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Blue City Radio PodcastPreparing For Pascal’s Arrival / Ep 482 / Blue City RadioEpisode 482: NYCFC landed in Santa Barbara to begin their preseason but they are missing a few key pieces. Matt Freese is with the USMNT in Florida. Jovan Mijatovic is still in Europe on a “training stint”. Christian McFarlane did not travel because of a possible transfer and then there’s the lack of information about … Continue reading Preparing For Pascal’s Arrival / Ep 482 / Blue City Radio →2025-01-231h 16
bluecityradio's podcastPreparing For Pascal's Arrival / Ep 482 / Blue City RadioNYCFC landed in Santa Barbara to begin their preseason but they are missing a few key pieces. Matt Freese is with the USMNT in Florida. Jovan Mijatovic is still in Europe on a "training stint". Christian McFarlane did not travel because of a possible transfer and then there's the lack of information about NYCFC's newest head coach, Pascal Jansen. This week Mike Anderer, J.R. diBart and Mike Allen discuss all of these topics and more.2025-01-231h 16
Climate Papa#24: The Stepchange Podcast: Coal Part IToday I'm excited to introduce a new project, the Stepchange podcast, where we share the stories of human progress. Like Climate Papa, it's driven by a curiosity about the systems that shape our world, but focuses on the historical innovations and moments that got us here and the transformations happening now.
The show is a long-form conversation hosted by me and Anay where we unpack the technologies, systems, and infrastructure that underpin modern life. Our first episode explores coal's role in the Industrial Revolution - a story that echoes through to the many fuel debated today. You...2025-01-222h 54
Hudson River Blue PodcastPreseason begins with notable absentee Jovan MijatovićThe 2025 preseason officially started for New York City FC, with the team jetting off to Santa Barbara, California with a 34-player preseason roster, but a roster that does not include striker Jovan Mijatović.
The 19-year-old is still in Europe and not joining up with his teammates for preseason while rumors swirl about a potential loan transfer from NYCFC to a European club. Hosts John Baney and Mark Radigan have lots of thoughts about the difficult Mijatović situation, wondering why it's gone so poorly for him with New York City while also speculating on how this drama between Jo...2025-01-1639 min
On The Whistle PodcastPreviewing 2025's Bumper Season of FootballIn this week's pod we gaze into the African football's crystal ball with one of the continent's most respected journalists, Lorenz Köhler, who gives you his predictions on what's going to be a bumper year. From the CAF Champions League, to the FIFA Club World Cup, and the Christmas Africa Cup of Nations, we've got you covered. Host: Courtney Freese Guest: Lorenz Köhler (iDiski Times) #afcon #premierleague #cafcl #salah Follow us on IG: @otw_podcast Follow us on Twitter: @otw_podcast Like us on Facebo...2025-01-0144 min
History BoizThe Ludlow Massacre Part 3In the final part 3 of our series on Ludlow, we talk about the massacre itself and the Rockefeller PR campaign that came afterward. Sources: Andrews, Thomas G. Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War. Harvard University Press, 2010.
Freese, Barbara. Coal: A Human History. Basic Books, 2016.
Sinclair, Upton. King Coal. BIBLIOTECH PRESS, 2022.2024-06-171h 34History BoizThe Ludlow Massacre Part 2In part 2, we will talk about the company, the union, and the personalities that come with both, when the strike broke out in 1913. Join us! Sources: Andrews, Thomas G. Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War. Harvard University Press, 2010.
Freese, Barbara. Coal: A Human History. Basic Books, 2016.
Sinclair, Upton. King Coal. BIBLIOTECH PRESS, 2022.2024-06-032h 21History BoizThe Ludlow Massacre Part 1The Ludlow Massacre, a part of the wider Colorado Coalfield War, was the deadliest strike in American history. This episode we talk all about the rock that burns, how to get it out of the ground, and the dangers that come with it. Sources: Andrews, Thomas G. Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War. Harvard University Press, 2010.
Freese, Barbara. Coal: A Human History. Basic Books, 2016.
Sinclair, Upton. King Coal. BIBLIOTECH PRESS, 2022.2024-05-212h 37
Un día como hoy en la músicaEfemérides del 25 de diciembreEl nacimiento de:
- El cantante de jazz y bandleader, Cab Calloway
- El actor y cantante Tony Martin, fue uno de los grandes artistas en los 40 y parte de los 50
- La cantante Kitty Kallen, una de las grandes durante los 30 y 40, en la era del swing y las big bands
- Henry Vestine, guitarrista de Canned Heat, uno de los grandes guitarristas de la historia
- Noel Redding, bajista con The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Jimmy Buffett, cantante, compositor y actor más de 4 déca...2022-12-2525 min
Decarbonize: The Clean Energy PodcastWhat does Minnesota Power’s long-range plan mean for equity and public health?The investments utilities make in energy infrastructure, including coal and gas plants, have significant impacts on public health, environmental justice, equity, and more. Minnesota’s leaders, policymakers, community advocates, and all who live here should have the opportunity to understand these impacts. Additionally, both utilities and regulators should consider these impacts in long-range utility planning. Together, Fresh Energy, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA), Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, and researchers from PSE Healthy Energy sat down to talk about it!This webinar dug into a recent study that delves into the eq...2022-05-191h 09
Busfunk Nürnberg - Lebenswege hörenEin Nürnberger Christkind und sein Fahrer - zwei Gäste mit himmlischer BerufungEs weihnachtet sehr: Gönnen wir uns eine halbe Stunde Auszeit!
In Zeiten von abgesagten Christkindlesmärkten und vielen Beschränkungen erinnert sich das ehemalige Nürnberger Christkind Barbara Otto mit seinem Fahrer Uwe Freese und Stefan Meixner an ungetrübte Weihnachtsfreuden. Und daran, was unser Leben ausmacht. Was kann das Nürnberger Christkind für die Menschen bewirken? Und was für den Club? Wie stärkt ein solches Amt für das eigene Leben? Warum ist es ein Privileg, das Christkind chauffieren zu dürfen? Und was hat ein toter Hund damit zu tun? Die drei versprühen wahre We...2021-12-1527 min
André Pacheco PodcastAndre Pacheco's Statement on the pandemic and the censorship of Bret WeinsteinThis was originally a video uploaded to YouTube, who has in the meantime removed it.
The drug mentioned is Ivermectin, which YouTube guidelines do not allow to be mentioned, and is the cause of the censorship of Bret as well.
SUMMARY:
### ON THE PANDEMIC ###
- this is not a conspirational theory video, there is undeniable and vast independent, scientific evidence for the situation described.
- humanity has the tools to end Covid for good. It's not these vaccines, it's a drug called Ivermectin. This has inclusively...2021-07-3106 min
Democracy ParadoxDorothy Sue Cobble on the Full Rights FeministsThey wanted the full array of rights. Political rights, yes, they were active in the suffrage movement, but they also wanted economic rights and social rights. They wanted to lessen inequalities. They also wanted the rights of mothers and of children advanced.Dorothy Sue CobbleA full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.Dorothy Sue Cobble is the Distinguished Professor of History and Labor Studies Emerita at Rutgers University and the author of For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic Equality.Key Highlights Include2021-06-2951 min
The Tom Sumner Program - Archive1-22-21 10amInterview with Barbara Freese2021-04-1000 minThe Tom Sumner Program - Archive9-29-20 10amInterview with Barbara Freese2021-04-1000 minThe Tom Sumner Program - Archive9-23-20 9amInterviews with John Gleason & Barbara Freese2021-04-1000 min
Growth Minds with Sean Kim76. She Exposes the Biggest Lies In Modern History | Barbara FreeseFrom the treatment of slaves to drinking radium for health benefits, our modern history reveals a lot about the lies we've been told as a society by governments, nations, and corporations.
Environmental attorney, Barbara Freese, studied 8 of the biggest lies that we have been told in just the past century that may shock you.
Her focus is on eight shocking stories, including:
The alternate reality of slave treatment by the English
How we were fooled by corporations to drink Radium (and the tragic deaths that followed)
Carmakers refuting to put seatbelts for decades
Denial...2021-03-171h 09
East Side Freedom LibraryTom O'Connell and Barbara Freese discuss her book "Industrial Strength Denial," 11/30/20The East Side Freedom Library invites you to the next conversation in our series “Learning From the Past, Fighting for the Future”: A Conversation between Tom O’Connell and Barbara Freese.
Join host Tom O’Connell as he interviews environmental attorney Barbara Freese about her new book, "Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible." This new and timely book takes the reader through eight campaigns of corporate denial from the slave trade to radium consumption; financial manipulation to climate change. In a general election campaign in which corporate abuses too often go unchallenged, Freese’s powerful stories eq...2021-01-3147 min
Climate OneTalk Green, Play Dirty: Corporate America’s Mixed RecordQuestioning science, funding vocal climate denial groups, and encouraging the focus on personal carbon footprints are corporate America’s preferred tools for shifting the responsibility for action on climate from industry to the individual. “Companies that are very much pro-climate action, that are acting in their own operations, are mostly silent on public policy,” says Bill Weihl, former Sustainability Director at Facebook. But with more workers holding their employers accountable and the start of a departure from shareholder-first capitalism, is the role of the corporation shifting? Visit our website for more information on today's episode. G...2021-01-0853 min
KPFA - Against the GrainCovering Up Corporate MalfeasanceFrom radium poisoning to lead in gasoline, from cigarettes to global warming, corporations have responded to revelations of grave harm with denial and concealment. As environmental lawyer Barbara Freese notes, a familiar pattern emerges of blaming victims, refuting evidence, alleging witch-hunts, and attacking the motives of their critics. She discusses the long history of corporate cover up.
Resources:
Barbara Freese, Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change UC Press, 2021
photo: Matheus Guerra
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WAMF LPWade’s World: Industrial-Strength DenialWade Rathke interviews Barbara Freese on her book, Industrial-Strength Denial on Friday November 20th, 2020.2020-11-2100 min
The Janus Adams ShowBarbara Freese, 'INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH DENIAL"In eight powerful case studies ranging from the slave trade to fossil fuels, INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH DENIAL asks the essential question—how far will industry leaders go to protect their bottom line?2020-11-0152 minDemocracy ParadoxBarbara Freese on Corporate DenialDemocratic values are about more than politics. They permeate throughout society and into the economy. Barbara Freese has examined how corporate leaders have not lived up to these values. She offers examples like the tobacco industry, the use of lead in gasoline, and global warming to demonstrate how they have avoided not just accountability but any sense of responsibility for behavior with catastrophic consequences. Barbara calls this phenomenon corporate denial and explains, “We should study corporate denial because corporations dominate our economy and shape our democracy, and for a huge proportion of Americans, corporate incentives, pressures, norms, and...2020-10-2853 min
Ralph Nader Radio HourTrump Crimes/Industrial Strength DenialFirst, Ralph welcomes back David Cay Johnston to give us the latest update on Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal activity. Then, environmental lawyer and author, Barbara Freese, joins us to talk about corporate stonewalling through the ages in her book “Industrial Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe2020-09-051h 33
Industry FocusEnergy: Corporate Denial Campaigns with Barbara FreeseFor generations, businesses faced with evidence that their products cause harm to consumers have used public relations campaigns to deny culpability. This week’s guest is Barbara Freese, author of the recent book Industrial Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, From the Slave Trade to Climate Change. Our conversation delves into corporate denial campaigns in the British slave trade, the fossil fuel industry, the tobacco industry, and more, as well as what changes we can make to make corporate denial less likely. Stocks Mentioned: XOM, BP, GM, F Check out mor...2020-09-0300 min
The Human Risk PodcastBarbara Freese on Denial - how large companies undermine social trust in Science & DemocracyOn this episode, I explore the concept of denial; something we know is bad on an individual level. But what happens when denial takes place on an industrial scale? That's literally what my guest on this episode Barbara Freese, explores in her new book Industrial Strength Denial.Barbara is an environmental attorney who explores some high profile cases of where corporations have done things that are harmful. Yet faced with proof that they are hurting people or the planet, they deny evidence, blame the victims, complain of witch hunts, attack their critics’ motives, and otherwise rationalize their harmful ac...2020-08-261h 00
Scheer IntelligenceSomething’s Rotten in the Corporate States of America
A new book by Barbara Freese explores eight stories about the unfettered corporate greed that has corrupted modern society and led to an astounding loss of life.
2020-08-2134 min
Science History PodcastIndustrial Denial: Barbara FreeseWhy is it that decades after scientists discover problems of paramount importance, such as global climate change or lead pollution, those problems still persist? Why do corporations get away with producing products that harm human health or the environment? How do corporations shape our society, our politics, and even our psychology? With us to untangle these questions is my guest, Barbara Freese. Barbara is an author, energy policy advocate, and environmental attorney. After earning a law degree from New York University in 1986 she returned to her home state of Minnesota and spent a dozen years enforcing the state’s env...2020-08-111h 09
Low Tox Life198: Barbara Freese: Industrial Strength Denial - How corporate denial is public and environmental health enemy No.1I am thrilled to have author, researcher and lawyer Barbara Freese on the show this week lifting the lid on coal, radium, leaded petrol and more. As an assistant attorney general in Minnesota, Barbara Freese cross-examined witnesses for the coal industry who disputed the reality of climate change, pushing back as they denied facts that threatened their company's bottom line. She wrote her first book Coal: A Human History during that time, and then as time went on, these courtroom interactions formed the idea for her deeply researched new book, INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH DENIAL. This new book looks at corporate denial...2020-08-091h 12
Inquiring MindsFrom the slave trade to climate change—why corporations defend the indefensibleWe talk to environmental attorney Barbara Freese about her new book Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
2020-07-1640 min
Modern AcademyJRE #1500 Barbara Freese & Joe Rogan: Climate Change and Radium - Quarantine Side Chat July 2ndToday we review JRE #1500 with Barbara Freese & Joe Rogan. They discuss a myriad of topics from Radium to Climate change deniers. Stay Strong.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mdrnac/message Get on the email list at investglobal.substack.com2020-07-0206 min
The Joe Rogan Experience#1500 - Barbara FreeseBarbara Freese is an author, environmental attorney and a former Minnesota assistant attorney general. Her latest book Industrial-Strength Denial is now available: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520296282/industrial-strength-denial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2020-07-011h 56
The Joe Rogan Experience#1500 - Barbara FreeseBarbara Freese is an author, environmental attorney and a former Minnesota assistant attorney general. Her latest book Industrial-Strength Denial is now available: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520296282/industrial-strength-denial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2020-07-011h 50
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration239) Barbara Freese: Examining corporate denial from the slave trade to climate change*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Barbara Freese is an environmental attorney, former Minnesota assistant attorney general, and author of several books including her latest, Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change. In this podcast episode, Barbara sheds light on how we can connect the dots of various case studies of corporate denialism to determine which tactics are co...2020-05-2543 min
In This ClimateUnderstanding corporate climate denialIn the finale of our first season, we talk with environmental attorney Barbara Freese about her new book Industrial Strength Denial and learn about the mechanisms behind corporate climate change denial.2020-05-2324 min
In This ClimateUnderstanding corporate climate denialIn the finale of our first season, we talk with environmental attorney Barbara Freese about her new book Industrial Strength Denial and learn about the mechanisms behind corporate climate change denial. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit inthisclimate.substack.com2020-05-2324 min
Give and TakeEpisode 214: Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change, with Barbara FreeseMy guest is Barbara Freese. Her newest book is Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change. In it she argues that corporations faced with proof that they are hurting people or the planet have a long history of denying evidence, blaming victims, complaining of witch hunts, attacking their critics’ motives, and otherwise rationalizing their harmful activities. Denial campaigns have let corporations continue dangerous practices that cause widespread suffering, death, and environmental destruction. And, by undermining social trust in science and government, corporate denial has made it harder for our democracy to...2020-05-1036 min
The Innerverse of Business & Life078: How to Find Clarity When Making Decisions with Rick Zarate
Rick Zarate is an environmental scientist and project manager at Freese and Nichols, Inc. Rick works with private and municipal clients across Texas to deliver environmental studies and permitting for complex civil engineering and infrastructure projects. Rick came across the principles behind state of mind in 2016 and it has profoundly impacted his personal and professional life – he has been sharing the principles with family, friends, work colleagues, and anyone who will listen, ever since. Rick lives with his wife, Lane, and two children, Micah and Luella, in Fort Worth, Texas.
In today’s conversation, Rick Zarat...2020-02-2100 min
The ForumCoal: a Burning LegacyCoal is a commodity that’s often been considered dirty, old fashioned and cheap, a humble black stone that evokes images of soot covered workers. And yet this lump of energy became the essential fuel for industrialisation all over the world, transforming societies and launching empires. But this transformative power came at a cost, as well as bringing unprecedented wealth it also brought unprecedented pollution. So how are countries dealing with coal’s legacy, and will dependence on coal carry on into the future?Joining Rajan Datar is Dr Kenneth Mathu from Gibs, University of Pretoria in Joha...2018-11-1540 min
I Brew My Own CoffeeEpisode 47 - Sudden Coffee with Kalle FreeseWe're talking with Kalle Freese, two-time Finnish barista champion and CEO of Sudden Coffee, about the challenges of a booming instant coffee company and how they've managed to balance great coffee with convenience and approachability.
What We're Drinking
Kalle Freese: Ethiopia Bokasso from 49th Parallel
Brian Beyke: Kenya Ndaroini from Populace Coffee
Bryan Schiele: Honduras Santa Barbara from Methodical Coffee
Shownotes
Episode 39 - Surprises in Coffee
Sudden Coffee
Sprudge: The $6 Cup Of Instant Coffee
New York Times: Instant Coffee You’ll Actually Want to Drink
Food & Wine Magazine: Instant Coffee Can Actually Taste Go...2016-09-0800 min
A Journey Through HistoryACCESSIBLE WORLD PRESENTS A JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY – AGINCOURT” BY BERNARD CORNWELL 06/07/2011On May 3rd, The History Group reviewed “coal: A Human History” by Barbara Freese (DB58009).2011-06-0800 min
Your Favorite Free Audiobook, Without the PagesCoal: A Human History Audiobook by Barbara FreeseListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 103091
Title: Coal: A Human History
Author: Barbara Freese
Narrator: Shelly Frasier
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:37:00
Language: English
Release date: 06-01-03
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: History, World, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature
Summary:
The fascinating, often surprising story of how a simple black rock has altered the course of history. Prized as 'the best stone in Britain' by Roman invaders who carved jewelry out of it, coal has transformed societies, powered navies, fueled economies, and expanded frontiers. It made China a twelfth-century superpower, inspired the writing of the Communist Manifesto...2003-06-027h 37