Lawless Planet

by Wondery

Category

History

Frequency

Updated Weekly

Language

English

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 clim...

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Recent Reviews

Great storytelling on an important topic

salodo•8/5/2026

I wish I had rated and reviewed this earlier - so sad to see it go. Please pitch the show to others or add sponsors, I’m sure there are more stories to tell about criminal actions against the environment and those who work to disrupt them!

Required listening

Kylee French•6/9/2026

This podcast should be required listening for everyone. Such important info told in a way that is truly enjoyable to listen to. Heartbroken to learn there will be no more episodes.

C’mon keep it going.

Veejay2020•5/23/2026

This was a great show. My kids and I looked forward to the new show every week. Can I send you some money?

Please keep going!

randomwellwisher•5/23/2026

Man, I JUST discovered this excellent podcast, and it’s the final episode?! It’s *so* good. I’ve heard a couple of these stories through other venues, and this team is producing far superior storytelling. I’m looking forward to crawling the back catalogue. Hope you’re all on to something exciting that deserves your talents, and thank you for this wonderful treat.

This can’t be true!

Lil 214•5/22/2026

Such a great show! So sad to see it go, hopefully Zach picks it back up on his own!