WEBVTT - Ripple from Western Sound: The BP Oil Spill

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin. Hi, I'm Dan Leone. You probably don't know my voice,

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<v Speaker 1>but listeners of Lost Hills will know my music. I

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<v Speaker 1>was a composer and sound designer for the first two

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<v Speaker 1>seasons of Lost Hills, and I'm hosting a new show

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<v Speaker 1>that I wanted to tell you about because I think

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna like it. It's called Ripple. In the same

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<v Speaker 1>way that Lost Hills shows you the hidden underbelly of Malibu,

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<v Speaker 1>Ripple shows you the unknown ramifications of major news stories

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<v Speaker 1>that we all thought we knew. In the first season,

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<v Speaker 1>I travel hundreds of miles across the Gulf Coast, talking

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<v Speaker 1>to coastal residents and learning the unexpected long term consequences

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<v Speaker 1>of the just environmental disaster in American history. So I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you'll subscribe to Ripple. And here's a preview of

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<v Speaker 1>the series. Do you remember the BP oil spill? It

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<v Speaker 1>happened on the Gulf Coast back in twenty ten. A

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<v Speaker 1>massive oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana. The

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<v Speaker 1>resulting spill was the leading story in the nation for

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<v Speaker 1>the entire summer of twenty ten, as waves of crude

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<v Speaker 1>oil crashed into coastal beaches.

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<v Speaker 2>It was panic because there's never been a leak this

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<v Speaker 2>size stopping it has tested the limits of human technology.

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<v Speaker 1>I got really scared.

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<v Speaker 3>I know what everyone was thinking, is like, how on Earth?

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<v Speaker 3>But again it stopped this. I just think, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>think it's going to have an inn.

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<v Speaker 1>But it did end. Government officials reported that the leak

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<v Speaker 1>was plugged, that the beaches were cleaned, and the coast

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<v Speaker 1>was safe. They declared the Gulf open for business and

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<v Speaker 1>promised severe consequences for those responsible.

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<v Speaker 2>BP has agreed to plead guilty to all fourteen criminal charges.

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<v Speaker 2>The company has also agreed to pay four billion dollars

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<v Speaker 2>in fines and in penalties.

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<v Speaker 1>And for most of America, that was the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the BP oil spill. It wasn't pretty, but a worst

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<v Speaker 1>case scenario was mostly avoided. The golf eventually recovered. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the story I remembered. But a couple of years ago

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<v Speaker 1>I started wondering, how did the largest oil spill in

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<v Speaker 1>American history get cleaned up in just a few months.

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<v Speaker 1>So I drove to the Gulf coast to talk to

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<v Speaker 1>the people who lived through the oil spill. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you ask a lot of people on the Gulf, they'll

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<v Speaker 1>tell you a very different version of the BP oil

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<v Speaker 1>spell story.

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<v Speaker 2>There's dead fish, dead wildlife on my beach in front

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<v Speaker 2>of my condo, and they're telling us that everything's great.

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<v Speaker 3>I said, what they weren't attending to the workers that

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<v Speaker 3>they were engaging.

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<v Speaker 2>They just left us. We were all lied to. They

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<v Speaker 2>were sampling key chemicals that are known to be toxic

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<v Speaker 2>to human help.

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<v Speaker 3>That's when a dizzy spells started to get really intense. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>it felt like I was going to faint to pass out.

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<v Speaker 2>Blood was coming out of my nose.

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<v Speaker 1>I have blood coming out of my ears.

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<v Speaker 2>I was bleeding from everywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's still not right. Is definitely not over. It's

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<v Speaker 3>still not right. They don't want to admit that people

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<v Speaker 3>get fucked up from this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the most severe public health and safety threat that.

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<v Speaker 1>I've encountered in over four decades of working with Western Flowers.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Dan Leone from Western Sound and APM Studios. Comes

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<v Speaker 1>a new series investigating the stories that we were told

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<v Speaker 1>were over. Ripple available now wherever you listen to podcasts.