OptOutcast
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe official podcast of OptOut News, a nonprofit charity and new aggregation app for exclusively independent media. This podcast covers the most important news topics with interviews with independent journalists, experts, activists, and more who are making a difference. Sign up for OptOut: https://optout.news
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COP 28 – The Ups and Downs of a Climate Conference Hosted by a Petrostate
February 06, 2024 14:09 - 56 minutes - 129 MBOn this episode of OptOutcast, Climate Editor Amanda Magnani brings you inside COP 28, the United Nations' yearly climate conference, which took place last year in Dubai from Nov. 30-Dec. 13. The event was the largest one to date, with an attendance of nearly 100,000 people. On the one hand, it was marked by exciting announcements, such as the Loss and Damage Fund and the treaty to triple renewable energy. On the other hand, it hosted around 2,400 oil lobbyists and a final text that, while r...
An LNG Project Threatens a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Canada
November 09, 2023 18:06 - 50 minutes - 115 MBOn this episode of OptOutcast, our Climate Editor, Amanda Magnani, sits down with Nick Cunningham, Gas Outlook’s North American correspondent, to talk about Howe Sound, a UNESCO biosphere reserve in British Columbia that is being threatened by a liquified natural gas (LNG) initiative. Nick spent months investigating the Woodfibre LNG project and how it is affecting Squamish, a community that was once a mining and logging town but which recently managed to restore the local environment, bri...
How to Protect Our Planet: Learning From Indigenous Communities in Brazil
July 27, 2023 15:41 - 44 minutes - 101 MBOn this episode of OptOutcast, our LGBTQ+ Editor, Liana DeMasi, sits down with our Climate Editor, Amanda Magnani, to talk about sustainable initiatives developed by Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon and what we all have to learn from them in terms of public policies and climate action. Amanda spent two months in the state of Roraima, which is, on the one hand, the most Indigenous, and, on the other, the most pro-Bolsonaro state in Brazil. There, surrounded by plantations and ...
UNLOCKED: How Fossil Fuel Trade Groups Obstruct Climate Action
April 05, 2023 15:38 - 24 minutes - 55.3 MBChristian Downie is a political scientist and professor at the Australian National University, where he researches climate and energy politics. He is also the author of Business Battles in the U.S. Energy Sector. His recent paper with co-author Robert Brulle in the journal Climatic Change traces how fossil fuel trade associations in the U.S. are investing billions of dollars on political activities. OptOut Climate spoke with Downie about how these trade groups obstruct climate action. Full...
Imara Jones on the Anti-Trans Hate Machine
March 31, 2023 15:20 - 32 minutes - 74.3 MBOptOut LGBTQ+ Editor Liana DeMasi sits down with TransLash Media creator Imara Jones to talk about the current, highly calculated disinformation campaign against trans people, what these laws and this political landscape mean for the LGBTQ+ community, and the need to move potential allies to action. Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and this conversation could come at a more appropriate time. Check out TransLash Media: https://translash.org/ Listen to the new Season Two of The Anti-Trans H...
UNLOCKED: Brown Girl Green
March 30, 2023 20:16 - 28 minutes - 66.2 MBKristy Drutman is the founder of Brown Girl Green, a digital media brand that educates and inspires action around sustainability, climate change, and the environment. She is also the founder of Green Jobs Board, the top online destination for people of color to learn about employment in the environment and climate sectors. OptOut Climate spoke with Drutman about how she got started, what it takes to stay authentic on social media, and career planning for 2023. Follow Brown Girl Green: https...
Janine Jackson on Corporate Media Bias
March 21, 2023 18:38 - 35 minutes - 80.8 MBOn this edition of OptOutcast, I speak with Janine Jackson, the host and producer of COUNTERSPIN, a weekly radio show and podcast from national media watchdog FAIR. Jackson is also FAIR's program director. She co-edited The FAIR Reader: An Extra! Review of Press and Politics in the ’90s, and she has appeared on ABC‘s Nightline and CNN Headline News, among other outlets, and has testified to the Senate Communications Subcommittee on budget reauthorization for the Corporation for Public Broadc...
Doug Henwood on His Career and Left Media Today
February 22, 2023 22:57 - 7 minutes - 17.1 MBOn this edition of OptOutcast, OptOut co-founder Alex Kotch speaks with Doug Henwood, a veteran journalist and author who's the host of Behind the News, a weekly radio show and podcast, and the creator of the website LBO News. Doug tells us about his life and career, which has included a print newsletter in the 1980s and even a brief stint on Wall Street. They then discuss the state of left media today. The full episode is available to OptOut Media Foundation donors: https://originals.optou...
How Fossil Fuel Trade Groups Obstruct Climate Action
February 02, 2023 21:15 - 5 minutes - 12.9 MBChristian Downie is a political scientist and professor at the Australian National University, where he researches climate and energy politics. He is also the author of Business Battles in the U.S. Energy Sector. His recent paper with co-author Robert Brulle in the journal Climatic Change traces how fossil fuel trade associations in the U.S. are investing billions of dollars on political activities. OptOut Climate spoke with Downie about how these trade groups obstruct climate action. The ...
Brown Girl Green (PREVIEW)
December 20, 2022 19:28 - 6 minutes - 6.35 MBKristy Drutman is the founder of Brown Girl Green, a digital media brand that educates and inspires action around sustainability, climate change, and the environment. She is also the founder of Green Jobs Board, the top online destination for people of color to learn about employment in the environment and climate sectors. OptOut Climate spoke with Drutman about how she got started, what it takes to stay authentic on social media, and career planning for 2023. The full episode is available ...
Eric Holthaus on Meteorology, Climate Journalism, and Twitter
December 15, 2022 23:21 - 27 minutes - 62.6 MBEric Holthaus is a leading climate journalist and the founder of Currently, a weather and news service that recently joined the OptOut network. He is also the author of the speculative nonfiction book The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What's Possible in the Age of Warming. OptOut Climate Editor Cristian Salazar speaks with him about climate journalism and his latest effort to create a safe online space for climate action: Project Mushroom. Check our Currently: https://currentlyhq.com/ ...
COP27 Wrap-Up: Climate Fund 🌎 Lula 🌎 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists
December 05, 2022 22:57 - 26 minutes - 60.4 MBThe U.N.’s climate conference, officially known as COP27, ended last month with a historic deal to create a fund to compensate countries that have been affected by the climate crisis. The plan for a “loss and damage” fund was only a start, however, and the details of how it will operate and be funded by wealthy nations are still under negotiation. Climate activists and Global South countries cheered the development while also criticizing negotiators for failing to answer calls to cut globa...
Ep. 2: Means TV, the anti-capitalist streaming service, with Naomi Burton
October 24, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes - 51.2 MBNaomi Burton talks with host Alex Kotch about OptOut participant Means TV, the first worker-owned, anti-capitalist streaming service, which she co-founded. How did Means TV get started? What are the latest original shows? Learn all about Means TV in this episode! Recorded on August 25, 2021. Find out about our special promotion, where you can donate to the OptOut Media Foundation and get a half-priced Means TV subscription, by signing up for OptOut's free newsletter: https://originals.optou...
Ep. 1 — The Brick House is live! Maria Bustillos on her new media cooperative.
December 19, 2020 02:09 - 57 minutes - 131 MBIn the first-ever episode of OptOutcast, Alex and Walker interview Maria Bustillos about the launch of her new media cooperative, The Brick House. Check out and subscribe to Brick House! https://thebrick.house/ Follow The Brick House on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brickhousecoop Follow The Brick House on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebrick.house/ Follow Maria on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariabustillos OptOut is a forthcoming nonprofit news aggregation app for 100% indepen...