Cleaning Up Redux: From Free Solo to Free Solar — Alex Honnold
This episode was originally broadcast in April 2022Alex Honnold is one of the world’s best rock climbers, famous for his free solo ascents of big walls, including his 2017 first free solo of El Capita...
20 Aug 20251h 2min
The Inevitable End of Fossil Fuels | Ep221: Michael Liebreich & Bryony Worthington
What if the energy transition isn't a race, but a steady march toward the end of fossil fuel usage? Do we need to move more like the tortoise, and less like the hare? And in a world of competing narra...
13 Aug 20251h
Audioblog 15: The Pragmatic Climate Reset Part 1 — The Energy Transition Is Not Dead
In February, veteran fossil industry advisor Dan Yergin and two co-authors published a piece called The Troubled Transition. In it they dismiss the idea that there is or can ever be an energy transiti...
6 Aug 202527min
The Inflation Induction Act: How the US Lost The Race for Clean Energy | Ep 219: Ethan Zindler
Is the US about to enter a new era of energy inflation? Can technological progress outpace political regression? Are we witnessing the permanent end of America's climate ambitions?This week on Cleanin...
30 Jul 20251h 9min
North Sea Oil & Gas Is Dying, What Comes Next? | Ep218: Tessa Khan
If the UK can’t ditch fossil fuels, who can? What impact would more drilling in the North Sea have for UK energy prices? What does the end of the net zero consensus mean for UK energy policy?This wee...
23 Jul 202557min
How Fungi Shape Our World, From Carbon Sinks to Zombie TV: | Ep217: Merlin Sheldrake
What if the key to solving our climate crisis lies beneath our feet? Could tiny fungal networks be the unsung heroes of carbon sequestration? And how might reimagining our relationship with fungi tran...
16 Jul 202545min
The Best Markets for Wind and Solar Are Not Where You Think | Ep216: Daniel Calderon
In a world where 17% of all electricity is generated from wind and solar and where 93% of all new capacity added to the grid is from renewables, it can be easy to forget that countries got their first...
10 Jul 202548min
NVIDIA Rising: Will The AI Boom Bust The Planet? | Ep215: Josh Parker
In 1849, when the Gold Rush hit California, the people who were certain to make money were not the miners, but the sellers of picks and shovels. Indeed, America's first millionaire, Samuel Brannan, ma...
2 Jul 202552min
