Decouple

Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith joins me to discuss the phenomenon of Ontario’s centrality to the West’s nuclear energy aspirations.

James Krellenstein returns to deeper dive the lessons of Vogtle and VC Summer

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 nuclear fit into the picture?

James Krellenstein and I continue our deep dive analysis of what went wrong at Vogtle.

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 sector.

Noah Rettberg walks us through an in depth exploration on the challenges of decarbonizing process heat.

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 transformed with technology and energy into the building blocks of our built world and how fragile, vulnerable and complex these processes have become.

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.

Extreme weather in Alberta leads to grid alerts and raises concerns about electricity planning. Alberta's wind fleet goes AWOL, prompting a feasibility study on nuclear reactors deployment in the province. The podcast explores the strain on the Alberta grid, resentment towards central Canada, transition to renewable energies, challenges of intermittent wind and solar energy, and the potential for nuclear power in Alberta.

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.