Published Feb. 24, 2025
In this episode of podcast Climate Kaleidoscope, hosts Hannah Goeke and Matt Kugel examine how misinformation and the media’s framing of climate change issues have shaped public perceptions. Through the lens of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, they investigate the drivers behind misinformation and how to frame climate events to reach all audiences across the political spectrum. With guests Christopher Reddy, Niko Emack, Jaime Tanner, and Wyatt Oswald, all experts in their respective fields, they discuss how climate issues are covered and the growing need for more accurate, accessible information.
Hosted By Hannah Goeke and Matt Kugel
Written, Produced, and Edited by Hengkai Xu, Hannah Goeke, and Matt Kugel
Image by The United States Coast Guard [Public Domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Music: Life's Journey Begins by idokay, via Artlist
Sources: Niko Emack - Freelance Reporter and Political Communication Instructor at Emerson College; Jaime Tanner - Scientist, IDS Director and Climate Change/Biology Professor at Emerson College; Christopher Reddy - Oil Spill Scientist and Boston Globe writer; Wyatt Oswald - Environmental scientist interested in climate change and its impacts on ecosystems and human societies at Emerson College; https://whistleblower.org/in-the-news/truth-dig-the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-was-a-cover-up-not-a-cleanup/; https://www.britannica.com/event/Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-myths-of-the-gulf-oil-spill-30208223/; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0163443720977301?journalCode=mcsa; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/clarifying-myths-and-misconceptions-about-gulf-oil-spill-180951136/; https://gulfcoastspill.com/10-myths-about-oil-spills-busted-what-you-need-to-know; https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0630/Oily-rain-and-cracks-in-the-earth-Busting-Gulf-oil-spill-myths; https://whistleblower.org/in-the-news/truth-dig-the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-was-a-cover-up-not-a-cleanup/; http://esciencenews.com/sources/upi/2010/07/01/scientists.dispel.oil.rig.disaster.myths; https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2017/06/06/supervisor-ill-fated-deepwater-horizon-rig-dies/o8rNoTpheGmuXk36E0mTrJ/story.html; https://dispatchesfromthegulf.com/
Lessons From The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - 15 Years Later
Created for Adv. Audio/Video Journalism class and originally published to a class site, accessible here.