In this episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Nick Sciple chats with Barbara Freese to discuss her latest book, Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change. She talks about how businesses throughout history have distorted facts and contorted the truth to fit their own narratives, how they handled criticism for their bad practices and finally what made them mend their ways. She also shares her thoughts about social media, climate change, and much more.

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