Electric Equity Podcast by Brian Thomas

Episodes 8

Avg. Duration 41m

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Since Dec 2025

Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Every 2 Weeks

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52%

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About This Podcast

Electric Equity looks at energy poverty around the globe, explores how it limits people’s ability to flourish as human beings, and brings to light efforts to increase energy access. Your host is engineering Professor Brian Thomas, Executive Director of the nonprofit organization JustEnergy, which works to combat energy poverty in the poorest and least electrified country in the Western Hemisphere: Haiti. Fighting Energy Poverty is full of challenges: some are technical, some are cultural, some are financial, some are ethical. Our show will demystify energy and electricity and unpack the central role of energy access for international development and human flourishing. We’ll introduce you to people and organizations that are doing something about it and explore philosophical and ethical questions along the way.

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Recent Episodes

S1E8 Energy-as-a-Service: Rethinking Energy Equity

Mar 20, 2026 41m

In this episode of Electric Equity, Brian sits down with Nick Stolberg to explore the intersection of energy access, rural livelihoods, and sustainable agriculture. From the surprising role of a…

S1E7 Good Business

Mar 08, 2026 43m

In this episode of Electric Equity, Brian Thomas speaks with Bryan McInnis, Director of Business Development for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region at EG4 Electronics. Bryan recently…

S1E6 The Indignity of Misery

Feb 25, 2026 51m

In this episode of Electric Equity, Brian talks with Nathan Nickerson, former executive director of Konbit Sante, a nonprofit that has partnered with Haitian healthcare institutions since 2001. Nate…

S1E5 Puerto Rico's Ongoing Electricity Struggles

Feb 11, 2026 10m

Bad Bunny's Superbowl LX halftime show gives us a glimpse of Puerto Rico's struggling electric grid, especially since Hurricane Maria's impact in 2017. Was privatization the right way to rebuild PR's…

S1E4 EarthSpark's Micro Utilities

Jan 20, 2026

Jean Thaylord is a member of the nonprofit group EarthSpark, which builds micro utilities in Haiti. He grew up in Haiti, but was able to study electrical engineering at Rutgers University in New…

S1E2 Mackendy's Story

Dec 20, 2025 39m

This episode introduces us to Mackendy, the General Manager and Cultural Liasson for JustEnergy's work in Haiti. We learn how how he lost his mother as a child amid Vodou curses, but was able to…

S1E1 Remote Alaskan Microgrids

Dec 20, 2025 42m

In this episode, I speak with Aimie Servant, a licensed professional engineer at the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC), about what it really takes to keep the lights on in some of the most…

S1E3 Energy Virtue, Energy Vice

Dec 20, 2025 29m

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Kayla Garrett, a professor in Baylor University's department of Environmental Science and co-founder of the nonprofit JustEnergy, about how electricity access shapes…