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Lawless Planet

Lawless Planet

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It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous helping of pollution and voila! Earth over. When you take stock of what’s left, it starts to look like a crime scene: Decapitated mountains, poisoned rivers, oil-soaked pelicans, maybe a sun-bleached cow skull in a dried-up lake bed. The only thing missing is yellow caution tape. On each episode of Lawless Planet, host Zach Goldbaum reveals the scams, murders and cover-ups on the frontline of the climate crisis, and the life and death choices people are making to either protect our world – or destroy it.


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Episodes
  • ENCORE: Coal, Con Men and a Kidnapping Scheme
    Nov 24 2025

    When a Montana coal mine executive goes missing it exposes the dirty underbelly of one of America’s largest coal mines. Now, with the help of President Donald Trump, the mine is trying to expand – unless a group of cattle ranchers can stop them.


    Special thanks to:

    Northern Plains Resource Council (https://northernplains.org/)

    Montana Environmental Information Center (https://meic.org/)

    Earthjustice

    Ellen Pfister

    Clark Williams-Derry, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (https://ieefa.org/)

    John Teeling, FBI Special Agent (retired)

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    48 mins
  • Studio 54: Tax Evasion! At the Disco
    Nov 17 2025

    What occurred shortly after midnight in Bhopal, India on December 3, 1984 is still being felt – and fought over – four decades later. The scale of the tragedy, involving a pesticide factory and maddening lack of accountability by its corporate owner, raise questions about whether its victims will ever know justice. And have we learned enough to stop something like it from happening again?


    Special thanks to:

    Satinath Sarangi, find out more about his work at Sambhavna Clinic

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    40 mins
  • Deepwater Horizon, Part 2: BP’s Disaster
    Nov 10 2025

    On April 20, 2010, the crew aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig was in the final stages of sealing up an exploratory well off the coast of Louisiana. It should have been a routine procedure, but something went horribly wrong. By the next morning, Deepwater was sinking to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico – and its operator, BP, was facing tough questions about what had caused the explosion and fire that destroyed the rig.


    Special thanks to:

    Scott West

    Special Agent-in-Charge, retired

    US Environmental Protection Agency

    Criminal Investigation Division

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    38 mins
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Just started this, 2 episodes in, looking forward to more. Excellent research and presentation, horrifying stories that should spur us all to greater thought and action.

Well-researched and confronting

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