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Can I Be Fusionpilled? ft. Andrew Holland (Fusion Industry Association)
I'll admit, I'm a bit of a fusion skeptic. But! There are exciting things happening in the fusion industry these days. So, I brought Andrew Holland, CEO of the Fusion Industry Association, to talk to…
Waste Not, Want Not ft. Carl Perez (Exodys)
In today’s episode, I got to talk about something near and dear to my heart (nuclear waste reprocessing) with Carl Perez of Exodys Energy, a nuclear waste reprocessing company. Carl is a wealth of…
Energy Dominance Financing ft. Julie Kozeracki (EDF)
Today I’m joined by Julie Kozeracki, the Chief Investment Officer of the Energy Dominance Financing Office, which serves as the Department of Energy’s bank. We talk about her admiration for Admiral…
Forward Operating Microreactors ft. Jeff Waksman (US Army)
For this episode, my guest is Jeff Waksman, whose official title is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment. That’s a long title. In brief, he’s…
Perpetuating the Nuclear Lifecycle Ft. Ken Rueter (UCOR)
One of the best parts of running this podcast is the chance to learn about aspects of the nuclear industry I know little about. Today’s guest, the President and CEO of United Clean Up Oak Ridge,…
Texatomica ft. Reed Clay (Texas Nuclear Alliance)
Reed Clay, President of the Texas Nuclear Alliance, joined me today to talk about how Texas is gearing up for the nuclear renaissance. We discussed how he came to support nuclear by learning about…
Reactors by the Bargeful by Jake Jurewicz (Blue Energy)
This episode is dedicated to all of the light water reactor fans out there. Especially if you like your LWRs in water. Listen to this conversation with the co-founder and CEO of Blue Energy, Jake…
Moving the World ft. Craig Fuller (Freightwaves)
Craig Fuller comes from a legacy trucking family. He’s also the CEO and founder of Freightwaves, the Bloomberg of logistics. So, Craig’s the perfect guy to write an accessible primer on supply…
Seafloor, Icecap, Moon ft. Tyler Bernstein of Zeno Power
Zeno Power, a cutting edge nuclear company, is making batteries powered with Strontium 90 for niche deployment cases: the moon, the arctic, and the seafloor. I got to pick Zeno cofounder and CEO…
Tickling the Dragon ft. Matt Loszak of Aalo Atomics
Matt Loszak, the cofounder and CEO of Aalo Atomics, joined me to talk about Aalo’s progress rolling SMRs off the factory line. We get into Aalo’s test reactor at Idaho National Labs, a DOE path…
TRISO Serious ft. Kurt Terrani of Standard Nuclear
There are so many exciting developments in the nuclear space, I can hardly keep up. And not just in the realm of reactors. Kurt Terrani, the CEO of Standard Nuclear, joined me to talk about his new…
Nuclear for Seven Generations ft. Scott Lathrop of Native Nuclear
On today’s episode, I spoke with Scott Lathrop, the Founder and Chief Executive Director of Native Nuclear. Like me, Scott sees nuclear power as a multi-generational infrastructure investment that…
Sounding the Depths ft. Ari Brown of Bellwether LLC
Former navy nuke Ari Brown joined me to talk about his experience in the service. For me, his story offers profound insight into what it takes to institutionalize excellence. Then we talk about his…
No Sleep Til Fleetscale ft. Joe Klecha of The Nuclear Company
For this episode, Joe Klecha, the Chief Nuclear Officer at The Nuclear Company, joined me to talk about his background as a navy nuke, his time working on the Vogtle build, and what it takes to pull…
Lone Star Nuclear ft. Andrew Kirima
On this episode, Andrew Kirima of the Texas Nuclear Alliance stops by to talk about his origins as a nuclear advocate, what’s been going on with nuclear in Texas, and how the TNA fits into the…
(bonus episode) FREE PLANET ft. Aubrey Sitterson
In a special bonus episode, I speak with comic book writer Aubrey Sitterson about his new hard scifi geopolitical space opera, Free Planet. This comic has it all: energy literacy, questions of…
Nuclear = Energy Security ft. Benton Arnett of NEI
Benton Arnett, Director of Markets and Policy at the Nuclear Energy Institute, joined me to talk about nuclear’s prospects today and what makes it such a boon for energy security. Benton’s a great…
Galileo's Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems Pt. I
John and I are back with the first installment of our series on one of Galileo’s masterworks in the history of philosophy and science: Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems. We dive into the…
Energy Cinema: Chinatown ft. Andrew Plimpton
Film critic and writer Andrew Plimpton returns to the pod to talk about one of the greatest American films of all time—Chinatown—which also happens to be a canonical film about the politics of…
Light of the Mind, Light of the World Ft. Spencer Klavan
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…
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