
Adam Kinzinger, Mitt Romney and the evolution of the Republican party
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An exploration of two books, 'Romney, A Reckoning' and 'Renegade,' which delve into the experiences of conservative lawmakers Mitt Romney and Adam Kinzinger in the evolving Republican party. Kinzinger's memoir highlights his decision to confront President Trump and his thoughts on a potential return to politics.
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Speaker 3
I mean, it's not massive because it takes a lot of time to build up charging infra. What is it? So we can probably add 1,000 to 2,000 cars a month, but we are not able to do that. We are only able to add 400 cars to 500 cars a month. So car financing is secured and adding car is easy-peasy, right? So you write a check, you get a car, the cars are ready, the manufacturer, OEMs and deck and supply of cars. But again, I go back to my initial opening statement and say that this is not easy for somebody to do because adding cars is not what we want to do without a really bit of charging infra.
Speaker 4
The point of this entire thing is we want more young people to start working in the EV industry in one place or another. So we want to throw all the information they might require to make up their mind on whether to start a business here or get a job here. Yeah. Who would like to go next?
Speaker 3
So Ruchi, would you? Really?
Speaker 5
Yeah. Okay. So this is how I thought I'd describe myself. So I am a glorified brewer of green hydrogen and let's not even give a colour to it. I'd say I'm a brewer of hydrogen. So why I say brewer is that when you're trying to break down technology so that you can pitch it to people for funding or you're talking to people to sort of introduce them to a new molecule, you try to dumb the science down, but that's not what I want to do. My skills that I've developed over the last sort of 20 years of engineering in PhD is to be able to manipulate microorganisms, not at the genetic level, but to come together as a group and do what I ask them to do. And I'm really grateful to them for what they do for me. Typically when we talk about microorganisms, we talk about things like growing and it'll lead those and food. That's something that's tangible. We touch that. But my microorganisms produce electricity. So anytime we have the conversation about solar or wind, I always tell myself we should have a conversation about microorganisms that generate electricity as well. So that's the sort of play. It still talks about what I do. But give us more. Start from the beginning. I'm a child of energy. My dad is a geologist. He started as a graduate trainee in ONGC and he was with them for 40 years. And so all I've known all my life is what is brand price for the day. Did V-Strike oil at a particular site? And the fact that my dad is really sorry that very active climate denier. To him, everything is in cycles of centuries, not a single century, but multiple centuries. So he says, we want alive and it must have been so hot so many centuries ago. We don't really know what happens in geology. He only gives us a clue the way he puts it is that geology is nothing but alcohol and good guesswork. So to him, us guzzling petrol and his very big contribution in getting all of this oil out was not the reason why we were in this situation. But I've sort of had a contrarian opinion for exactly that reason. So I've done nothing but
Speaker 4
anything.
Today's episode focuses on two Republican legislators who, over time, came to feel like outsiders for sounding alarms about Trump. First, NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with former representative Adam Kinzinger about Renegade, his new memoir detailing his career and the way January 6 ultimately broke his allegiance to the Republican party. Then, journalist McKay Coppins speaks with Here & Now's Jane Clayson about his new biography of Mitt Romney, and how the former presidential candidate reflects on the conspiratorial leanings dominating today's politics.
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