October 25). Bloomberg - Are you a robot? Www.bloomberg.com. Kriss, S. (2016, May 12). “Brexit: the Movie” Reveals Why the Upper Classes Are So Excited About the Prospect of Leaving the EU. Vice. <a href="https://www.desmog.com/2024/03/21/climate-the-movie-martin-durkin-co2-coalitio
- Sep 4, 20251h 33m
The Loophole You Can Drive A Truck Through
But I need my truck to drive to my job at JPMorgan. BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook) WANT TO ADVERTISE WITH US? Please contact sponsors@multitude.productions DISCLAIMER: Some media clips have been edited for length and clarity. CREDITS Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben BoultHosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole ConlanExecutive Producer: Ben Boult Editor: Paul Ramsdell & Laura ConteProducers: Daniella Philipson, Irene PlagianosArchival Producer: Margaux SaxAdditional Research and Fact Checking: Carly Rizzuto & Canute HaroldsonMusic: Tony Domenick Art: Jordan Doll Special Thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense CenterSOURCES18 SUVs Built on a Truck Frame (Truck Based SUV 2023) - Four Wheel Trends (2021, April 18). Four Wheel Trends.Author: Keith Bradsher. (2002). High and mighty: SUVs—the world’s most dangerous vehicles and how they got that way. Public Affairs.Jeep Cherokee Commercial (1975). Bionic Disco. (2020, July 3).Propaganda paved the way for an automotive society. Boenau, A. (2023, August 18). Urbanism Speakeasy.Automotive ad investment remains stuck in reverse gear | WARC. Brownsell, A. (2023, September 3).From workhorses to lifestyle vehicles: How pickup trucks got so big. Chase, W., Muller, J., & Whalen, J. (2023, January 23).How To Steal An Election | Climate Town. Climate Town. (2024, September 25).Clean Air Act: A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements. Congressional Research Service. (2022).What Year Did They Start Putting Seat Belts in Trucks?. Corp, G. S. (2023, November 25).F.E.A PROPOSING FREER REIN ON OIL. Cowan, E. (1975, May 16). The New York Times.America Made Us | Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram. Dodge. (2025, May 22).Arab oil embargo | international relations [1973]. Encyclopædia Britannica. (2018).Summary of the Clean Air Act. EPA. (2024, July 31).EPA moves to strike down California vehicle emission rules for good. Fisher, T. (2025, February 17).The Ford Kentucky Truck Plant | Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company. (2025, May 2).HISTORY OF FUEL ECONOMY One Decade of Innovation, Two Decades of Inaction 1970s. Frohman Lubetsky, J. (2011).<a href="https://www.accessmagazine.org/fall-1994/t
- Aug 6, 202554 min
The Climate Denier’s Mailbag
What are you hopeful about? Is it okay to drive a semi-truck? Do you dare me to read Merchants of Doubt in a week? In this very special episode, Rollie and Nicole answer these questions and also other questions from our super cool and fun Patreon community. BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook) WANT TO ADVERTISE WITH US? Please contact sponsors@multitude.productions CREDITS Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben BoultHosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole ConlanExecutive Producer: Ben Boult Editors: Paul Ramsdell & Laura ConteProducers: Daniella Philipson, Irene PlagianosFact Checking: Canute HaroldsonMusic: Tony Domenick Art: Jordan Doll Special Thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense CenterSOURCESAhmed, N., & Harlan, C. (2025, April 12). Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. The Washington Post.Climate Town. (2023, July 17). Parking Laws Are Strangling America | Climate Town. Www.youtube.com.Edwards, B. (2025, July 12). The A-list passengers who have swapped luxury travel for humble public transport as Dua Lipa was pictured travelling via Kings Cross. Mail Online; Daily Mail.Ekin Karasin. (2025, June 4). Noel Gallagher stuns London commuters as Oasis star spotted on Tube. The Standard; Evening Standard.Grabar, H. (2023). Paved Paradise. Penguin.Jacobs, J. (1961). The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Random House.Kenner, R. (2014). Merchants of Doubt. Www.documentaryarea.com.Mau, V. (2025, March 14). Domestic Market Penetration Rate for New EV Cars Exceeded 50% for Seven Consecutive Months - Climate Scorecard. Climate Scorecard.Nolan, H. (2025, July 15). When Do You Need to Quit Your Job? Hamiltonnolan.com; How Things Work.Oreskes, N., & Conway, E. M. (2010). Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. Bloomsbury.Romm, J. (2022). Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know. New York: Oxford University Press.Shoup, D. C. (2017). The High Cost of Free Parking. London and New York: Routledge.Singh, A. (2025, June 29). Viral Map Shows Paris’ Pollution Drop As City Trades Cars For Bike Lanes. NDTV.Taylor, A. (2025, July 10). The Atlantic. The Atlantic; theatlantic.Ulin, D. L. (2015). Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles. University of California Press.Valente, D. (2024, November 7). NYC Subway Ridership Reaches A Record One Billion In 2024. Secret NYC.William Rosales, D.
- Jul 9, 202522 min
The Pro-Oil ‘Clueless’ Parody Nobody Asked For [Patreon Preview]
AS IF we could live without oil! Listen to the full episode on our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook)WANT TO ADVERTISE WITH US? Please contact sponsors@multitude.productionsDISCLAIMER: Some media clips have been edited for length and clarity. CREDITS Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben BoultHosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole ConlanExecutive Producer: Ben Boult Editors: Laura Conte & Paul RamsdellProducers: Daniella Philipson, Irene PlagianosAdditional Research and Fact Checking: Canute HaroldsonMusic: Tony Domenick Art: Jordan Doll Special Thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense CenterSOURCES90magsandmore. (2021). TikTok - Make Your Day. Tiktok.com.Seventeen Magazine, December 1995.ABRAM, L. (2007, March 10). Kingsley, TV reporter, winner of six Emmys. Chron.American Petroleum Institute. (1996, September). Fuel-Less, You Can’t Be Cool Without Fuel. Api.org.American Petroleum Institute. (1998). Global-Climate-Science-Communications-Plan-1998. In insideclimatenews.org. American Petroleum Institute.Curtis, R. (2019, February 12). Yesterday. Rotten Tomatoes.Dimmestlmmp. (2017). r/lostmedia. Reddit.com.Fandom. (2025). Make a Wish. DVD Database; Fandom, Inc.Gopal, K. (2024, January 23). A Fossil Fuel Miseducation. The Lever.IMDb. (2025). Nora Stein - Actress. IMDb.Mulvey, K., & Shulman, S. (2015). The Climate Deception Dossiers - Internal Fossil Fuel Industry Memos Reveal Decades of Corporate Disinformation. In ucs.org. Union of Concerned Scientists.Schaeperkoetter, C., Eagle, C., & Oklahoma Energy Resources Board. (2016). Petro Pete’s big bad dream. Oklahoma Energy Resources Board.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Jun 18, 202550 min
ACTUALLY It’s Global COOLING [Full Episode Unlock]
First it was getting colder, now it’s getting hotter. wHiCh oNe iS iT?!BONUS EPISODES available on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/deniersplaybook) SOCIALS & MORE (https://linktr.ee/deniersplaybook) CREDITS Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben BoultHosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole ConlanExecutive Producer: Ben Boult Editors: Laura Conte & Gregory HaddockResearcher: Carly Rizzuto Art: Jordan Doll Music: Tony Domenick Special Thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense CenterSOURCESAnother Ice Age? (1974, June 24). Time; TIME USA. Banerjee, N., Song, L., & Hasemyer, D. (2015, September 16). Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago. Inside Climate News. C-Span. (2020). President Trump: “I don’t think science knows, actually.” YouTube. Callendar, G. S. (1938). The artificial production of carbon dioxide and its influence on temperature. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 64(275), 223–240. Charlson, R. J., Schwartz, S. E., Hales, J. M., Cess, R. D., Coakley, J. A., Hansen, J. E., & Hofmann, D. J. (1992). Climate Forcing by Anthropogenic Aerosols. Science, 255(5043), 423–430. Charlson, R. J., Vanderpol, A. H., Waggoner, A. P., Covert, D. S., & Baker, M. B. (1976). The Dominance of Tropospheric Sulfate in Modifying Solar Radiation. Radiation in the Atmosphere, 32. National Research Council. (1979). Carbon Dioxide and Climate: A Scientific Assessment. The National Academies Press. ExxonMobil. (2001, July 10). Media Statement - Global Climate Change. Perma.cc. Foote, E. N. (1856). Circumstances Affecting the Heat of Sun’s Rays. American Journal of Art and Science, 2nd Series, XXII(LXVI), 382–383. Global Climate Change. (2003, July 31). C-SPAN. Goldmacher, S. (2017, May 15). How Trump gets his fake news. POLITICO. Joe Rogan Experience #1928 - Jimmy Corsetti & Ben van Kerkwyk. (2023, January 18). JRE Podcast. NASA. (2022, January 29). World of Change: Global Temperatures. Earth Observatory. Newsweek’s “Global Cooling” Article From April 28, 1975. (1975, April 28). Scribd. O’Rourke, C., & PolitiFact. (2019, May 23). No, a Time magazine cover didn’t tell readers “how to survive the coming Ice Age.” PolitiFact; Poynter Institute. <a href="https://www.youtube.c
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