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Back to SearchSteven Guilbeault: A 'Fireside Exit Interview'
Season 8 Episode 1
On September 17, Ed sat down with former Canadian Environment and Climate Change Canada minister Steven Guilbeault for what we called a "fireside exi…
10 hours ago
(Replay) Is Canada's Electrification Bet Still Current? | With Blake Shaffer
Season 7
This is a replay of our conversation with Dr. Blake Shaffer, an energy economist at the University of Calgary, on Canada's electrification bet. We re…
3 weeks ago
(Replay) Battery Storage and How to Make It Better | With Shirley Meng
Season 7
This is a replay of our conversation with Dr. Shirley Meng from the University of Chicago on battery storage. It's one of our favourite deep dives be…
1 month ago
Stuck in the Middle: The Mid-Transition Crisis & the Energy System's Awkward Middle Age | With Emily Grubert
Season 7
Decarbonization usually means addition: more wind, solar, EVs. But a real transition also means taking something away.
We talk about decarbonization l…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Can Octopus Energy Wrap Its Arms Around North America? | Demand Flexibility & More With Eric Davids | BONUS
Season 7
Octopus Energy paid its UK customers collectively over £100,000 during a recent heat wave, not through new infrastructure, but a text message and a p…
2 months, 1 week ago
BONUS | EvC vs The Internet: David, Sara, and Ed respond to the comment section
Season 7
They say there's no growth without feedback. This season, you've given us plenty of it.
In this episode, David, Sara, and Ed do something most podcast…
3 months ago
BONUS | Where Should Canada’s Nuclear Energy Go From Here? | Toronto Climate Week
Season 7
Ed's new project, Critical Mass, starts with a deceptively simple question: if Canada decides it wants more nuclear power, can it actually deliver it…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Mapping the Next Energy Shock with The Economist's Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Season 7 Episode 15
The aftershocks of the Iran war are reshaping energy markets, investment decisions, and climate politics in very different ways around the world.
Davi…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Nuclear Option: A Canadian Reality Check with Jason Donev
Season 7 Episode 14
Nuclear is having a global moment. But the story in Canada is a lot more complicated.
David, Sara, and Ed sat down with Prof. Jason Donev of the Unive…
5 months ago
The Hosts in the Hot Seat: Turning the Tables on Ed and Sara
EvC Superfan and fellow energy nerd Robert Tremblay turns the tables on Sara and Ed — asking the questions the podcast usually doesn't: how EvC start…
5 months, 2 weeks ago