Podcast Episodes

The Energy Poverty Returns on Energy Malinvested

Season 13 Episode 4

Commodities investor Leigh Goehring breaks down the supply AND demand origins of our current energy crisis and its dire consequences, especially for our food system. We also explore the Energy Return…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

The Finns Know How to Green Party

Season 13 Episode 3

Tea Törmänen discusses the exception to the rule that is Finland's pro-nuclear and biotech-curious Green Party.  Tea is a member of Viite, an umbrella association of the Finnish Greens, founded in 20…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

The Canada Green Bond Framework Needs a Rework

Season 13 Episode 2

Edgardo Sepulveda, a regulatory economist and the creator of edecarb.org, responds to the exclusion of nuclear energy from the recently-released Canada Green Bond Framework, alongside “sin stocks” li…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

The War on Energy

Season 13 Episode 1

Kalev Kallemets, CEO of Fermi Energia, joins Dr. Keefer to reflect on energy, geopolitics, and SMRs in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Recorded on February 24, 2022. The current geopolit…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

The Fog of Peace Lifts on the Energy Transition

Season 12 Episode 10

As the politics of energy factor heavily in the Russia-Ukraine war, Dr. John Constable, Director of the Renewable Energy Foundation, shines a light on the faltering illusion that the transition towar…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

So You're Telling Me There's a Chance: Germany's Nuclear Wobble

Season 12 Episode 9

Mark Nelson breaks the news that the German Ministry of Finance is discussing rolling back the country's nuclear phaseout. Why? How foreseeable was this? And what would it mean for Germany?

Mark Nels…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Russian Troops at Chernobyl

Season 12 Episode 8

Mark Nelson provides early insight on the news that Russian forces have captured the Chernobyl nuclear plant.

Mark is the managing director of Radiant Energy Group. He holds degrees in mechanical, ae…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

The Lazard People Are Taking Over

Season 12 Episode 7

Mark Nelson, managing director of Radiant Energy Group, explains one of the most cited yet misunderstood metrics in the energy debate: LCOE, the Levelized Cost of Electricity. What is it, what is it …

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Romantic Agriculture

Season 12 Episode 6

Iida Ruishalme, biologist and science communicator behind the blog Thoughtscapism, digs into the origins and dogmas of organic agriculture. Does the public perception of organic foods as healthier or…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

My Mother Explains Romanticism to Me

Season 12 Episode 5

Janice Kulyk Keefer, literary theorist, writer, award-winning poet, and my mom decodes the Romantic tradition for me. Janice weaves a compelling narrative connecting Germany's founding national myths…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago