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Is China the Future of Nuclear Energy? feat. Francois Morin
Season 5 Episode 3
China is currently 3rd in the world in Nuclear Energy capacity with ambitious plans to have the most reactors in the world by 2030. The Tsinghua climate plan calls for a 7-fold increase by 2050. Is C…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Avocado Politics feat. Nils Gilman
Season 5 Episode 2
On the progressive side of the political spectrum, it is assumed that with an increasing acknowledgment of the reality of climate change will come default support for a progressive Green New Deal age…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Can the Left & Right Come Together to Decouple? feat. Emmet Penney and James Fleay
Season 5 Episode 1
Nuclear has not always been a culture wars issue. Is there an opportunity for the Left with its concern for climate action and the Right with its trust in large scale energy projects to come together…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Hazards, Risks and Science Communication feat. Iida Ruishalme
Season 4 Episode 10
"What man desires is not knowledge but certainty." Winston Churchill In this episode Iida Ruishalme, the brains behind "thoughtscapism" discusses science and risk communication. We explore the inner …
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
10 Years Since Tohoku & Fukushima feat. Paul Blustein
Season 4 Episode 9
The Tohoku earthquake which led to the Fukushima accident was the 4th most powerful earthquake in the world since modern measurement and record keeping began in 1900. This earthquake was so powerful …
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
At COP26 Net Zero Needs Nuclear feat. Arun Khuttan
Season 4 Episode 8
The conference of the parties (COP) is where almost every nation on earth, each with an equal vote, gathers to talk climate change and attempt to hammer out a consensus on the way forward. So far nuc…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Bill Gates vs Climate Change feat. Leigh Phillips
Season 4 Episode 7
A deep dive into Bill Gates most recent book "How to prevent a Climate Disaster" with Leigh Phillips. Bill Gates has burst onto the climate scene and is generating a lot of press. Will he grow to mon…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
UK Decarbonisation: Legally Binding But Precarious feat. David Watson
Season 4 Episode 6
The UK has made a legally binding commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Boris Johnson recently released a 10-point green plan, which included the claim that all UK households will be powered by w…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
The Case for Nuclear Energy in Philippines feat. Mark Cojuangco
Season 4 Episode 5
The Philippines exports its people to earn foreign exchange to, amongst other things, pay for imported fossil fuels to power the country. Families are broken up, parents absent for years at a time, a…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Canada, Climate, CANDU & Canoes feat. Jeremy Whitlock
Season 4 Episode 4
Due to the global geopolitics of the 1940's Canada became the unlikely centre for the world's second largest nuclear research infrastructure at the end of World War II. Devoting itself to the peacefu…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago