Podcast Episodes

China’s Great Climate Leap Forward? feat. Seaver Wang

Season 3 Episode 4

"China will cut carbon emissions by over 65% by 2030" according to Chinese President Xi Jinping. In addition two new studies published by the leading and highly influential Chinese Climate research i…

Published on 5 years ago

The Heterodox Anthropologist of Nuclear feat. Bret Kugelmass

Season 3 Episode 3

Sometimes an outsider's perspective can lead to startling conclusions. Bret Kugelmass is a successful tech entrepreneur turned climate activist. His empiric analysis of the problem of climate change …

Published on 5 years ago

Doctors for Nuclear Energy feat. Dr. Anton Van Der Merwe

Season 3 Episode 2

Dr. Rudolf Virchow, one of the founders of scientific medicine, said that "Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a large scale." Beyond caring for the sick, doct…

Published on 5 years ago

Reflections on the Decouple Journey feat. Jesse Freeston

Season 3 Episode 1

The host becomes the guest as I hand over the microphone to film maker and long time friend Jesse Freeston. Jesse got the Decouple podcast rolling by interviewing me about my vision for the project f…

Published on 5 years ago

Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal feat. Madi Czerwinski

Season 2 Episode 11

The Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal calls for a dramatic increase in nuclear energy to supply 50% of US electricity by 2050. Beyond being a policy proposal for decision makers, the campaign bases i…

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Ecomodernism's Arch Pragmatist feat. Ted Nordhaus

Season 2 Episode 10

Ted Nordhaus is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Breakthrough Institute, the world's first and most prominent Ecomodernist think tank.

We talk about the origins of the concept of ecologic…

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The Malthusian Spectre Haunting Environmentalism feat. Michael Shellenberger

Season 2 Episode 9

A wide ranging conversation with Michael Shellenberger exploring the Malthusian origins of environmentalism and what happened to the left as it morphed from a promethean movement concerned with mater…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

Russian Gas & Germany's War on Nuclear: EU Energy Realpolitik feat. Mark Nelson

Season 2 Episode 8

The European Union finds itself at an energy crossroads. Germany, the economic powerhouse of Europe, has been rushing to shut down its nuclear plants as quickly as possible while leashing itself to R…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

The Nuclear New Deal feat. Emmet Penney

Season 2 Episode 7

The Green New Deal has become a catch phrase but very few people, including the politicians who envoke its memory, have a solid grasp of the context and pragmatics of the original New Deal. Today I a…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

French Nuclear Energy & Social Solidarity feat. Myrto Tripathi

Season 2 Episode 6

In France we don't have oil but we have ideas! Myrto Tripathi is the founder and president of Voices of Nuclear. We explore the past, present and future of Nuclear Energy in France. Devoid of fossil …

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago