Episodes Notes:
The Brainwashing of America’s Children

Sources & Citations

Citations reference first appearance, without repeating for subsequent usage:
[00:36] Oklahoma Energy Resources Board: Petro Pete's Big Bad Dream (2016)
[01:51] The Center for Public Integrity: Oil's pipeline to America's schools (2017)
[01:51] The Walrus: Why Are Oil-and-Gas Companies Developing Lesson Plans for Teachers? (2022)
[01:51] NPR/WNYC: Reading, Writing, and Fracking? What The Oil Industry Teaches Oklahoma Students (2017)
[01:51] HEATED: The fossil Fuel industry’s public school takeover (2020)
[01:59] Slate: How the Oil and Gas Industry Has Broken Climate Education (2021)
[01:59] Katie Worth: Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America (2021)
[02:02] Ohio Natural Energy Institute: Petroleum in the Classroom
[02:17] The Guardian: Two-Thirds of US students are taught climate change badly, study finds (2016)
[02:30] American Petroleum Institute: Destination Earth (1956)
[03:56] Amoco Oil: The Kingdom of Mocha (1973)
[04:20] Exxon/Disney: Mickey and Goofy explore the Universe of Energy (1985)
[05:03] Exxon/James Black: The Greenhouse Effect (1977/1978)
[05:17] Edison Electric Institute: Information Council for the Environment Test Market Ad Materials (1991)
[05:34] American Petroleum Institute: Draft Global Climate Science Communications Plan (1998)
[06:11] Exxon/Joseph M. Carlson: The Greenhouse Effect (1988)
[06:33] Arkansas Energy Rocks! Website (Accessed 2023)
[06:37] Arkansas Energy Rocks!: Oil and Natural Gas in your Life: At The Pump
[07:00] Ohio Natural Energy Institute: Crude Oil Word Search
[07:00] Ohio Natural Energy Institute: Everyday Petroleum Products
[07:05] 7 News Boston: “Your Invisible Friend”: Parents outraged by pro-gas booklets made by Eversource used in Mass. school (2021)
[07:25] Oklahoma Energy Resources Board: About
[07:27] Oklahoma Energy Resources Board: History
[07:37] Oklahoma Energy Resources Board: Annual Report (2022)
[07:47] Oklahoma Energy Resources Board: Play It Smart (1996)
[09:00] The Washington Post: With state budget in crisis, many Oklahome schools hold classes four days a week (2017)
[09:08] Oklahoma Energy Resources Board: Little Bits: An Elementary Earth Science Curriculum (2013), with annotations from Jie Jenny Zhou, as part of their work for The Center for Public Integrity (2017)
[10:02] Oklahoma Energy Resources Board: Boomer Burrow: Home Clean Home
[10:55] Oklahoma Energy Resources Board: Core Energy Social Studies: A High School Social Studies Curriculum (2013), with annotations from Jie Jenny Zhou, as part of their work for The Center for Public Integrity (2017)
[11:50] Oklahoma Energy Resources Board: Lab Time with Leo, Various Episodes
[12:17] Bill Nye the Science Guy: Season 3, Episode 11: Waves
[13:18] The Oklahoman: OERB brings energy learning to next generation with K-12 workshops (2016)
[13:55] Planters: Mr. Peanut’s Guide to Nutrition (1970)
[14:06] Dr Pepper: Teen-Age Parties (1965, 1977)
[15:33] Scientific American: Subverting Climate Science in the Classroom (2022)
[16:17] DeSmog: The Heartland Institute and the Academy of Tobacco Studies (2009)
[16:25] The Guardian: Leak exposes how Heartland Institute works to undermine climate science (2012)
[16:28] The Heartland Institute: Proposed Budget (2012)
[17:07] NASA: Global Land-Ocean Temperature Index (Accessed 2023)
[17:49] Yale Climate Connections: How Reliable are Satellite Temperature? (2016)
[18:05] The Heartland Institute: Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming (2015 original, 2016 re-print)
[18:19] Sen. Cruz Opening Statement at Climate Science Hearing (2016)
[18:44] Inside Climate News: Science Teachers Respond to Climate Materials Sent by Heartland Institute (2017)
[18:54] Frontline/PBS: Climate Change Skeptic Group Seeks to Influence 200,000 Teachers (2017)
[19:01] The Washington Post: A political organization that doubts climate science is sending this book to 200,000 teachers (2017)
[19:01] Teen Vogue: The Heartland Institute Sends 300,000 Teachers Books and DVDs Rejecting Evidence of Man-Made Climate Change (2017)
[19:31] The Guardian: Big donors ditch rightwing Heartland Institute over Unabomber billboard (2012)
[19:31] Mongabay: Heartland Institute losing major corporate sponsors after comparing climate change advocates to mass-murderers (2012)
[19:31] The Guardian: Heartland Institute grows isolated as three more donors disassociate (2012)
[20:36] NCSE/Texas Freedom Network: Making the Grade? How State Public School Science Standards Address Climate Change (2020)
[20:59] NCSE: New state science standards in Indiana (2022)
[21:08] NCSE: New state science standards in Pennsylvania (2022)
[21:08] Penn Live Patriot-News: Pa. commission approves updated science standards for K-12 students (2022)
[22:29] NCSE/Penn State University: Mixed Messages: How Climate Change is Taught in America’s Public Schools (2016)
[23:09] Next Generation Science Standards (Accessed 2023)
[24:00] WBUR: Eversource leaves the American Gas Associationto focus on ‘decarbonization’ (2023)
[24:13] Miami New Times: Report: 350+ Books Banned in Florida School Districts (2023)
[24:13] The Washington Post: Georgia teacher fired after reading book on gender to fifth-grade class (2023)