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Who Killed Nuclear Energy?
Season 14 Episode 4
Emmet Penney, creator of Nuclear Barbarians, Grid Brief, and the ex.haust podcast, walks us through the rise, fall and future prospects of nuclear power in the United States. Emmet dives deep on the …
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Sri Lanka's Fast Track to Agricultural Collapse
Season 14 Episode 3
Saloni Shah, a food and agriculture analyst at The Breakthrough Institute, dives into the policy disaster that was Sri Lanka's sudden ban on the importation and use of synthetic fertilizers and pesti…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Getting Serious About Our Energy Future
Season 14 Episode 2
Michael Edesess, a mathematician, economist, and former chairman of the board of the Rocky Mountain Institute, discusses his recent article for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, "We need to get seri…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Old Nuclear, New Ideas
Season 14 Episode 1
Bret Kugelmass, host of the Titans of Nuclear podcast and Managing Director of the Energy Impact Center, joins with Dr. Keefer to share their experiences advocating for nuclear energy. They reflect o…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Public Power Politics
Season 13 Episode 10
Matt Huber, a professor of geography at Syracuse University, discusses his recent piece for Jacobin Magazine, "In Defense of the Tennessee Valley Authority," co-authored by Fred Stafford. He discusse…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Dr. Keefer Testifies on the “Just Transition”
Season 13 Episode 9
Decouple Podcast Host Dr. Chris Keefer is called as a witness to Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada to answer questions from members of Parliament on how best to "create a fair and equitable Canadia…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
From Consultant for Gazprom to Belgian Energy Minister
Season 13 Episode 8
Marco Visscher, a Dutch writer and editor, discusses some of the actors, including Tinne Van Der Straeten, who are behind the now partially postponed Belgian nuclear phaseout and their links to the n…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Electrification 2.0
Season 13 Episode 7
Edgardo Sepulveda, energy economist and seven-time Decouple guest, returns to delivers a synthesis episode. We draw together our previous analysis of the financial and regulatory conditions that enab…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Doomberg: Famine on the horizon?
Season 13 Episode 6
Doomberg, the anonymous author of the popular Substack publication on energy, finance, and the economy at-large, walks us through their recent piece titled "Farmers on the Brink." "Never have we been…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
India's Nuclear Past and Future with Dr. Anil Kakodkar
Season 13 Episode 5
Dr. Anil Kakodkar—the former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre from 1996–2000 and recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highe…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago