EPISODE · Sep 7, 2021 · 30 MIN
Climategate
from Cheat! · host Sony Music Entertainment
In 2009, hackers leaked thousands of private emails between climate scientists. There was a media frenzy. Was climate change real or had these scientists been fudging the data? Rather than defending themselves, the scientists involved went silent. This is the story of how an email leak led the world to question if global warming was fiction, and how climate change became a matter of identity and politics rather than science. A Somethin’ Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What this episode covers
In 2009, hackers leaked thousands of private emails between climate scientists. There was a media frenzy. Was climate change real or had these scientists been fudging the data? Rather than defending themselves, the scientists involved went silent. This is the story of how an email leak led the world to question if global warming was fiction, and how climate change became a matter of identity and politics rather than science. A Somethin’ Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NOW PLAYING
Climategate
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
Jun 30, 2026 ·42m
Jun 29, 2026 ·45m
Jun 26, 2026 ·46m
Jun 25, 2026 ·48m