The Energy Returns of Unconventional Oil
Chris Popoff returns to talk unconventional oil with a focus on oil sands. What is it? What are its energy economics? How is it like a battery? What does it have to do with peak cheap oil and how does...
16 Feb 20241h 9min
Vogtle Part 2: Murphy’s Law
James Krellenstein and I continue our deep dive analysis of what went wrong at Vogtle.
12 Feb 202452min
The Politics of a Canadian Nuclear Revival
As Canada embarks on a new nuclear build out of SMRs and large Reactors, Professor Duane Bratt joins me to provide a political scientists perspective on the history and future of the Canadian nuclear ...
9 Feb 20241h 18min
Prospects for Process Heat & “Advanced” Nuclear
Noah Rettberg walks us through an in depth exploration on the challenges of decarbonizing process heat.
7 Feb 202457min
It's a Material World
Ed Conway author of “Material World” joins me to explore the material world underpinning the ethereal world of our perceived reality. He explains how sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium are tran...
31 Jan 20241h 19min
Vogtle Part 1: the Nuclear Renaissance That Wasn't
James Krellenstein returns to dig into what went wrong at Vogtle and why the nuclear “Renaissance” of the early 2000’s ended up a flop.
25 Jan 20241h 16min
Extreme Weather and Alberta’s AWOL Renewable Energy
Alberta, sitting on massive reserves of oil and gas, found itself teetering on the edge of blackout this week as temperatures in the negative 40 degree ranges led to multiple grid alerts. As a new rec...
17 Jan 20241h 3min
From Microchips to Atom Splits
Nathan Myhrvold, former CTO at Microsoft and vice chairman of TerraPower joins me to discuss his experience bridging the world of software and nuclear power.
8 Jan 202437min
