Naomi Oreskes is Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. A world renowned earth scientist, historian and public speaker, she is the author or co-author of nine books, including the best-selling book, Merchants of Doubt, and a leading voice on the role of science in society, the reality of anthropogenic climate change, and the role of disinformation in blocking climate action.

Her latest book, co-written with Erik Conway, is The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market,  published by Bloomsbury Press.

Articles pertinent to this interview:

‘It’s slavery for modern times’: how children of 12 toil in Colorado’s fields https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/06/how-children-of-12-toil-in-colorado-san-luis-valley-farms

US ‘university’ spreads climate lies and receives millions from rightwing donors https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/06/prageru-climate-change-denier-republican-donors

Supreme Court backs Nestle, Cargill in child slave labor suit https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/17/supreme-court-ruling-child-slave-labor-495022

Prominent Anti-Trump Attorney Asks the Supreme Court to Let Companies off the Hook for Child Slavery https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/neal-katyal-supreme-court-nestle-cargill-child-slavery.html

Masters of Crowds: The Rise of Mass Social Engineering https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/masters-of-crowds-the-rise-of-mass-social-engineering/

Private equity profits from climate disaster clean-up – while investing in fossil fuels https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/07/private-equity-climate-crisis-disaster-cleanup

Broadcast of this interview on KZYX included this parody:

Fourteenth Amendment – Don Caron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJcW-BEpgGk

“Necessary to defend our republic”: Republicans sue to keep Trump off ballot in battleground state https://www.salon.com/2023/09/06/navy-secretary-slams-tuberville-for-aiding-and-abetting-communists-with-military-blockades/