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About the show

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. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Lawless Planet ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.

Latest episodes

  • Listen Now: My Mom’s Murder

    September 28, 2026 · 5 min

    Lauren Malloy was a baby when her mother, Lori, was murdered in East Providence, Rhode Island. For thirty years, no one told her. Everyone said Lori died of natural causes. Then a stranger sent Lauren a message — and the lie collapsed. Now…

  • Tim DeChristopher’s Lonely Battle for the Planet

    May 11, 2026 · 44 min

    When you hear the term “civil disobedience,” most people think about mass demonstrations. But sometimes, the most effective protest involves a single individual willing to disrupt the system. In 2008, Tim DeChristopher aka “Bidder 70”…

  • How Trump’s EPA Chief Is Dismantling Climate Regulation

    May 4, 2026 · 38 min

    With the arrival of the second Trump administration, many employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have felt like they’re under attack – from their own boss. Under its new chief Lee Zeldin, the EPA has slashed budgets, programs…

  • The Mining Disaster That Brought Down the 'Dark Lord of Coal'

    April 27, 2026 · 43 min

    Don Blankenship grew up poor in the heart of West Virginia coal country, but rose to become a union-busting CEO with a track record prioritizing profits over safety. For decades, he operated with seeming impunity, even as his company…

  • Church Rock: America's Forgotten Nuclear Disaster

    April 20, 2026 · 37 min

    In July 1979, just months after a nuclear accident at Three Mile Island gripped the nation, the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history quietly unfolded on a Navajo reservation in Church Rock, New Mexico — and almost no one noticed. A…

  • Who's to Blame for L.A.'s ‘Zombie Fire’?

    April 13, 2026 · 49 min

    On New Year’s Eve 2024, an Uber driver named Jonathan Rinderknecht allegedly started a fire in the Pacific Palisades. The fire was quickly contained, but it lingered on underground as a “zombie fire.” Days later, fueled by Santa Ana Winds…

  • The Small Towns That Exposed the Dangers of Forever Chemicals

    April 6, 2026 · 43 min

    Chemical manufacturers like DuPont and 3M have invented nearly 15,000 synthetic compounds called PFAS, better known as “forever chemicals” because of how slowly they break down. They’re in the soil, our food, even our bodies. When the…

  • Disaster Capitalism Makes Landfall in Puerto Rico

    March 30, 2026 · 41 min

    In 2017, Hurricane Maria, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, battered the island of Puerto Rico. In the aftermath, big banks, crypto bros and other ‘disaster capitalists’ swooped in to take advantage of the crisis. No one…