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Bad Digger Energy w/ Joshua Frank

October 19, 2026 · 36 min

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Joshua Frank, an investigative journalist and editor at Counterpunch, talks to us about his new book Bad Energy: The AI Hucksters, Rogue Lithium Extractors, and Wind Industrialists Who Are Selling Off Our Future!

Support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage for the FUN HALF! in which we give our takes on the climate satire that's driving X dead-enders insane: DIGGER!

More from Joshua Frank at Counterpunch

Jasper Bernes piece mentioned: https://communemag.com/between-the-devil-and-the-green-new-deal/

Thea Riofrancos piece mentioned: https://viewpointmag.com/2019/05/16/plan-mood-battlefield-reflections-on-the-green-new-deal/

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