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#COP30: “ One out of every 25 attendees is a fossil fuel lobbyist, which frankly, is horrifying.” w/ climate campaigner Collin Rees

November 14, 2025Climate

In our latest, Scott talks with climate campaigner Collin Rees (@collinrees) in Belem Brazil for COP 30. They discuss what's happening on the ground, the high concentration of fossil fuel…

How Billionaires Burn the Rest of Us w/ Author Chuck Collins

November 4, 2025Materialism and Economics

The economy the past 5 years have been really rough. High food prices. Skyrocketing housing prices. Unemployment rates are creeping up. The government shutdown has escalated economic precarity even more.…

Trump’s Greenland Obsession w/ Journalist Adam Federman

April 6, 2025Foreign Policy

In our latest, Scott talks with journalist, and friend of G&R, Adam Federman about Trump's obsession to acquire Greenland. They discuss what's at stake, the region's Cold War history, how…

Journalist Will Potter on Big Oil’s Attempt to Bankrupt Greenpeace

March 25, 2025Climate, Direct Action

Will Potter, author of *Green is the New Red* and one of the best-known observers and analysts of the way the state uses contrived charges of "terrorism" to attack environmental…

Deep Dive on the Climate Crisis w/ Prof. Lucas Vargas Zeppetello

January 28, 2025Climate

In our latest, we talk with Prof. Lucas Vargas Zeppetello, climate scientist at UC Berkeley and do a deep dive into the the climate crisis. From the science behind global…

How Big Oil Covered Up Climate Change 70 Years Ago w/ Rebecca John

January 13, 2025Climate

We’ve long known that the fossil fuel industry, and front groups like the Western States Petroleum Association, has created a system of denial and disinformation to prevent the public from…

Corporate Oil Capture of UN Climate Talks Continues at COP29 w/ Climate Organizer Allie Rosenbluth

November 22, 2024Climate

The United Nations Climate talks, also know as COP29, is wrapping in Baku Azerbaijan this week. In a disturbing trend over the past few years, the largest delegation at COP29…

Mutual Aid and Disaster Relief in North Carolina w/ Matt from Rural Organizing and Resilience

October 7, 2024Climate, Direct Action

CAT 4 Hurricane Helene hit the southeast U.S. causing billions in destruction and at least 230 deaths. Western North Carolina was hit particularly hard, despite being called a "haven" from…

How Labor and Climate Movements Are Building An Enduring Alliance w/ Jeff Ordower and Norman Rogers

March 27, 2024Climate, Labor

The bosses have long pitted workers against those fighting pollution, extraction and the climate crisis. As the climate crisis worsens, labor unions and environmentalists have begun to build important new…

Scrappy Summer | Strikes, Israel, Heatwaves and More

July 23, 2023Labor

Summertime rolls! It’s too damn hot and the bosses are ripping us off! In the latest Scrappy Sunday, Bob and Scott riff and rant on strikes galore, the Democrats (including…