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Podcast: Everything is on fire

FILE PHOTO: Los Angeles County firefighters keep watch on the Bobcat Fire as it burns through the night in Juniper Hills, California, U.S. September 19, 2020.  REUTERS/Gene Blevins/File Photo

Charlie Warzel of the New York Times and Cam Wilson, a reporter for Gizmodo Australia and Business Insider Australia speak with Lawfare’s Quinta Jurecic and Evelyn Douek about the wildfires in the American West and the bushfires in Australia. They discuss the surge of mis- and disinformation about the origins of the fires and climate change propagated by bad actors, influencers looking to grow their audiences, and others.

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