Spencer Klavan joined me to talk about his new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith. We talk about "Newtonian" Default Mode, the history of science, what innovations in physics mean for the faithful and secular alike, and much more!
\n\nCheck out Spencer's Substack: https://rejoiceevermore.substack.com/
\nThe Roundtable Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-mind/id1439372633
One of my favorite things about running this podcast is getting to talk to people with way more experience than me. Dr. Scott Tinker, a geologist and energy expert with decades of experience, joined me to talk about the breadth of his career, how our understanding of energy has changed over time, energy realism, teaching people the energy basics, and more!
\n\nCheck out the Switch Energy Alliance!
\n\nAnd Scott’s show, Energy Switch!
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\n\nNext up: Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems.
\n\nhttp://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com
","summary":"John and I finish up our series on the esoteric origins of the Enlightenment by diving into romanticism, mesmerism, the forgotten aspects of Jung, American New Age stuff, and way more!\r\n\r\nNext up: Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems.\r\n\r\nhttp://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com","date_published":"2024-11-09T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/ceaf636e-3fd5-4824-90c3-c41144170a2b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":97112935,"duration_in_seconds":6069}]},{"id":"0925950b-7651-4b25-9441-87950f580dcd","title":"Episode 77: Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. III","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/77","content_text":"In our penultimate Hanegraaff episode, John and I take a look at how “magic,” “superstition,” and the “occult” became epithets divorced from critical reasoning, the uncomfortable overlap between occult and scientific practices, and I deliver a brief monologue on how all of this shows up in the work of HP Lovecraft.","content_html":"In our penultimate Hanegraaff episode, John and I take a look at how “magic,” “superstition,” and the “occult” became epithets divorced from critical reasoning, the uncomfortable overlap between occult and scientific practices, and I deliver a brief monologue on how all of this shows up in the work of HP Lovecraft.
","summary":"In our penultimate Hanegraaff episode, John and I take a look at how “magic,” “superstition,” and the “occult” became epithets divorced from critical reasoning, the uncomfortable overlap between occult and scientific practices, and I deliver a brief monologue on how all of this shows up in the work of HP Lovecraft.","date_published":"2024-10-26T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/0925950b-7651-4b25-9441-87950f580dcd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80115792,"duration_in_seconds":5007}]},{"id":"ab7b5b71-07b1-4e4d-b823-8b92ee7321c5","title":"Episode 76: Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. II","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/76","content_text":"In our second episode on Hanegraff’s Esotericism and the Academy, John and I dive into the “history of error,” and how Protestantism and refinements in historical practices began to put pressure on the Renaissance conceptions of perennial philosophy and ancient wisdom. \n\nJohn also had some corrections for Hanegraff!","content_html":"In our second episode on Hanegraff’s Esotericism and the Academy, John and I dive into the “history of error,” and how Protestantism and refinements in historical practices began to put pressure on the Renaissance conceptions of perennial philosophy and ancient wisdom.
\n\nJohn also had some corrections for Hanegraff!
","summary":"In our second episode on Hanegraff’s Esotericism and the Academy, John and I dive into the “history of error,” and how Protestantism and refinements in historical practices began to put pressure on the Renaissance conceptions of perennial philosophy and ancient wisdom. \r\n\r\nJohn also had some corrections for Hanegraff!","date_published":"2024-10-12T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/ab7b5b71-07b1-4e4d-b823-8b92ee7321c5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":77102723,"duration_in_seconds":4818}]},{"id":"45a3ca5b-db8c-42ce-92e8-8bce215e67f1","title":"Episode 74: The Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. V","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/74","content_text":"John and I finish up our series on Michael Gillespie’s Theological Origins of Modernity—offering a break down of his final chapter and our closing thoughts.","content_html":"John and I finish up our series on Michael Gillespie’s Theological Origins of Modernity—offering a break down of his final chapter and our closing thoughts.
","summary":"John and I finish up our series on Michael Gillespie’s Theological Origins of Modernity—offering a break down of his final chapter and our closing thoughts.","date_published":"2024-09-27T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/45a3ca5b-db8c-42ce-92e8-8bce215e67f1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63504833,"duration_in_seconds":3969}]},{"id":"8f836e33-b12d-4cb2-86f0-804f5c91861d","title":"Episode 75: The Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. I","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/75","content_text":"John and I are back with our new series. This time we’re working through Wouter Hanegraaff’s Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. \n\nHanegraff’s project looks at the debates over the recovery of ancient texts and their impact on Christian life and thought and what that means for us today, especially when it comes to our weird world of scientism on the one hand and woo-woo New Age-y stuff on the other. The material is dense and you might feel a little overwhelmed listening to the podcast—don’t worry! After the first two episodes (the first half of the series) it gets way easier and more fun, but this episode in the next are necessary listening/reading (if you want to follow along in the book) to appreciate the second half. \n\nHowever, if you haven’t listened to our series on Michael Gillespie’s The Theological Origins of Modernity, don’t listen to this one just yet. You can start the Gillespie series here, as it provides great and more accessible background for the Hanegraaff. \n\nSubscribe to the Substack: https://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/","content_html":"John and I are back with our new series. This time we’re working through Wouter Hanegraaff’s Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.
\n\nHanegraff’s project looks at the debates over the recovery of ancient texts and their impact on Christian life and thought and what that means for us today, especially when it comes to our weird world of scientism on the one hand and woo-woo New Age-y stuff on the other. The material is dense and you might feel a little overwhelmed listening to the podcast—don’t worry! After the first two episodes (the first half of the series) it gets way easier and more fun, but this episode in the next are necessary listening/reading (if you want to follow along in the book) to appreciate the second half.
\n\nHowever, if you haven’t listened to our series on Michael Gillespie’s The Theological Origins of Modernity, don’t listen to this one just yet. You can start the Gillespie series here, as it provides great and more accessible background for the Hanegraaff.
\n\nSubscribe to the Substack: https://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/
","summary":"John and I are back with our new series. This time we’re working through Wouter Hanegraaff’s Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. \r\n\r\nHanegraff’s project looks at the debates over the recovery of ancient texts and their impact on Christian life and thought and what that means for us today, especially when it comes to our weird world of scientism on the one hand and woo-woo New Age-y stuff on the other. The material is dense and you might feel a little overwhelmed listening to the podcast—don’t worry! After the first two episodes (the first half of the series) it gets way easier and more fun, but this episode in the next are necessary listening/reading (if you want to follow along in the book) to appreciate the second half. \r\n\r\nHowever, if you haven’t listened to our series on Michael Gillespie’s The Theological Origins of Modernity, don’t listen to this one just yet. You can start the Gillespie series here, as it provides great and more accessible background for the Hanegraaff. ","date_published":"2024-09-27T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/8f836e33-b12d-4cb2-86f0-804f5c91861d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":104108323,"duration_in_seconds":6506}]},{"id":"c4fdd1dd-68ba-48c9-ab90-ff0dc25b9649","title":"Episode 72: Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. IV","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/72","content_text":"John and I spend this, our penultimate episode in the series, discussing Hobbes—his anthropology, his physics, his politics—and the nature of modernity’s “new science.”\n\nIf you have questions for our final Q&A Episode, leave a comment here: https://open.substack.com/pub/nuclearbarbarians/p/the-theological-origins-of-modernity-1fe","content_html":"John and I spend this, our penultimate episode in the series, discussing Hobbes—his anthropology, his physics, his politics—and the nature of modernity’s “new science.”
\n\nIf you have questions for our final Q&A Episode, leave a comment here: https://open.substack.com/pub/nuclearbarbarians/p/the-theological-origins-of-modernity-1fe
","summary":"John and I spend this, our penultimate episode in the series, discussing Hobbes—his anthropology, his physics, his politics—and the nature of modernity’s “new science.”","date_published":"2024-06-24T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/c4fdd1dd-68ba-48c9-ab90-ff0dc25b9649.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":78765360,"duration_in_seconds":4922}]},{"id":"1a4a6edb-0509-4a0f-a525-ab949f45d107","title":"Episode 71: Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. III","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/71","content_text":"John and I return to Gillespie’s book to talk about Luther, Erasmus, and Descartes and to dig into the motivations behind the ideas that inspired the philosophies that brought about the scientific revolution. ","content_html":"John and I return to Gillespie’s book to talk about Luther, Erasmus, and Descartes and to dig into the motivations behind the ideas that inspired the philosophies that brought about the scientific revolution.
","summary":"John and I return to Gillespie’s book to talk about Luther, Erasmus, and Descartes and to dig into the motivations behind the ideas that inspired the philosophies that brought about the scientific revolution. ","date_published":"2024-06-19T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/1a4a6edb-0509-4a0f-a525-ab949f45d107.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58749715,"duration_in_seconds":3671}]},{"id":"c60c9ce4-2d0b-40b7-bd9e-e427095c186d","title":"Episode 70: The Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. II","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/70","content_text":"","content_html":"","summary":"","date_published":"2024-04-30T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/c60c9ce4-2d0b-40b7-bd9e-e427095c186d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":83227492,"duration_in_seconds":5201}]},{"id":"e71728d7-cb1f-43e1-b907-f01698ace742","title":"Episode 69: The Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. I","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/69","content_text":"John returns for the first installment of another reading series. This time we’re tackling Michael Gillespie’s The Theological Origins of Modernity, a book that aims at getting to the root of some of the major questions we face today as products of both the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment. \n\nThis is also the first in what John and I hope will be a longer project of delving into the history of the philosophy of science. After Gillespie we hope to explore works by Francis Bacon, Descartes, Galileo, Leibniz, Thomas Carlyle, David Hume, Edmund Husserl, and others. \n\nWe aim to conclude each author with a Q&A episode. So, if you have any questions, please leave a comment on the Substack—we’ll round them up and get to them at the end of each series. If you aren't a Substack subscriber, get on it!","content_html":"John returns for the first installment of another reading series. This time we’re tackling Michael Gillespie’s The Theological Origins of Modernity, a book that aims at getting to the root of some of the major questions we face today as products of both the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment.
\n\nThis is also the first in what John and I hope will be a longer project of delving into the history of the philosophy of science. After Gillespie we hope to explore works by Francis Bacon, Descartes, Galileo, Leibniz, Thomas Carlyle, David Hume, Edmund Husserl, and others.
\n\nWe aim to conclude each author with a Q&A episode. So, if you have any questions, please leave a comment on the Substack—we’ll round them up and get to them at the end of each series. If you aren't a Substack subscriber, get on it!
","summary":"John returns for the first installment of another reading series. This time we’re tackling Michael Gillespie’s The Theological Origins of Modernity, a book that aims at getting to the root of some of the major questions we face today as products of both the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment. ","date_published":"2024-03-31T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/e71728d7-cb1f-43e1-b907-f01698ace742.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":71378770,"duration_in_seconds":4461}]},{"id":"7721f8a3-e44f-4579-9505-25fe92d710b3","title":"Episode 68: Remix to Ignition ft. Rachael Zisk ","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/68","content_text":"Rachael Zisk just launched a nuclear energy newsletter — Ignition — which is great. I brought her on to talk about her new venture, the challenges of covering highly technical topics, how the media landscape is changing, and more!\n\nSubscribe to Ignition.\n\nSubscribe to Payload.","content_html":"Rachael Zisk just launched a nuclear energy newsletter — Ignition — which is great. I brought her on to talk about her new venture, the challenges of covering highly technical topics, how the media landscape is changing, and more!
\n\n\n\n","summary":"Rachael Zisk just launched a nuclear energy newsletter — Ignition — which is great. I brought her on to talk about her new venture, the challenges of covering highly technical topics, how the media landscape is changing, and more!\r\n\r\nSubscribe to Ignition.\r\n\r\nSubscribe to Payload.","date_published":"2024-03-12T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/7721f8a3-e44f-4579-9505-25fe92d710b3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46259832,"duration_in_seconds":2891}]},{"id":"110f4fb9-69df-452f-9211-ce253da27b9c","title":"Episode 67: The Machine in the Garden pt. V ft. John Goodson","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/67","content_text":"John and I finish up our discussion of the Machine in the Garden. We reflect on Leo Marx’s contribution—both its successes and failures. And we consider what opportunities there are to think about the American relationship with the Machine. ","content_html":"John and I finish up our discussion of the Machine in the Garden. We reflect on Leo Marx’s contribution—both its successes and failures. And we consider what opportunities there are to think about the American relationship with the Machine.
","summary":"John and I finish up our discussion of the Machine in the Garden. We reflect on Leo Marx’s contribution—both its successes and failures. And we consider what opportunities there are to think about the American relationship with the Machine. ","date_published":"2024-02-12T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/110f4fb9-69df-452f-9211-ce253da27b9c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57876187,"duration_in_seconds":3617}]},{"id":"164c3532-da58-46f1-a937-3fd6989aa752","title":"Episode 66: Juice: Power, Politics, and the Grid","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/66","content_text":"Director Tyson Culver joined me to talk about his new docu-series with Robert Bryce —Juice: Power, Politics, and the Grid. We talk about what Tyson learned while making documentaries with Robert about the grid and what’s currently going around with America’s electricity sector. Check it out!\n\nYou can watch it on YouTube here:\nhttps://youtu.be/J3G3HFmpb4Y?si=wSbihactrMKBllIu\n\nAnd you can watch their first documentary here:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYMXNn56kTo","content_html":"Director Tyson Culver joined me to talk about his new docu-series with Robert Bryce —Juice: Power, Politics, and the Grid. We talk about what Tyson learned while making documentaries with Robert about the grid and what’s currently going around with America’s electricity sector. Check it out!
\n\nYou can watch it on YouTube here:
\nhttps://youtu.be/J3G3HFmpb4Y?si=wSbihactrMKBllIu
And you can watch their first documentary here:
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYMXNn56kTo
John and I continue our series on Leo Marx’s The Machine in the Garden.
\n\nIn this episode, we talk about Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, and Hawthorne.
\n\nWe recorded this one a bit before Christmas last year.
","summary":"John and I continue our series on Leo Marx’s The Machine in the Garden.\r\n\r\nIn this episode, we talk about Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, and Hawthorne.\r\n\r\nWe recorded this one a bit before Christmas last year.","date_published":"2024-01-26T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/2938430d-28a0-4794-a511-dab98934b9a1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":66956351,"duration_in_seconds":4184}]},{"id":"984f90d9-6390-4f83-a0f7-9bc6f8829976","title":"Episode 64: Progress Toward What and For Whom? ft. Matthew B. Crawford","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/64","content_text":"Author and mechanic Matthew B. Crawford joined me to talk about the nature of progress, our over designed world, the limits of laissez faire, safetyism, the current golden age of hotrodding, and so much more.\n\nHere are the pieces we discussed:\n\nMisanthropic Use of the Nudge by Matthew B. Crawford\nA $5,600 Taillight Repair? by Matthew B. Crawford\n\nFor a way more thorough look into Chernobyl, which comes up towards the end, check out this thread from my friend Madi Hilly which has tons of links to resources etc. if you want a way better explanation of what happened than what I give here.","content_html":"Author and mechanic Matthew B. Crawford joined me to talk about the nature of progress, our over designed world, the limits of laissez faire, safetyism, the current golden age of hotrodding, and so much more.
\n\nHere are the pieces we discussed:
\n\nMisanthropic Use of the Nudge by Matthew B. Crawford
\nA $5,600 Taillight Repair? by Matthew B. Crawford
For a way more thorough look into Chernobyl, which comes up towards the end, check out this thread from my friend Madi Hilly which has tons of links to resources etc. if you want a way better explanation of what happened than what I give here.
","summary":"Author and mechanic of joined me to talk about the nature of progress, or over designed world, the limits of laissez faire, safetyism, the current golden age of hotrodding, and so much more.\r\n\r\nHere are the pieces we discussed:\r\n\r\nMisanthropic Use of the Nudge by Matthew B. Crawford\r\n\r\nA $5,600 Taillight Repair? by Matthew B. Crawford\r\n\r\nFor a way more thorough look into Chernobyl, which comes up towards the end, check out this thread from my friend which has tons of links to resources etc. if you want a way better explanation of what happened that what I give here.","date_published":"2024-01-15T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/984f90d9-6390-4f83-a0f7-9bc6f8829976.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":71678021,"duration_in_seconds":4479}]},{"id":"be2f5156-eab6-4999-ad56-7d32576bdbd7","title":"Episode 63: Oil and Gas Execs for Nuclear ft. Doug Sandridge","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/63","content_text":"I got to sit down with Doug Sandridge, an oil and gas guy with decades of experience, to talk about his shocking new project: OIL AND GAS EXECS FOR NUCLEAR. This is the story of someone called to action to stand up for energy abundance for all—Doug’s a great guy and I loved chatting with him.\n\nCheck out the declaration of Oil and Gas Execs for Nuclear.\n\nRead Doug’s op-ed for Grid Brief.\n\nCheck out Doug’s Substack: ENERGY RUMINATIONS","content_html":"I got to sit down with Doug Sandridge, an oil and gas guy with decades of experience, to talk about his shocking new project: OIL AND GAS EXECS FOR NUCLEAR. This is the story of someone called to action to stand up for energy abundance for all—Doug’s a great guy and I loved chatting with him.
\n\nCheck out the declaration of Oil and Gas Execs for Nuclear.
\n\nRead Doug’s op-ed for Grid Brief.
\n\nCheck out Doug’s Substack: ENERGY RUMINATIONS
","summary":"I got to sit down with Doug Sandridge, an oil and gas guy with decades of experience, to talk about his shocking new project: OIL AND GAS EXECS FOR NUCLEAR. This is the story of someone called to action to stand up for energy abundance for all—Doug’s a great guy and I loved chatting with him.\r\n\r\nCheck out the declaration of Oil and Gas Execs for Nuclear.\r\n\r\nRead Doug’s op-ed for Grid Brief.\r\n\r\nCheck out Doug’s Substack: ENERGY RUMINATIONS","date_published":"2023-12-22T16:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/be2f5156-eab6-4999-ad56-7d32576bdbd7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":59372898,"duration_in_seconds":3710}]},{"id":"3c05398a-7565-4a7c-a475-d1a51f4d9811","title":"Episode 62: The Valor of Valar Atomics ft. Isaiah Taylor ","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/62","content_text":"Isaiah Taylor, the founder of Valar Atomics, joined me to talk about his new venture, how he wants to turn the nuclear energy over on its head, how his Christian faith and Midwestern roots inform his work, and much more. \n\nReach more about Valar here. ","content_html":"Isaiah Taylor, the founder of Valar Atomics, joined me to talk about his new venture, how he wants to turn the nuclear energy over on its head, how his Christian faith and Midwestern roots inform his work, and much more.
\n\nReach more about Valar here.
","summary":"Isaiah Taylor, the founder of Valar Atomics, joined me to talk about his new venture, how he wants to turn the nuclear energy over on its head, how his Christian faith and Midwestern roots inform his work, and much more. ","date_published":"2023-12-08T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/3c05398a-7565-4a7c-a475-d1a51f4d9811.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49738935,"duration_in_seconds":3108}]},{"id":"5af68d9c-2e08-40ab-ac90-f20286be4d7b","title":"Episode 61: The Machine in the Garden Pt. III ft. John Goodson","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/61","content_text":"John and I are back with our third installment of our reading series on The Machine in the Garden by Leo Marx.\n\nThis chapter is all about “the machine” as a symbol in American life and letters. We talk about obscure figures like the Pennsylvanian manufacturer Tench Coxe, Thomas Carlyle’s “Signs of the Times,” the Newtonian reconciliation of art and nature, 19th century machine boosterism, and more!","content_html":"John and I are back with our third installment of our reading series on The Machine in the Garden by Leo Marx.
\n\nThis chapter is all about “the machine” as a symbol in American life and letters. We talk about obscure figures like the Pennsylvanian manufacturer Tench Coxe, Thomas Carlyle’s “Signs of the Times,” the Newtonian reconciliation of art and nature, 19th century machine boosterism, and more!
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","summary":"Writer and film critic Andrew Plimpton returns to the pod to speak with me about Scorsese’s latest film, which centers around oil rights and a covert assault on the Osage tribe. We discuss the merits and demerits of this epically long film, Scorsese’s legacy, the American project, and more. \r\n\r\n","date_published":"2023-11-22T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/92dc5cf0-0271-4bb3-8c7d-1a9f1a193ebe.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":68192268,"duration_in_seconds":4262}]},{"id":"17d6b039-5d67-4084-9043-2c275044e624","title":"Episode 59: The Machine in the Garden Pt. II ft. John Goodson","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/59","content_text":"John and I continue our series on Leo Marx’s The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America.\n\nThis chapter delves deep into the symbol of the garden—we dive into Marx’s reading of Jefferson, the nature of the pastoral ideal and how it evolved, the vision of Virginia, and more.","content_html":"John and I continue our series on Leo Marx’s The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America.
\n\nThis chapter delves deep into the symbol of the garden—we dive into Marx’s reading of Jefferson, the nature of the pastoral ideal and how it evolved, the vision of Virginia, and more.
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\n\nCheck out Hugo’s work on Substack.
\n\nConnect with him on LinkedIn.
","summary":"Hugo Kruger is a razor sharp engineer with a deep knowledge of energy systems. He came onto the show to talk to me about what’s going on with South Africa’s grid. I learned a ton from this episode—I hope you guys enjoy it!\r\n\r\nCheck out Hugo’s work on Substack.\r\n\r\nConnect with him on LinkedIn. ","date_published":"2023-11-02T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/eaff6504-1f9c-4279-9b8d-c2b41dcfe119.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47770354,"duration_in_seconds":2985}]},{"id":"ea9a15fd-4bb8-43ce-a21b-695521ac432e","title":"Episode 57: The Machine in the Garden Pt. I Ft. John Goodson","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/57","content_text":"John Goodson, my old co-host from the ex.haust podcast, joined me in the first of our series on Leo Marx’s The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America. There are a few audio problems in this episode, for which we apologize. Thankfully, they’re brief. \n\n“Believing in America,” Leo Marx, Boston Review. \n\nThe Elizabethan World Picture: A Study of the Idea of Order in the Age of Shakespeare, Donne and Milton by Eustace Tilyard","content_html":"John Goodson, my old co-host from the ex.haust podcast, joined me in the first of our series on Leo Marx’s The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America. There are a few audio problems in this episode, for which we apologize. Thankfully, they’re brief.
\n\n“Believing in America,” Leo Marx, Boston Review.
\n\nThe Elizabethan World Picture: A Study of the Idea of Order in the Age of Shakespeare, Donne and Milton by Eustace Tilyard
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\n\nWatch the Apple video here.
\n\n“Mother Nature Returns,” Spencer Klavan, Rejoice Evermore
\n\n“Where Wind Meets Matter,” Spencer Klavan, Claremont Review of Books
\n\nListen to Young Heretics, The Round Table, and The Close Read
\n\nBuy Spencer’s book: How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
","summary":"Spencer Klavan (author, podcaster, and editor) joined me to talk about that horrible Apple clean energy/Mother Nature video, neo-paganism as social and ideological force, quantum physics, epistemology, THE LORD, and more. \r\n\r\nWatch the Apple video here.\r\n\r\n“Mother Nature Returns,” Spencer Klavan, Rejoice Evermore\r\n\r\n“Where Wind Meets Matter,” Spencer Klavan, Claremont Review of Books\r\n\r\nListen to Young Heretics, The Round Table, and The Close Read\r\n\r\nBuy Spencer’s book: How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises","date_published":"2023-09-27T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/cae90ea6-c3c7-494c-9c2c-b5a902596a6b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":55150666,"duration_in_seconds":3446}]},{"id":"00ba7d7b-246d-422e-a309-57ccc7caec23","title":"Episode 55: Gridlocked ft. Nick O'Hara","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/55","content_text":"Nick O’Hara—writer, host of the Gridlocked podcast, and owner of an enviable speaking voice—joined me to talk about climate, energy, how to have a sane conversation in insane times, and much more. \n\nListen to Gridlocked: Why the 21st Century is Broken and How to Fix It. \n\nWhy Big Oil Loves the Renewable Energy Industry by Nick O’Hara, Salon.\n\nWe abandoned nuclear power. Now the earth is paying the price. by Nick O’Hara, Salon.\n\nAbandoning nuclear power was a mistake. Germany must return to the future of energy. by Nick O’Hara, Salon. ","content_html":"Nick O’Hara—writer, host of the Gridlocked podcast, and owner of an enviable speaking voice—joined me to talk about climate, energy, how to have a sane conversation in insane times, and much more.
\n\nListen to Gridlocked: Why the 21st Century is Broken and How to Fix It.
\n\nWhy Big Oil Loves the Renewable Energy Industry by Nick O’Hara, Salon.
\n\nWe abandoned nuclear power. Now the earth is paying the price. by Nick O’Hara, Salon.
\n\nAbandoning nuclear power was a mistake. Germany must return to the future of energy. by Nick O’Hara, Salon.
","summary":"Nick O’Hara—writer, host of the Gridlocked podcast, and owner of an enviable speaking voice—joined me to talk about climate, energy, how to have a sane conversation in insane times, and much more. \r\n\r\nListen to Gridlocked: Why the 21st Century is Broken and How to Fix It. \r\n\r\nWhy Big Oil Loves the Renewable Energy Industry by Nick O’Hara, Salon.\r\n\r\nWe abandoned nuclear power. Now the earth is paying the price. by Nick O’Hara, Salon.\r\n\r\nAbandoning nuclear power was a mistake. Germany must return to the future of energy. by Nick O’Hara, Salon. \r\n\r\n","date_published":"2023-09-15T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/00ba7d7b-246d-422e-a309-57ccc7caec23.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57054039,"duration_in_seconds":3565}]},{"id":"9bfd03e7-7a4d-425a-88dd-e3f40511c691","title":"Episode 54: Much Love from the Permian ft. Andrew De La Rosa ","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/54","content_text":"Wireline worker Andrew De La Rosa came on to talk to me about the fracking process and how wireline works. I learned a ton from this conversation and had a great time. I hope you guys enjoy it!\n\nFollow Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tejanobrown","content_html":"Wireline worker Andrew De La Rosa came on to talk to me about the fracking process and how wireline works. I learned a ton from this conversation and had a great time. I hope you guys enjoy it!
\n\nFollow Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tejanobrown
","summary":"Wireline worker Andrew De La Rosa came on to talk to me about the fracking process and how wireline works. I learned a ton from this conversation and had a great time. I hope you guys enjoy it!\r\n\r\nFollow Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tejanobrown\r\n\r\n","date_published":"2023-08-28T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/9bfd03e7-7a4d-425a-88dd-e3f40511c691.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45449842,"duration_in_seconds":2840}]},{"id":"f77580d2-7df0-4386-9fcd-7bf67a0e900b","title":"Episode 53: Energy Cinema: Oppenheimer ft. Andrew Plimpton","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/53","content_text":"Writer and film critic Andrew Plimpton joined me for a new running series we’re doing: Energy Cinema. For our inaugural episode, we decided to talk about the new Oppenheimer movie. Hope you enjoy it!","content_html":"Writer and film critic Andrew Plimpton joined me for a new running series we’re doing: Energy Cinema. For our inaugural episode, we decided to talk about the new Oppenheimer movie. Hope you enjoy it!
","summary":"Writer and film critic Andrew Plimpton joined me for a new running series we’re doing: Energy Cinema. For our inaugural episode, we decided to talk about the new Oppenheimer movie. Hope you enjoy it!","date_published":"2023-08-24T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/f77580d2-7df0-4386-9fcd-7bf67a0e900b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":82319274,"duration_in_seconds":5144}]},{"id":"dfd63b58-3a59-4399-95e0-73d9713ac948","title":"Episode 52: What's Up at Entergy? ft. Kimberly Cook-Nelson","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/52","content_text":"Entergy’s Chief Nuclear Officer Kimberly Cook-Nelson stopped by the pod to talk to me about Entergy’s nuclear fleet, her experience working in the nuclear industry, how utilities are changing nuclear comms, and more. ","content_html":"Entergy’s Chief Nuclear Officer Kimberly Cook-Nelson stopped by the pod to talk to me about Entergy’s nuclear fleet, her experience working in the nuclear industry, how utilities are changing nuclear comms, and more.
","summary":"Entergy’s Chief Nuclear Officer Kimberly Cook-Nelson stopped by the pod to talk to me about Entergy’s nuclear fleet, her experience working in the nuclear industry, how utilities plan on changing nuclear comms, and more. ","date_published":"2023-08-08T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/dfd63b58-3a59-4399-95e0-73d9713ac948.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34608815,"duration_in_seconds":2163}]},{"id":"e4438f25-505a-48f2-b2d1-835432d4f63e","title":"Episode 51: Brazil: Energy, Industry, and Politics ft. Juan David Rojas","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/51","content_text":"Juan David Rojas returns to Nuclear Barbarians to talk to me about Brazilian industrial history. We touch on Eletrobas, Petrobras, Brazil’s nuclear energy missteps, and a whole lot more. \n\n“The Center That Will Always Hold: Brazil’s Lost Decades,” by Juan David Rojas, American Affairs","content_html":"Juan David Rojas returns to Nuclear Barbarians to talk to me about Brazilian industrial history. We touch on Eletrobas, Petrobras, Brazil’s nuclear energy missteps, and a whole lot more.
\n\n“The Center That Will Always Hold: Brazil’s Lost Decades,” by Juan David Rojas, American Affairs
","summary":"Juan David Rojas returns to Nuclear Barbarians to talk to me about Brazilian industrial history. We touch on Eletrobas, Petrobras, Brazil’s nuclear energy missteps, and a whole lot more. ","date_published":"2023-07-18T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/e4438f25-505a-48f2-b2d1-835432d4f63e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":61686731,"duration_in_seconds":3855}]},{"id":"9d77149b-dd97-4bac-b7c8-2e0a9a641b50","title":"Episode 50: What's Up With Holtec? Ft. Pat O'Brien","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/50","content_text":"Pat O’Brien, Holtec’s Director of Government Affairs and Communications, sat down with me to talk about his background in nuclear energy, Holtec’s attempts to save the Palisades plant in Michigan, its new SMR design, and more!","content_html":"Pat O’Brien, Holtec’s Director of Government Affairs and Communications, sat down with me to talk about his background in nuclear energy, Holtec’s attempts to save the Palisades plant in Michigan, its new SMR design, and more!
","summary":"Pat O’Brien, Holtec’s Director of Government Affairs and Communications, sat down with me to talk about his background in nuclear energy, Holtec’s attempts to save the Palisades plant in Michigan, its new SMR design, and more!","date_published":"2023-06-15T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/9d77149b-dd97-4bac-b7c8-2e0a9a641b50.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41908046,"duration_in_seconds":2619}]},{"id":"6ca6503b-0a9b-483e-a4ad-acaab73eb9bb","title":"Episode 49: Hot Takes on Cold Fusion ft. Jonah Messinger","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/49","content_text":"Jonah Messinger wrote a thoughtful piece on cold fusion for the Breakthrough Institute. I brought him on to talk about cold fusion, science as a process vs. science as an institution, and more!\n\nFusion Runs Hot And Cold by Jonah Messinger","content_html":"Jonah Messinger wrote a thoughtful piece on cold fusion for the Breakthrough Institute. I brought him on to talk about cold fusion, science as a process vs. science as an institution, and more!
\n\nFusion Runs Hot And Cold by Jonah Messinger
","summary":"Jonah Messinger wrote a thoughtful piece on cold fusion for the Breakthrough Institute. I brought him on to talk about cold fusion, science as a process vs. science as an institution, and more!\r\n\r\nFusion Runs Hot And Cold by Jonah Messinger","date_published":"2023-06-07T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/6ca6503b-0a9b-483e-a4ad-acaab73eb9bb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39374383,"duration_in_seconds":2460}]},{"id":"34e4df1f-c4fa-454b-b540-b39afb210ef7","title":"Episode 48: CANDU Supremacy ft. Dr. Chris Keefer","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/48","content_text":"Dr. Chris Keefer of Decouple came on the pod to talk about Canadians for Nuclear Energy’s new report, The Case for CANDU: Why Ontario's Homegrown Nuclear Technology Is Its Best Option In A Time Of Rising Electricity Demand.\n\nThe Report: https://www.canfornuclearenergy.org/\n\nFollow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_Keefer\n\nCheck Out Decouple: https://www.decouplemedia.org/","content_html":"Dr. Chris Keefer of Decouple came on the pod to talk about Canadians for Nuclear Energy’s new report, The Case for CANDU: Why Ontario's Homegrown Nuclear Technology Is Its Best Option In A Time Of Rising Electricity Demand.
\n\nThe Report: https://www.canfornuclearenergy.org/
\n\nFollow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_Keefer
\n\nCheck Out Decouple: https://www.decouplemedia.org/
","summary":"Dr. Chris Keefer of Decouple came on the pod to talk about Canadians for Nuclear Energy’s new report, The Case for CANDU: Why Ontario's Homegrown Nuclear Technology Is Its Best Option In A Time Of Rising Electricity Demand.\r\n\r\nThe Report: https://www.canfornuclearenergy.org/\r\n\r\nFollow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_Keefer\r\n\r\nCheck Out Decouple: https://www.decouplemedia.org/","date_published":"2023-05-31T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/34e4df1f-c4fa-454b-b540-b39afb210ef7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39766839,"duration_in_seconds":2485}]},{"id":"761b34db-70ca-4db6-acea-ec04b58a6402","title":"Episode 47: Telling Better Energy Stories Ft. Collin McClellan","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/47","content_text":"Collin McClelland of Digital Wildcatters joined me to talk about oil and gas, telling better energy stories, and tons more. This is some of the most fun I’ve had hosting the show—hope you guys like it!\n\nDW Website: \n\nhttps://digitalwildcatters.com/\n\nEQT Documentary: \n\nCollin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fracslap\n\nCollin's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fracslap\n\nCollin's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/collin-mclelland/","content_html":"Collin McClelland of Digital Wildcatters joined me to talk about oil and gas, telling better energy stories, and tons more. This is some of the most fun I’ve had hosting the show—hope you guys like it!
\n\nDW Website:
\n\nhttps://digitalwildcatters.com/
\n\nEQT Documentary:
\n\nCollin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fracslap
\n\nCollin's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fracslap
\n\nCollin's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/collin-mclelland/
","summary":"Collin McClelland of Digital Wildcatters joined me to talk about oil and gas, telling better energy stories, and tons more. This is some of the most fun I’ve had hosting the show—hope you guys like it!","date_published":"2023-05-31T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/761b34db-70ca-4db6-acea-ec04b58a6402.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50534320,"duration_in_seconds":3158}]},{"id":"b64a5c24-4f65-4b68-a991-d3d5157b1edb","title":"Episode 46: Nukes in the Rat Park ft. Jesse Freeston","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/46","content_text":"Cinematographer and documentarian Jesse Freeston joined me to talk about how he got nukepilled, his wonderful videos for Decouple Studios, the rat park, and how nuclear fits into his view of global flourishing. \n\nCheck out Jesse’s videos:\n\nInside the World’s BIGGEST Nuclear Plant (the one that got Ontario off coal): https://youtu.be/DM61idKNWtg\n\nHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Waste: https://youtu.be/jM-b5-uD6jU","content_html":"Cinematographer and documentarian Jesse Freeston joined me to talk about how he got nukepilled, his wonderful videos for Decouple Studios, the rat park, and how nuclear fits into his view of global flourishing.
\n\nCheck out Jesse’s videos:
\n\nInside the World’s BIGGEST Nuclear Plant (the one that got Ontario off coal): https://youtu.be/DM61idKNWtg
\n\nHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Waste: https://youtu.be/jM-b5-uD6jU
","summary":"Cinematographer and documentarian Jesse Freeston joined me to talk about how he got nukepilled, his wonderful videos for Decouple Studios, the rat park, and how nuclear fits into his view of global flourishing. \r\n\r\nCheck out Jesse’s videos:\r\n\r\nInside the World’s BIGGEST Nuclear Plant (the one that got Ontario off coal)\r\n\r\nHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Waste","date_published":"2023-05-16T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/b64a5c24-4f65-4b68-a991-d3d5157b1edb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":59714363,"duration_in_seconds":3732}]},{"id":"330abc71-bda1-42f5-bd75-d6e720e72e15","title":"Episode 45: The Breakthruvian Turn ft. Alex Trembath","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/45","content_text":"Alex Trembath, the Deputy Director of the Breakthrough Institute, joined me to talk about the deep contradictions in environmentalism, climate anxiety, the Jefferson/Hamilton divide, and much more!\n\nSome of Alex’s work.\n\nSupport Breakthrough.\n\nSubscribe to my energy newsletter, Grid Brief.","content_html":"Alex Trembath, the Deputy Director of the Breakthrough Institute, joined me to talk about the deep contradictions in environmentalism, climate anxiety, the Jefferson/Hamilton divide, and much more!
\n\n\n\n\n\nSubscribe to my energy newsletter, Grid Brief.
","summary":"Alex Trembath, the Deputy Director of the Breakthrough Institute, joined me to talk about the deep contradictions in environmentalism, climate anxiety, the Jefferson/Hamilton divide, and much more!","date_published":"2023-05-02T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/330abc71-bda1-42f5-bd75-d6e720e72e15.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":60228453,"duration_in_seconds":3764}]},{"id":"e08ef0dd-3878-4fc5-8c65-c3d28a94a5af","title":"Episode 44: Synthfuels Pt. III ft. Noah Rettberg","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/44","content_text":"Noah Rettberg returns to the pod to talk to me about synthfuels derived from carbon. \n\nWe also want Monster Energy to sponsor us. CALL ME MONSTER.\n\nAnyone else interested in advertising on the podcast can reach me here: emmet@nuclearbarbarians.com.\n\n[Nuclear Now.](nuclearnowfilm.com)\n\nChicagoans! Get your ticket to see Nuclear Now at the Alamo Drafthouse in Wrigleyville on May 1. Say hey if you see me!","content_html":"Noah Rettberg returns to the pod to talk to me about synthfuels derived from carbon.
\n\nWe also want Monster Energy to sponsor us. CALL ME MONSTER.
\n\nAnyone else interested in advertising on the podcast can reach me here: emmet@nuclearbarbarians.com.
\n\n[Nuclear Now.](nuclearnowfilm.com)
\n\n","summary":"Noah Rettberg returns to the pod to talk to me about synthfuels derived from carbon. \r\n\r\nWe also want Monster Energy to sponsor us. CALL ME MONSTER.\r\n\r\nAnyone else interested in advertising on the podcast can reach me here: emmet@nuclearbarbarians.com.\r\n\r\nNuclear Now.\r\n\r\nChicagoans! Get your ticket to see Nuclear Now at the Alamo Drafthouse in Wrigleyville on May 1. Say hey if you see me!","date_published":"2023-04-25T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/e08ef0dd-3878-4fc5-8c65-c3d28a94a5af.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58557865,"duration_in_seconds":3659}]},{"id":"3a6e4988-75d1-4d88-8dd8-b5dfa423bdd2","title":"Episode 43: AMLO and Pemex ft. Juan David Rojas","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/43","content_text":"Juan David Rojas joined me to talk about AMLO, Pemex, and Mexican energy. \n\nAMLO and Mexico’s Fourth Transformation by Juan David Rojas: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/11/amlo-and-mexicos-fourth-transformation/ \n\nFollow Juan: https://twitter.com/rojasrjuand\n\nSubscribe to my energy newsletter: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe","content_html":"Juan David Rojas joined me to talk about AMLO, Pemex, and Mexican energy.
\n\nAMLO and Mexico’s Fourth Transformation by Juan David Rojas: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/11/amlo-and-mexicos-fourth-transformation/
\n\nFollow Juan: https://twitter.com/rojasrjuand
\n\nSubscribe to my energy newsletter: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"Juan David Rojas joined me to talk about AMLO, Pemex, and Mexican energy. \r\n","date_published":"2023-04-18T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/3a6e4988-75d1-4d88-8dd8-b5dfa423bdd2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39695764,"duration_in_seconds":2480}]},{"id":"9c82cd25-cc3b-46d7-ac90-43bc8b1b41d8","title":"Episode 42: Texas Nuclear and Hopeful Vibes ft. Grant Dever","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/42","content_text":"Grant Dever, one of the brightest whippersnappers in the whole Lone Star state, joined me to talk about nuclear in Texas, but then the conversation ranged all over the place with a long meditation on hope.\n\nTexas Should Continue to Lead in Nuclear Power by Grant Dever\n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief.\n\nCheck out Nuclear Now!","content_html":"Grant Dever, one of the brightest whippersnappers in the whole Lone Star state, joined me to talk about nuclear in Texas, but then the conversation ranged all over the place with a long meditation on hope.
\n\nTexas Should Continue to Lead in Nuclear Power by Grant Dever
\n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief.
\n\nCheck out Nuclear Now!
","summary":"Grant Dever, one of the brightest whippersnappers in the whole Lone Star state, joined me to talk about nuclear in Texas, but then the conversation ranged all over the place with a long meditation on hope.\r\n\r\nTexas Should Continue to Lead in Nuclear Power by Grant Dever\r\n\r\nSubscribe to Grid Brief.\r\n\r\nCheck out Nuclear Now!","date_published":"2023-04-10T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/9c82cd25-cc3b-46d7-ac90-43bc8b1b41d8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44611833,"duration_in_seconds":2788}]},{"id":"7ac36f22-0526-42e2-941c-4a7dfe795efc","title":"Episode 41: What Now? ft. Ortiz-Wines","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/41","content_text":"My good friend and all around nuclear energy badass Paris Ortiz-Wines of Stand Up for Nuclear swung by to talk about what’s changed in the nuclear narrative and what we can and should do about it. It ended up being on a far-ranging discussion about fear, hope, and how people change their minds. \n\nHow can advocates amplify global shifts in the nuclear energy narrative? by Paris Ortiz-Wines\n\nCheck out my daily energy newsletter.","content_html":"My good friend and all around nuclear energy badass Paris Ortiz-Wines of Stand Up for Nuclear swung by to talk about what’s changed in the nuclear narrative and what we can and should do about it. It ended up being on a far-ranging discussion about fear, hope, and how people change their minds.
\n\nHow can advocates amplify global shifts in the nuclear energy narrative? by Paris Ortiz-Wines
\n\nCheck out my daily energy newsletter.
","summary":"My good friend and all around nuclear energy badass Paris Ortiz-Wines of Stand Up for Nuclear swung by to talk about what’s changed in the nuclear narrative and what we can and should do about it. It ended up being on a far-ranging discussion about fear, hope, and how people change their minds. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","date_published":"2023-04-03T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/7ac36f22-0526-42e2-941c-4a7dfe795efc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47436385,"duration_in_seconds":2964}]},{"id":"15ac1c87-0561-4bea-8857-c50775ec9b75","title":"Episode 40: Come On! Feel the Illinoize!","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/40","content_text":"Alan Medsker, the one man nuclear revolution in Illinois, joined me to talk about convincing politicians in the Prairie state to protects its nuclear plants and repeal its moratorium. \n\nRead about Alan’s efforts to bring pro-nuclearism to the Episcopal Church.\n\nSubscribe to my daily energy newsletter. ","content_html":"Alan Medsker, the one man nuclear revolution in Illinois, joined me to talk about convincing politicians in the Prairie state to protects its nuclear plants and repeal its moratorium.
\n\nRead about Alan’s efforts to bring pro-nuclearism to the Episcopal Church.
\n\nSubscribe to my daily energy newsletter.
","summary":"Alan Medsker, the one man nuclear revolution in Illinois, joined me to talk about convincing politicians in the Prairie state to protects its nuclear plants and repeal its moratorium. ","date_published":"2023-03-20T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/15ac1c87-0561-4bea-8857-c50775ec9b75.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":71091635,"duration_in_seconds":4443}]},{"id":"241e15e2-9114-43c2-9695-c750e6797fca","title":"Episode 39: Feedstockland ft. Darius Mortazavi","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/39","content_text":"Darius Mortazavi of the new chemical engineering Substack, Feedstockland, joined me to talk about the industrial chemical processes, the newsletter game, industry comms, energy realities, and more!\n\n“Visible Emissions and Invisible Problems” by Darius Mortazavi\n\n“Casino, Chemicals, and Kinetics!” by Darius Mortazavi\n\nCheck out his other newsletter, The Column. \n\nSubscribe to my daily energy newsletter, Grid Brief. ","content_html":"Darius Mortazavi of the new chemical engineering Substack, Feedstockland, joined me to talk about the industrial chemical processes, the newsletter game, industry comms, energy realities, and more!
\n\n“Visible Emissions and Invisible Problems” by Darius Mortazavi
\n\n“Casino, Chemicals, and Kinetics!” by Darius Mortazavi
\n\nCheck out his other newsletter, The Column.
\n\nSubscribe to my daily energy newsletter, Grid Brief.
","summary":"Darius Mortazavi of the new chemical engineering Substack, Feedstockland, joined me to talk about the industrial chemical processes, the newsletter game, industry comms, energy realities, and more!","date_published":"2023-03-12T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/241e15e2-9114-43c2-9695-c750e6797fca.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":37896888,"duration_in_seconds":2368}]},{"id":"894c3fea-74bf-4774-bbbd-6449599ad9c3","title":"Episode 38: Wind and Other Woes ft. Doomberg","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/38","content_text":"Doomberg, one of the best and most popular Substackers in the world, joined me to talk about the problems besetting the so-called energy transition, political decadence, and our quantum-pilled energy future.\n\nThar She Blows by Doomberg: https://doomberg.substack.com/p/thar-she-blows\n\nThe Streisand Effect by Doomberg: https://doomberg.substack.com/p/the-streisand-effect\n\nSubscribe to my daily energy newsletter, Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe","content_html":"Doomberg, one of the best and most popular Substackers in the world, joined me to talk about the problems besetting the so-called energy transition, political decadence, and our quantum-pilled energy future.
\n\nThar She Blows by Doomberg: https://doomberg.substack.com/p/thar-she-blows
\n\nThe Streisand Effect by Doomberg: https://doomberg.substack.com/p/the-streisand-effect
\n\nSubscribe to my daily energy newsletter, Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"Doomberg, one of the best and most popular Substackers in the world, joined me to talk about the problems besetting the so-called energy transition, political decadence, and our quantum-pilled energy future.","date_published":"2023-03-01T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/894c3fea-74bf-4774-bbbd-6449599ad9c3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34817843,"duration_in_seconds":2877}]},{"id":"a4e9d4fb-e91c-4238-8236-f60b1e6bdc93","title":"Episode 37: Who Lost GE? ft. William Cohan","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/37","content_text":"Author and journalist William D. Cohan joined me to talk about his new book on the rise and fall of General Electric—Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon. \n\nGet the book: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Failure-Rise-Fall-American/dp/0593084160/ref=sr_1_1\n\nFollow William on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WilliamCohan\n\nCheck out Puck News: https://puck.news/\n\nSubscribe to my energy newsletter, Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe","content_html":"Author and journalist William D. Cohan joined me to talk about his new book on the rise and fall of General Electric—Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon.
\n\nGet the book: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Failure-Rise-Fall-American/dp/0593084160/ref=sr_1_1
\n\nFollow William on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WilliamCohan
\n\nCheck out Puck News: https://puck.news/
\n\nSubscribe to my energy newsletter, Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"Author and journalist William D. Cohan joined me to talk about his new book on the rise and fall of General Electric—Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon. ","date_published":"2023-02-21T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/a4e9d4fb-e91c-4238-8236-f60b1e6bdc93.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34910869,"duration_in_seconds":3203}]},{"id":"e2f3ce8a-76b1-47ce-ae22-f70462db42fc","title":"Episode 36: There's Climate Science and Then There's \"Climate Science\"","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/36","content_text":"The climate scientist Roger Pielke Jr. joined me to talk about the origins of the 1.5c warming goals, its strange origins, and the troubled relationship between science, expertise, and politics.\n\nCheck out Roger’s Substack.\n\nCheck out his book.\n\nSubscribe to my energy newsletter.\n\nArticles Discussed:\nhttps://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/book-review-fossil-future\nhttps://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-15-degree-temperature-target\nhttps://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-two-degree-temperature-target","content_html":"The climate scientist Roger Pielke Jr. joined me to talk about the origins of the 1.5c warming goals, its strange origins, and the troubled relationship between science, expertise, and politics.
\n\nCheck out Roger’s Substack.
\n\nCheck out his book.
\n\nSubscribe to my energy newsletter.
\n\nArticles Discussed:
\nhttps://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/book-review-fossil-future
\nhttps://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-15-degree-temperature-target
\nhttps://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-two-degree-temperature-target
Former electric lineman and all around transmission and distribution expert [Bryce Johanneck](twitter.com/brycejohanneck) joined me to talk about some grid fundamentals that everyone, including me, overlooks.
\n\nSubscribe to my energy newsletter: gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"Former electric lineman and all around transmission and distribution expert Bryce Johanneck joined me to talk about some grid fundamentals that everyone, including me, overlooks.\r\n\r\nSubscribe to my energy newsletter: gridbrief.com/subscribe","date_published":"2023-02-07T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/5d1ec881-94aa-4062-b397-1a3a1c7d022d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26121105,"duration_in_seconds":2553}]},{"id":"f7abb352-4e81-4b8b-ba78-742f5d7f0319","title":"Episode 34: How to Fight ESG ft. Julius Krein ","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/34","content_text":"Julius Krein, the editor of American Affairs, sat down to talk with me about the origins of ESG and how to fight it. \n\nHere's Julius's piece in Compact: https://www.compactmag.com/article/why-the-right-can-t-beat-esg\n\nFollow Julius on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JuliusKrein\n\nSubscribe to American Affairs: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/\n\nCheck out my newsletter: https://www.gridbrief.com/","content_html":"Julius Krein, the editor of American Affairs, sat down to talk with me about the origins of ESG and how to fight it.
\n\nHere's Julius's piece in Compact: https://www.compactmag.com/article/why-the-right-can-t-beat-esg
\n\nFollow Julius on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JuliusKrein
\n\nSubscribe to American Affairs: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/
\n\nCheck out my newsletter: https://www.gridbrief.com/
","summary":"Julius Krein, the editor of American Affairs, sat down to talk with me about the origins of ESG and how to fight it. ","date_published":"2023-01-31T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/f7abb352-4e81-4b8b-ba78-742f5d7f0319.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31029262,"duration_in_seconds":2490}]},{"id":"86ad79e8-3935-47d2-880d-23dbe8c3bf62","title":"Episode 33: Why Save Pickering Is Popping Off ft. Dr. Chris Keefer","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/33","content_text":"Dr. Chris Keefer swung by to talk about all his big moves in Canada and why the Save Pickering campaign is popping off. \n\nCheck out the Save Pickering campaign: https://www.canfornuclearenergy.org/save-pickering\n\nThe Decouple: https://www.decouplemedia.org/\n\nFollow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_Keefer","content_html":"Dr. Chris Keefer swung by to talk about all his big moves in Canada and why the Save Pickering campaign is popping off.
\n\nCheck out the Save Pickering campaign: https://www.canfornuclearenergy.org/save-pickering
\n\nThe Decouple: https://www.decouplemedia.org/
\n\nFollow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_Keefer
","summary":"Dr. Chris Keefer swung by to talk about all his big moves in Canada and why the Save Pickering campaign is popping off. ","date_published":"2022-11-05T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/86ad79e8-3935-47d2-880d-23dbe8c3bf62.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45492888,"duration_in_seconds":2843}]},{"id":"8d107e3c-7548-44a9-a344-4e16a3936c0a","title":"Episode 32: Nuclear Austria ft. Dominic Wipplinger","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/32","content_text":"Austrian nuclear advocate Dominic Wipplinger joined me to talk about how nuclear support has changed, and what got him interested in nuclear. And he gives me an education in Austrian nuclear history. I learned a lot and I hope you do too!\n\nHere's Dominic's info:\n\nYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NukerKernundEnergietechnik\nLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-wipplinger-682868234/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/55966637310/user/525989865\n\nNuklearia:\nhttps://nuklearia.de/\nDiscord: https://discord.gg/kGvXB9q\n Our regular meetup, at the 13th and the last Thursday of each month, 20:00 CET takes place in this channel: https://discord.gg/vF2HQZ9r\nTwitter: @Nuklearia\nYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Nuklearia\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nuklearia\nLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nuklearia/\n\nAustrian Nuclear Society:\nhttp://www.oektg.at/\nYoung generation facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/55966637310","content_html":"Austrian nuclear advocate Dominic Wipplinger joined me to talk about how nuclear support has changed, and what got him interested in nuclear. And he gives me an education in Austrian nuclear history. I learned a lot and I hope you do too!
\n\nHere's Dominic's info:
\n\nYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NukerKernundEnergietechnik
\nLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-wipplinger-682868234/
\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/55966637310/user/525989865
Nuklearia:
\nhttps://nuklearia.de/
\nDiscord: https://discord.gg/kGvXB9q
\n Our regular meetup, at the 13th and the last Thursday of each month, 20:00 CET takes place in this channel: https://discord.gg/vF2HQZ9r
\nTwitter: @Nuklearia
\nYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Nuklearia
\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nuklearia
\nLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nuklearia/
Austrian Nuclear Society:
\nhttp://www.oektg.at/
\nYoung generation facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/55966637310
Noah Rettberg joins me again to talk about synth fuels. This time we go into hydrogen production and a whole bunch more. I love having Noah on as I always learn a ton.
\n\nFollow him on twitter:
\nhttps://twitter.com/NoahRettberg
Phil Ord, who's been advocating for nuclear for way longer than I have, joined me to talk about how he became a "nukebro." We also talk about climate change, renewable propaganda, and how the nuclear movement has grown since Phil got into it.
\n\nNote: we recorded this a week before Diablo Canyon was saved.
\n\nCheck out Phil's stuff:
\nhttps://twitter.com/FissionPhil
\nhttps://www.americansfornuclearenergy.org/
\nhttps://open.spotify.com/show/2MIcIJ7YeqvulnAcW6yOLR?si=Eg0ECF6qSXaVuvMoA6lSiQ&nd=1
\nhttps://twitter.com/Americans4Nukes
\nhttps://www.facebook.com/americans.for.nuclear.energy/
Noah Rettberg joined me to talk about synthetic fuels. I learned a ton--and there's so much more to learn we're going to do a follow-up!
\n\nFollow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoahRettberg
\n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"Noah Rettberg joined me to talk about synthetic fuels. I learned a ton--and there's so much more to learn we're going to do a follow up!","date_published":"2022-07-01T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/b43eff5d-1c8c-4628-818f-d0f3e4d0446f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36602045,"duration_in_seconds":2287}]},{"id":"ac3f450e-d57d-4fc8-8e8b-e6033e4ebe2d","title":"Episode 28: Door-to-Door Nukepilling ft. Amelia Tiemann","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/28","content_text":"Nuclear advocate, UC Davis grad student, environmentalist, and barbell squatter Amelia Tiemann joined me to talk about convincing people of nuclear, the Beautiful Nuclear Report, and more!\n\nCheck her out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiemannAmelia\n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: gridbrief.com/subscribe","content_html":"Nuclear advocate, UC Davis grad student, environmentalist, and barbell squatter Amelia Tiemann joined me to talk about convincing people of nuclear, the Beautiful Nuclear Report, and more!
\n\nCheck her out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiemannAmelia
\n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"Nuclear advocate, UC Davis grad student, environmentalist, and barbell squatter Amelia Tiemann joined me to talk about convincing people of nuclear, the Beautiful Nuclear Report, and more!\r\n\r\nCheck her out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiemannAmelia\r\n\r\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: gridbrief.com/subscribe","date_published":"2022-06-16T23:15:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/ac3f450e-d57d-4fc8-8e8b-e6033e4ebe2d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31518840,"duration_in_seconds":1969}]},{"id":"b6f0a3da-699a-4206-aa04-c9356757e6e3","title":"Episode 27: Why *Won't* Australia Build Nuclear? ft. James Fleay","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/27","content_text":"My friend James Fleay, founder of Down Under Nuclear Energy (DUNE), joined me to talk about what's stopping Australia from building nuclear. We talk about the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, electricity spot market, economic complexity, human capital, Australian economic history, and more! \n\nDetailed description of how the anti-nuclear legislation was snuck in under cover of darkness in Australia: https://www.brightnewworld.org/media/2018/10/18/history-of-australias-nuclear-prohibition-5ceab \n\nInterested listeners can email DUNE at: info@downundernuclearenergy.com.au \n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe","content_html":"My friend James Fleay, founder of Down Under Nuclear Energy (DUNE), joined me to talk about what's stopping Australia from building nuclear. We talk about the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, electricity spot market, economic complexity, human capital, Australian economic history, and more!
\n\nDetailed description of how the anti-nuclear legislation was snuck in under cover of darkness in Australia: https://www.brightnewworld.org/media/2018/10/18/history-of-australias-nuclear-prohibition-5ceab
\n\nInterested listeners can email DUNE at: info@downundernuclearenergy.com.au
\n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"My friend James Fleay, founder of Down Under Nuclear Energy (DUNE), joined me to talk about what's stopping Australia from building nuclear. We talk about the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, electricity spot market, economic complexity, human capital, Australian economic history, and more! ","date_published":"2022-05-19T23:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/b6f0a3da-699a-4206-aa04-c9356757e6e3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":37233604,"duration_in_seconds":2327}]},{"id":"c4c79d89-842f-4c27-9f60-7309b31eb822","title":"Episode 26: Fire2Fission pt. II ft. Mark Hinaman","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/26","content_text":"Mark Hinaman joined me again to talk about his vision for the Fire2Fission fund, nuclear regulation, the value of human capital, what the fossil fuel and nuclear industries can do better, and more!\n\nCheck out his blog: https://fire2fission.com/2022/03/19/fire2fission-a-fund/\nFollow Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkHinaman\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://twitter.com/GridBrief","content_html":"Mark Hinaman joined me again to talk about his vision for the Fire2Fission fund, nuclear regulation, the value of human capital, what the fossil fuel and nuclear industries can do better, and more!
\n\nCheck out his blog: https://fire2fission.com/2022/03/19/fire2fission-a-fund/
\nFollow Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkHinaman
\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://twitter.com/GridBrief
Dr. Chris Keefer, the host of the Decouple podcast, stopped by to update me on the incredible progress being made in Canada for nuclear energy.
\n\nhttps://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"Dr. Chris Keefer, the host of the Decouple podcast, stopped by to update me on the incredible progress being made in Canada for nuclear energy. ","date_published":"2022-04-28T23:45:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/6458a6f8-fe0d-4b7b-80c1-40a1aaaec26c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28545886,"duration_in_seconds":1784}]},{"id":"6fc922dc-5f1a-41ac-a21e-74bedc4ec688","title":"Episode 24: From Solar King to Nuclear Barbarian ft. Brian Gitt","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/24","content_text":"Brian Gitt was once a true Amory Lovins all-renewables believer. But then, as he spent time in the industry, things stopped adding up. We talk about his journey towards the radiant light of nuclear and what renewables advocates leave out when they make their case.\n\nFollow Brian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianGitt\nCheck out his website: https://briangitt.com/\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe","content_html":"Brian Gitt was once a true Amory Lovins all-renewables believer. But then, as he spent time in the industry, things stopped adding up. We talk about his journey towards the radiant light of nuclear and what renewables advocates leave out when they make their case.
\n\nFollow Brian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianGitt
\nCheck out his website: https://briangitt.com/
\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
Mark Hinaman, who grew up in an oil and gas family and found great success in fracking, is now turning towards nuclear for a vision of the future.
\n\nIn this first episode in a two-parter, Mark and I dove into his background, what nuclear can learn from O&G, realistic energy transitions, and so much more. I absolutely loved talking to him and am looking forward to part 2.
\n\nCheck out Mark's work: https://fire2fission.com/2022/03/19/fire2fission-a-fund/
\nReach him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhinaman
Jenifer Avellaneda is one of my favorite new Twitter follows. She's a young Nuclear Risk Analyst for Westinghouse whose been passionate about nuclear since she was a kid and who does a great job of communicating nuclear safety to the public. We had a fun chat about her background and our mutual love of nuclear.
\n\nFollow Jenifer: https://twitter.com/NuclearHazelnut
\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
Wiliam Davison of Crisis Group joined me to talk about GERD. It's a hugely informative episode about the hurdles developing countries face in scaling up the energy ladder.
\n\nRead more about it here:
\n\nShock death intensifies dam debate: was Abiy pessimistic or realistic about GERD? https://medium.com/@wdavison10/shock-death-intensifies-dam-debate-was-abiy-pessimistic-or-realistic-about-gerd-d306a98686fe
\n\nNile Dam Talks: Unlocking a Dangerous Stalemate https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-africa/ethiopia/nile-dam-talks-unlocking-dangerous-stalemate
\n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"Wiliam Davison of Crisis Group joined me to talk about GERD. It's a hugely informative episode about the hurdles developing countries face in scaling up the energy ladder. ","date_published":"2022-03-31T23:45:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/993b9530-2d0e-4a03-850e-8e96e729b7d5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47533743,"duration_in_seconds":2970}]},{"id":"00ef4dbc-4db9-4284-a34b-5d7123f17cc5","title":"Episode 20: Fossil to Fission ft. Madi Hilly","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/20","content_text":"Madi Hilly of the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal joined me to talk about her organization's latest report on repowering retiring coal plants with nuclear reactors. We talk about giving energy communities a chance to choose their future, preserving American industrial ability, obstacles to repowering, and much more. \n\nRead the report: https://gndcampaign.org/repowering-coal \n\nFollow Madi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MadiHilly \n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe","content_html":"Madi Hilly of the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal joined me to talk about her organization's latest report on repowering retiring coal plants with nuclear reactors. We talk about giving energy communities a chance to choose their future, preserving American industrial ability, obstacles to repowering, and much more.
\n\nRead the report: https://gndcampaign.org/repowering-coal
\n\nFollow Madi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MadiHilly
\n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"Madi Hilly of the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal joined me to talk about her organization's latest report on repowering retiring coal plants with nuclear reactors. We talk about giving energy communities a chance to choose their future, preserving American industrial ability, obstacles to repowering, and much more. ","date_published":"2022-03-10T23:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/00ef4dbc-4db9-4284-a34b-5d7123f17cc5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25396534,"duration_in_seconds":1587}]},{"id":"827a068a-b2e0-41ed-8f63-94e19133f48a","title":"Episode 19: Who's at the Wheel? ft. Robert Bryce","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/19","content_text":"Return guest Robert Bryce joined me to talk about the NRC’s decision to rescind its license extension to Turkey Point in Florida. The conversation then turns to the dismal state of current energy policy, Biden’s State of the Union, the problem with how most people (especially those in the media) think about energy, what we can do about it, and some of my weird theories about how the internet has deeply changed our polity\n\nRead Robert’s piece on the Turkey Point situation: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2022/02/28/nrc-rescinds-license-extensions-creates-more-uncertainty-for-investment-in-nuclear-sector/?sh=2ff439262e55\n\nFollow Robert on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pwrhungry\n\nBuy his book: https://www.amazon.com/Question-Power-Electricity-Wealth-Nations/dp/1610397495/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3QA7TJC0QTXBM&keywords=robert+bryce&qid=1646363158&sprefix=robert+bryce%2Caps%2C133&sr=8-1\n\nWatch his movie: https://www.amazon.com/Juice-How-Electricity-Explains-World/dp/B088N9SBC8/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2Y5ZRK58Y7TMG&keywords=the+juice%2C+documentary&qid=1646363193&sprefix=the+juice%2C+documentary%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-4","content_html":"Return guest Robert Bryce joined me to talk about the NRC’s decision to rescind its license extension to Turkey Point in Florida. The conversation then turns to the dismal state of current energy policy, Biden’s State of the Union, the problem with how most people (especially those in the media) think about energy, what we can do about it, and some of my weird theories about how the internet has deeply changed our polity
\n\nRead Robert’s piece on the Turkey Point situation: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2022/02/28/nrc-rescinds-license-extensions-creates-more-uncertainty-for-investment-in-nuclear-sector/?sh=2ff439262e55
\n\nFollow Robert on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pwrhungry
\n\n\n\n","summary":"Return guest Robert Bryce joined me to talk about the NRC’s decision to rescind its license extension to Turkey Point in Florida. The conversation then turns to the dismal state of current energy policy, Biden’s State of the Union, the problem with how most people (especially those in the media) think about energy, what we can do about it, and some of my weird theories about how the internet has deeply changed our polity","date_published":"2022-03-03T23:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/827a068a-b2e0-41ed-8f63-94e19133f48a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":37493109,"duration_in_seconds":2343}]},{"id":"71506dfa-44c1-4d11-a7fd-0bcd04a7cfb1","title":"Episode 18: Africa4Nuclear ft. Princy Mthombeni","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/18","content_text":"Princy Mthombeni from Africa4Nuclear sat down with me to talk about how she ended up becoming such an amazing advocate for nuclear, the obstacles to building nuclear in Africa, overcoming energy poverty, and more! \nCheck out her youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQZmA_Zryw077ModGyDEKpw Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Princymthombeni","content_html":"Princy Mthombeni from Africa4Nuclear sat down with me to talk about how she ended up becoming such an amazing advocate for nuclear, the obstacles to building nuclear in Africa, overcoming energy poverty, and more!
\nCheck out her youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQZmA_Zryw077ModGyDEKpw Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Princymthombeni
DJ LeClear, The Rad Guy, sits down to talk to me about working in radiation safety, how he became a nuclear advocate, how he changed his mind on climate, what it means to be an advocate, and more!
\n\nFollow The Rad Guy:
\nwww.youtube.com/channel/UCNRNPA4-VzJiNVOHEmLSEAg
\nwww.instagram.com/theradguyglows/?hl=en
\nwww.tiktok.com/@theradguyglows?lang=en
\ntwitter.com/ThatRadGuy5
\nwww.patreon.com/join/TheRadGuy?
\nrads-glowing-apparel.creator-spring.com/
Subscribe to my newsletter to get curated energy news and analysis in your inbox: www.gridbrief.com/subscribe
","summary":"DJ LeClear, The Rad Guy, sits down to talk to me about working in radiation safety, how he became a nuclear advocate, how he changed his mind on climate, what it means to be an advocate, and more!","date_published":"2022-02-10T23:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/960396f3-c301-400a-8f26-12ac65c5c795.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36913400,"duration_in_seconds":2307}]},{"id":"56afa5c6-7d8e-4ab0-b645-bbb0ecf343ac","title":"Episode 16: Nuclear's New Italian Attorney ft. Luca Romano","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/16","content_text":"Italian nuclear advocate Luca Romano joins me to talk about the history of Italian nuclear, how he's amassed such an impressive pro-nuclear following, the great news of the EU's new green taxonomy, and more!\n\nSupport Luca's work!\n\nPatreon: https://patreon.com/nicodaemon\nFacebook: https://facebook.com/AvvocatoAtomico\nInstagram: https://instagram.com/avvocatoatomico/\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/AvvocatoAtomico\nTwitch: https://twitch.tv/avvocatoatomico\nYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeieWsvQm00yw4GzBNLzJPw\nTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avvocatodellatomo?lang=en","content_html":"Italian nuclear advocate Luca Romano joins me to talk about the history of Italian nuclear, how he's amassed such an impressive pro-nuclear following, the great news of the EU's new green taxonomy, and more!
\n\nSupport Luca's work!
\n\nPatreon: https://patreon.com/nicodaemon
\nFacebook: https://facebook.com/AvvocatoAtomico
\nInstagram: https://instagram.com/avvocatoatomico/
\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/AvvocatoAtomico
\nTwitch: https://twitch.tv/avvocatoatomico
\nYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeieWsvQm00yw4GzBNLzJPw
\nTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avvocatodellatomo?lang=en
Isaac Orr of the Center of the American Experiment returns to talk about his latest article on MISO's potential for cold weather blackouts this winter. We dive into what's happening with solar in Minnesota, grid unreliability, coal, how wind turbines can be net consumers of energy in cold weather, phony environmental justice language, and more.
\n\nCheck out Isaac's article here: https://www.americanexperiment.org/magazine/article/below-zero-blackouts
","summary":"Isaac Orr returns to talk about his latest article on MISO's potential for cold weather blackouts this winter. We dive into what's happening with solar in Minnesota, grid unreliability, coal, how wind turbines can be net consumers of energy in cold weather, phony environmental justice language, and more. ","date_published":"2022-01-26T23:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/a99e3a91-91fe-48e1-a7df-bfe18e49061a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":42211450,"duration_in_seconds":2638}]},{"id":"df3e0d1a-ba1f-4860-916f-63e346b4919a","title":"Episode 14: Save Pickering! ft. Edgardo Sepulveda","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/14","content_text":"Emmet chats with Edgardo Sepulveda to discuss some of the history of public power in Canada and the US in the context of trying to save the publicly-owned Pickering Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) from being shut down in 2025 in his home province of Ontario, Canada. This episode is a type of follow-up to Emmet and Edgardo’s first episode “A Brief History of the American Electricity Grid From the 1920s to Closure of Indian Point” in June 2021 (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/41).\n\nEdgardo discusses how Progressive Era organizers and politicians pushed back against private monopolies on both sides of the border and how in Ontario they succeeded by establishing in 1906 what would become for a while the largest publicly-owned integrated power system in the world. In the US the “Ontario experiment” would become a rallying cry for many reformers, including FDR that would use it as model for the NY Power Agency (NYPA) and the New Deal’s Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Rural Electrification Administration (REA).\nFast-forward, and public nuclear power accounts for more than 60% for Ontario’s electricity. But the public company has decided not to refurbish and extend the life of Pickering’s 6 reactors, accounting for a whopping 17.5% of total generation. To be replaced by what? You guessed it: increased gas generation.\n\nCheck out Edgardo’s analysis of how the refurbishment of Pickering is the least-cost climate-friendly option: https://edecarb.org/analysis/ontario-ix\nFor a historical overview of public ownership in the first 40 years of the 20th century, check out Mark Sholdice’s “The Ontario Experiment: Hydroelectricity, Public Ownership, and Transnational Progressivism, 1906-1939” https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/15239\nIf you want to find out more about the effort to Save Pickering, this is the site: http://savepickering.ca/ and here are the Twitter (@NuclearSave) and Facebook (@savepickering)\n\nEdgardo tweets at @E_R_Sepulveda. Also, check out his “Profiles in Decarbonization” site (www.edecarb.org) where he analyses the electricity price and emissions performance of 30 high-income countries over the last 50 years.","content_html":"Emmet chats with Edgardo Sepulveda to discuss some of the history of public power in Canada and the US in the context of trying to save the publicly-owned Pickering Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) from being shut down in 2025 in his home province of Ontario, Canada. This episode is a type of follow-up to Emmet and Edgardo’s first episode “A Brief History of the American Electricity Grid From the 1920s to Closure of Indian Point” in June 2021 (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/41).
\n\nEdgardo discusses how Progressive Era organizers and politicians pushed back against private monopolies on both sides of the border and how in Ontario they succeeded by establishing in 1906 what would become for a while the largest publicly-owned integrated power system in the world. In the US the “Ontario experiment” would become a rallying cry for many reformers, including FDR that would use it as model for the NY Power Agency (NYPA) and the New Deal’s Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Rural Electrification Administration (REA).
\nFast-forward, and public nuclear power accounts for more than 60% for Ontario’s electricity. But the public company has decided not to refurbish and extend the life of Pickering’s 6 reactors, accounting for a whopping 17.5% of total generation. To be replaced by what? You guessed it: increased gas generation.
Check out Edgardo’s analysis of how the refurbishment of Pickering is the least-cost climate-friendly option: https://edecarb.org/analysis/ontario-ix
\nFor a historical overview of public ownership in the first 40 years of the 20th century, check out Mark Sholdice’s “The Ontario Experiment: Hydroelectricity, Public Ownership, and Transnational Progressivism, 1906-1939” https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/15239
\nIf you want to find out more about the effort to Save Pickering, this is the site: http://savepickering.ca/ and here are the Twitter (@NuclearSave) and Facebook (@savepickering)
Edgardo tweets at @E_R_Sepulveda. Also, check out his “Profiles in Decarbonization” site (www.edecarb.org) where he analyses the electricity price and emissions performance of 30 high-income countries over the last 50 years.
","summary":"Emmet chats with Edgardo Sepulveda to discuss some of the history of public power in Canada and the US in the context of trying to save the publicly-owned Pickering Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) from being shut down in 2025 in his home province of Ontario, Canada. This episode is a type of follow-up to Emmet and Edgardo’s first episode “A Brief History of the American Electricity Grid From the 1920s to Closure of Indian Point” in June 2021 (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/41).","date_published":"2022-01-19T23:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/df3e0d1a-ba1f-4860-916f-63e346b4919a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":54507392,"duration_in_seconds":3406}]},{"id":"0a0c8c4c-363e-409b-aa9b-6eb391d6da0d","title":"Episode 13: Advancing Nuclear ft. Rod Adams","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/13","content_text":"The legendary Rod Adams (@atomicrod) of Atomic Insights and Nucleation Capital joined me to talk about his time as a Navy nuke, changes in nuclear, what advanced nuclear is all about, and more!","content_html":"The legendary Rod Adams (@atomicrod) of Atomic Insights and Nucleation Capital joined me to talk about his time as a Navy nuke, changes in nuclear, what advanced nuclear is all about, and more!
","summary":"The legendary Rod Adams (@atomicrod) of Atomic Insights and Nucleation Capital joined me to talk about his time as a Navy nuke, changes in nuclear, what advanced nuclear is all about, and more!","date_published":"2022-01-12T23:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/0a0c8c4c-363e-409b-aa9b-6eb391d6da0d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57436867,"duration_in_seconds":3589}]},{"id":"3aa5bf29-5079-4da2-896b-cf00bf1d3bae","title":"Episode 12: Preserving Nuclear History ft. Nick Touran","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/12","content_text":"Nick Touran, creator of whatisnuclear.com, joins me to talk about stewarding our nuclear past and learning from our engineering forefathers. Nick’s a great guy and I’ve learned a lot from his work. We had a fun time chatting and I encourage everyone to consult his website for valuable information about the development of nuclear energy in America.","content_html":"Nick Touran, creator of whatisnuclear.com, joins me to talk about stewarding our nuclear past and learning from our engineering forefathers. Nick’s a great guy and I’ve learned a lot from his work. We had a fun time chatting and I encourage everyone to consult his website for valuable information about the development of nuclear energy in America.
","summary":"Nick Touran, creator of whatisnuclear.com, joins me to talk about stewarding our nuclear past and learning from our engineering forefathers. Nick’s a great guy and I’ve learned a lot from his work. We had a fun time chatting and I encourage everyone to consult his website for valuable information about the development of nuclear energy in America.","date_published":"2022-01-06T04:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/3aa5bf29-5079-4da2-896b-cf00bf1d3bae.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35750637,"duration_in_seconds":2234}]},{"id":"5a9db1be-c211-494c-a877-c86a6494d608","title":"Episode 11: The Nuclear Titan Himself ft. Bret Kugelmass","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/11","content_text":"Host of the famous Titans of Nuclear podcast and Managing Director of the Energy Impact Center, Bret Kugelmass joined me to talk about his background, the corruption of the American utility industry, nuclear deadlocks, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regulation, and more!\n\nCheck out Bret's podcast: https://www.titansofnuclear.com/\nSubscribe to my Substack: https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/","content_html":"Host of the famous Titans of Nuclear podcast and Managing Director of the Energy Impact Center, Bret Kugelmass joined me to talk about his background, the corruption of the American utility industry, nuclear deadlocks, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regulation, and more!
\n\nCheck out Bret's podcast: https://www.titansofnuclear.com/
\nSubscribe to my Substack: https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/
Pronuclear zoomer Aidan Swanson came on the pod to talk to me about how he got into nuclear, his research on RTOs and natural gas, the posi/doomer divide amongst his generation, and more!
\n\nFollow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MemdeeCapital
\n\nSubscribe to my Substack: https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/
\nFollow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nukebarbarian
King of the energy analysts Mark Nelson swings by to talk about COP 26, his visit to Ghana, the energy crisis and how it's changing minds about nuclear.
\n\nFollow Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/energybants
\n\nFollow me on Substack: https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/
\nFollow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nukebarbarian
I got to speak with Heather Hoff, an employee at Diablo Canyon and founder of Mothers for Nuclear. This one was a big deal for me—I really admire Heather and all the work that she does. We talked about how Heather came to work at Diablo, how she overcame her fears of nuclear and became one of its fiercest advocates. We also talked about the amazing march to save Diablo that took place over the weekend.
\n\nHeather's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Heather_mom4nuk
\n\nMothers for Nuclear: https://www.mothersfornuclear.org/
\n\nSubscribe to my Substack: https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/
","summary":"I got to speak with Heather Hoff, an employee at Diablo Canyon and founder of Mothers for Nuclear. This one was a big deal for me—I really admire Heather and all the work that she does. We talked about how Heather came to work at Diablo, how she overcame her fears of nuclear and became one of its fiercest advocates. We also talked about the amazing march to save Diablo that took place over the weekend. ","date_published":"2021-12-08T23:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/829a90d4-7f3d-4590-9ede-214a8d5af44b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35531626,"duration_in_seconds":2220}]},{"id":"aaf785da-3ddf-4a13-b33c-e63ded3fdecd","title":"Episode 7: RTO No ft. Meredith Angwin","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/7","content_text":"Author of Shorting the Grid and Campaigning for Clean Air, Meredith Angwin joins me to talk about electricity wholesale markets, grid resiliency, the beauty of energy, and more! \n\nFollow Meredith. https://twitter.com/MeredithAngwin \nCheck out her books: https://www.amazon.com/Shorting-Grid-Hidden-Fragility-Electric/ https://www.amazon.com/Campaigning-Clean-Air-Strategies-Pro-Nuclear/dp/0989119041/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=meredith+angwin&qid=1638423602&sr=8-2 \n\nSubscribe to my Substack: https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/ \nFollow me: https://twitter.com/nukebarbarian","content_html":"Author of Shorting the Grid and Campaigning for Clean Air, Meredith Angwin joins me to talk about electricity wholesale markets, grid resiliency, the beauty of energy, and more!
\n\nFollow Meredith. https://twitter.com/MeredithAngwin
\nCheck out her books: https://www.amazon.com/Shorting-Grid-Hidden-Fragility-Electric/ https://www.amazon.com/Campaigning-Clean-Air-Strategies-Pro-Nuclear/dp/0989119041/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=meredith+angwin&qid=1638423602&sr=8-2
Subscribe to my Substack: https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/
\nFollow me: https://twitter.com/nukebarbarian
Gavin Mendel-Gleason of the Workers’ Party of Ireland joined me to talk about the absolute state of the Irish grid, how they’re facing the energy crisis, the Irish public’s feelings about nuclear, and what might be next for the country as its burgeoning data center economy makes it more and more power-hungry.
\n\nCheck out his Why Nuclear Power is Necessary brief for the WPI.
","summary":"Gavin Mendel-Gleason of the Workers’ Party of Ireland joined me to talk about the absolute state of the Irish grid, how they’re facing the energy crisis, the Irish public’s feelings about nuclear, and what might be next for the country as its burgeoning data center economy makes it more and more power-hungry.\r\n\r\nCheck out his Why Nuclear Power is Necessary brief for the WPI.","date_published":"2021-11-18T03:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/6238c6fc-9196-4540-bf4f-a90d7456bfcd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39754685,"duration_in_seconds":2484}]},{"id":"a30489c1-93a0-492e-af6e-52f4017c089f","title":"Episode 5: Dr. Decouple ft. Chris Keefer","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/5","content_text":"Dr. Chris Keefer, host of the Decouple podcast, joined me to talk about how he went from being a neo-Luddite to a full-blown nukepilled doctor of medicine and one of nucler’s most powerful advocates. We talk about fragilizing green policies, the importance of labor for nuclear energy, why mitigation is the wrong way to think about handling climate change, and more. \n\nCheck out his podcast, and follow him on Twitter.","content_html":"Dr. Chris Keefer, host of the Decouple podcast, joined me to talk about how he went from being a neo-Luddite to a full-blown nukepilled doctor of medicine and one of nucler’s most powerful advocates. We talk about fragilizing green policies, the importance of labor for nuclear energy, why mitigation is the wrong way to think about handling climate change, and more.
\n\nCheck out his podcast, and follow him on Twitter.
","summary":"Dr. Chris Keefer, host of the Decouple podcast, joined me to talk about how he went from being a neo-Luddite to a full-blown nukepilled doctor of medicine and one of nucler’s most powerful advocates. We talk about fragilizing green policies, the importance of labor for nuclear energy, why mitigation is the wrong way to think about handling climate, and more! ","date_published":"2021-11-10T23:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/a30489c1-93a0-492e-af6e-52f4017c089f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49840041,"duration_in_seconds":3114}]},{"id":"6cbb260c-2107-4059-ac8a-44dc5f1c6186","title":"Episode 4: China's Cruel and Dirty Winter ft. Angelica Oung","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/4","content_text":"Energy reporter Angelica Oung joins me to discuss China's energy crunch and Taiwan's energy future. I learned so much and had a great time! We discuss the trade-off and tribulations of China's command economy, what's happening with Chinese coal, how Taiwan's president basically spoke the Taiwanese renewables economy into being, and more! \n\nChina Faces a Cruel and Dirty Winter, Angelica Oung, Citywire.\n\nSubscribe to the Substack!\n\nFollow me on Twitter!","content_html":"Energy reporter Angelica Oung joins me to discuss China's energy crunch and Taiwan's energy future. I learned so much and had a great time! We discuss the trade-off and tribulations of China's command economy, what's happening with Chinese coal, how Taiwan's president basically spoke the Taiwanese renewables economy into being, and more!
\n\nChina Faces a Cruel and Dirty Winter, Angelica Oung, Citywire.
\n\n\n\n","summary":"Energy reporter Angelica Oung joins me to discuss China's energy crunch and Taiwan's energy future. I learned so much and had a great time! We discuss the trade-off and tribulations of China's command economy, what's happening with Chinese coal, how Taiwan's president basically spoke the Taiwanese renewables economy into being, and more! ","date_published":"2021-11-03T23:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/6cbb260c-2107-4059-ac8a-44dc5f1c6186.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51949062,"duration_in_seconds":3246}]},{"id":"7b749277-7dc9-4597-8c0c-b56fb7d22c04","title":"Episode 3: The Hunger for Power ft. Robert Bryce","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"I’m really excited to bring you guys this episode with my friend Robert Bryce, author, podcaster, husband, dad, and an all-around great guy.\n\nRobert and I talked about his career, watching Enron implode, how electricity shapes our lives, and why the grid is the commons. We touch on other stuff too!\n\nCheck out Robert’s latest book, A Question of Power, and his documentary, The Juice: How Electricity Explains the World. \n\nDefinitely check out his podcast, Power Hungry. It’s one of my staples. ","content_html":"I’m really excited to bring you guys this episode with my friend Robert Bryce, author, podcaster, husband, dad, and an all-around great guy.
\n\nRobert and I talked about his career, watching Enron implode, how electricity shapes our lives, and why the grid is the commons. We touch on other stuff too!
\n\nCheck out Robert’s latest book, A Question of Power, and his documentary, The Juice: How Electricity Explains the World.
\n\nDefinitely check out his podcast, Power Hungry. It’s one of my staples.
","summary":"I’m really excited to bring you guys this episode with my friend Robert Bryce, author, podcaster, husband, dad, and an all-around great guy.\r\n\r\nRobert and I talked about his career, watching Enron implode, how electricity shapes our lives, and why the grid is the commons. We touch on other stuff too!\r\n\r\nCheck out Robert’s latest book, A Question of Power, and his documentary, The Juice: How Electricity Explains the World. \r\n\r\nDefinitely check out his podcast, Power Hungry. It’s one of my staples. ","date_published":"2021-10-27T23:45:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/7b749277-7dc9-4597-8c0c-b56fb7d22c04.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48946026,"duration_in_seconds":3059}]},{"id":"00d372ca-9976-4c04-bb36-08c37a29a044","title":"Episode 2: CEPPtic Shock in Arizona ft. Isaac Orr","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"Isaac Orr, a policy analyst at the Center of the American Experiment, joined me to talk about the recent report he co-authored on what the Clean Energy Performance Program would mean for the state of Arizona. We talk about the report, the suburban mindset, the hard winter ahead, elite resentment against regular people, and more!\n\nCheck out Isaac's report here.\n\nFollow him on Twitter.\n\nIf you like the episode: rate, review, like, and share!\n\nSubscribe to my substack to get the podcast and writing in your inbox. ","content_html":"Isaac Orr, a policy analyst at the Center of the American Experiment, joined me to talk about the recent report he co-authored on what the Clean Energy Performance Program would mean for the state of Arizona. We talk about the report, the suburban mindset, the hard winter ahead, elite resentment against regular people, and more!
\n\nCheck out Isaac's report here.
\n\nFollow him on Twitter.
\n\nIf you like the episode: rate, review, like, and share!
\n\nSubscribe to my substack to get the podcast and writing in your inbox.
","summary":"Isaac Orr, a policy analyst at the Center of the American Experiment, joined me to talk about the recent report he co-authored on what the Clean Energy Performance Program would mean for the state of Arizona. We talk about the report, the suburban mindset, the hard winter ahead, elite resentment against regular people, and more!","date_published":"2021-10-20T23:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/00d372ca-9976-4c04-bb36-08c37a29a044.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44594653,"duration_in_seconds":2787}]},{"id":"62a7304f-3fce-4ef9-9003-8b4dab769387","title":"Episode 1: Stand Up For Nuclear ft. Paris Ortiz-Wines","url":"https://nuclearbarbarians.fireside.fm/1","content_text":"Emmet introduces himself and then sits down with Paris Ortiz-Wines, the global organizer of Stand Up for Nuclear, to talk about the international nuclear scene, Paris' background, why nuclear gives us so much hope, and more!\n\nCheck our Paris's work and get involved with Stand Up!\n\nSign up for the Nuclear Barbarians substack to get podcast episodes and more delivered straight to your inbox.","content_html":"Emmet introduces himself and then sits down with Paris Ortiz-Wines, the global organizer of Stand Up for Nuclear, to talk about the international nuclear scene, Paris' background, why nuclear gives us so much hope, and more!
\n\n\n\n","summary":"Emmet introduces himself and then sits down with Paris Ortiz-Wines, the global organizer of Stand Up for Nuclear, to talk about the international nuclear scene, Paris' background, why nuclear gives us so much hope, and more!","date_published":"2021-10-13T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cee6a1bc-263b-4c9d-8cc5-02bdf536fd62/62a7304f-3fce-4ef9-9003-8b4dab769387.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":59778274,"duration_in_seconds":3736}]}]}