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A Hard Landing for Soft Energy
Season 12 Episode 3
Mark Nelson joins me to discuss Amory Lovins, the man behind the “soft energy path” and the intellectual godfather of Germany’s Energiewende. Amory Lovins shot to relevance in the 1970s for advising…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
The Children of Chernobyl
Season 12 Episode 2
Dr. Geraldine Thomas, Director of the Chernobyl Tissue Bank and leading global expert on the impacts of radiation, joins me to discuss the phenomenon of “radiation vacations” for children believed to…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
An Indigenous Woman in Nuclear
Season 12 Episode 1
Tracy Primeau is a retired Shift Manager at Bruce Power who is now on the Board of Directors at Ontario Power Generation (OPG). She is a member of the Nipissing First Nation, and was the first woman …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Doomberg Lays Out the Global Pecking Order
Season 11 Episode 10
Is the sky falling on the west? I am joined by the green chicken avatar representing the anonymous Substack: Doomberg. Doomberg is home to entertaining and insightful essays on all things energy, ind…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Goodbye, Grohnde
Season 11 Episode 9
Dr. Anna Veronika Wendland is a scientist at the Herder Institute and a historian of science and technology. She calls in from Germany's Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant in its final 24 hours of operation…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
The Wicked Problem With "Don't Look Up"
Season 11 Episode 8
In this short episode, I am joined by Alex Trembath, Deputy Director of The Breakthrough Institute, to discuss Adam McKay's film "Don't Look Up," an overt commentary on climate change. We comment on …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
The Grim Fairy Tale of German Electricity
Season 11 Episode 7
With the closure of three of Germany’s remaining six nuclear reactors coming offline within the week, I am joined by Noah Jakob Rettberg, a young physics lab technician in training from Germany. He s…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Into the Wild: Dr. Keefer Before the MD
Season 11 Episode 6
Many years ago, before Dr. Keefer was a nuclear power-loving, techno-optimist physician, he was a self-described neo-luddite. He made his beliefs a reality by going back to the land in a big way. Fin…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Are Nuclear Plants Immortal?
Season 11 Episode 5
Mark Nelson, managing director of Radiant Energy Group, and I dig into his claims about the functional "immortality" of nuclear power plants. We explore the physics of the limitations of reactor life…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Precision Agriculture and Angry Optimism
Season 11 Episode 4
Dr. Kenneth Cassman joins to explore the state of innovation in agriculture. Where are the knowledge gaps? And what changes must take place if we hope to feed a growing and increasingly wealthy world…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago