{"podcast":{"title":"The Lincoln Project","slug":"the-lincoln-project-6907025","podcast_index_feed_id":6907025,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5157535.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5157535","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/42906864.jpg","author":"The Lincoln Project","episode_count":600,"summary":"The creators of the most watched and talked-about ad content in the political/cultural sphere, THE LINCOLN PROJECT, and co-founder/host Rick Wilson, have a reputation for saying the things others are afraid to say. Headed up by LP's notorious creative team, THE LINCOLN PROJECT podcast features a range of special guests, from leading political minds to the hottest pop-culture icons. Broadening the subject matter beyond politics and making the conversation more relatable to everyone, The Lincoln Project podcast’s mission is to reignite the political flame in every American and break down the biggest topics of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T00:19:39.340516+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lincoln-project-6907025"},"episode":{"title":"Erin Brockovich: Big Tech Is Draining Your Town Dry for AI","slug":"erin-brockovich-big-tech-is-draining-your-town-dry-for-ai","published_at":"2026-07-07T19:48:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lincoln-project-6907025/erin-brockovich-big-tech-is-draining-your-town-dry-for-ai","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lincoln-project-6907025","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8924957","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8924957.mp3?modified=1783453890&sid=5157535&source=rss","summary":"Somewhere near you, Big Tech is quietly bolting together a windowless box the size of a stadium — and it's thirsty as hell. The AI gold rush has unleashed a wave of massive data centers that swallow staggering amounts of water and electricity, spike local utility bills, and buckle small-town grids that were never built to feed a machine that never sleeps. The trillion-dollar companies get the profits and the press releases. The town next door gets the drained reservoir, the power crunch, and the bill. If that racket sounds familiar, it should. This week, Rick Wilson sits down with the one and only Erin Brockovich — the legendary crusader who's spent her whole life dragging corporate giants into the light and making them pay — to break down the fight communities are waking up to across the country. They get into who's really footing the cost of the AI boom, why local families keep getting steamrolled by companies with unlimited lawyers, how ordinary people are actually beating these projects when they organize early and loud, and exactly what to do if a data center shows up on your doorstep. It's a David-and-Goliath story with a very 2026 twist — and Erin's entire career is proof that Goliath bleeds. • • • • • Erin Brockovich is a legendary environmental activist and consumer advocate. Find her work at Brockovichdatacenter.com , thebrockovichreport.com , and follow her at @ErinBrockovich. Rick Wilson is on X @TheRickWilson and on Substack at therickwilson.substack.com . More from LP at www.lincolnproject.us and on X @ProjectLincoln. #ErinBrockovich #DataCenters #BigTech #AI #WaterCrisis #RickWilson #LincolnProject #Environment #Grassroots #Politics #Podcast","meta_description":"Somewhere near you, Big Tech is quietly bolting together a windowless box the size of a stadium — and it's thirsty as hell. The AI gold rush has unleashed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2364,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-lincoln-project-6907025/episodes/erin-brockovich-big-tech-is-draining-your-town-dry-for-ai/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lincoln-project-6907025/erin-brockovich-big-tech-is-draining-your-town-dry-for-ai.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}