Swindled

About This Project

Summary

Swindled sheds light on how corporate greed, white-collar wrongdoing, and systemic negligence lead to environmental harm—utilizing investigative storytelling by an anonymous host to raise awareness of real-world ecological and community impacts.

Goals & Objectives

The ultimate goal is not just to inform, but to provoke critical thinking, outrage, self-reflection, and, perhaps, even action among a broad audience, enabling them to better understand and control the underlying systems that enable these disasters to occur in the first place.

Results & Impact

The audio podcast has established a vast, cult audience, amounting to 10 million downloads per year. Swindled has been featured in The Columbia Journalism Review, The Guardian, CBC Radio, Star Tribune, Vulture Magazine, and other publications.