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The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts.  Today’s guest brings decades of experience as one of the people responsible for ensuring that our elected members of the House and Senate, and their staffs, have information they need to make informed policy decisions.  Mark Holt, Energy Policy Specialist, with the non partisan Congressional Research Service, brings a unique perspective on nuclear energy policy that you won’t to miss.  Jack and Mark discuss how nuclear policy has changed over the years and some of the policy challenges that the technology currently facesJoin the conversation with an email to  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.    

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts.  Jack finally leaves nuclear energy policy this week with a wide ranging discussion with one of Washington’s top energy policy thinkers.  Daren Bakst, Director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment joins Jack for a discussion on some important Supreme Court decisions,  why stopping CO2 regulations must be a top priority, and how the energy subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act harms America’s energy economyJoin the conversation with an email to  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts.  Jack has a fascinating discussion with energy policy legend Bill Martin this week that you don’t want to miss.  Bill has held top government positions in multiple administrations including as Deputy Secretary (and even Acting Secretary) in  Ronald Regan’s Department of Energy.   More recently, Bill has been central in nurturing the critical relationship between America’s and Japan’s commercial nuclear industries.  But those topics only scratch the surface of this discussion.   Join the conversation with an email to  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.  

Despite our adversaries' growing nuclear arsenals, the United States has not built a new nuclear weapon since 1989. To strengthen our strategic deterrence, it is essential that we revitalize our arsenal and encourage the development of new nuclear capabilities. Ultimately, now is the time for the U.S. to build the nuclear arsenal for the 21st century.Join us as a panel of experts offer suggestions and discuss The Heritage Foundation’s special report, “Nuclear Posture Review 2025.” This report details the many changes that must be made by the next administration to ensure our country’s safety and ability to deter great power conflict. Additionally, the report offers to serve as a template for a future administration’s Nuclear Posture Review and to delineate a new approach to nuclear posture, declaratory policy, force structure, and the size and composition of America’s nuclear arsenal over the next half century.

For the first time in half a decade, Heritage Foundation interns and Cato Institute interns will face off to debate some of the biggest policy questions of our time. By digging into controversial issues such as immigration, national security, international trade, and regulation, representatives of each program will seek to answer the question, “Do Libertarians or Conservatives propose more effective solutions to public policy issues?”The debate will be moderated by the American Enterprise Institute’s Matthew Continetti, a foremost scholar and journalist of the Conservative Movement and author of The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism.

The U.K. Conservative Party was swept from power this month in its worst election defeat. Some have suggested that they may never recover and that we are witnessing a paradigm shift in British politics. Professional pollster and GB News broadcaster Matthew Goodwin joins Heritage to explain these unprecedented election results. How will the new governing Labour Party approach the U.S.-U.K. special relationship? Will Labour seek closer trade ties with the U.S. or closer realignment with the European Union? Why did the conservative government fail to secure U.K. borders from unprecedented illegal migration? What led to over four million people voting for Nigel Farage’s Reform Party? Goodwin, responsible for the election analysis for GB News, can answer these questions and more.Professor Goodwin is a professor of politics and international relations at the University of Kent, senior fellow at the Legatum Institute, and was an associate fellow of Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs).

Join us for a panel discussion by Supreme Court reporters and advocates to discuss the landmark rulings from the 2023-2024 term. There were important cases about the administrative state, free speech, government censorship, firearms, state abortion regulations, taxation, presidential immunity, and more.Our scholars will answer your questions about these cases, their implications, and larger trends in the Court's jurisprudence and in the interactions between the justices. Come and learn about the latest Supreme Court term!

Throughout the Cold War, NATO proved itself to be among the most successful alliances in history, deterring the Soviet Union and preventing an attack on its member states. Most NATO members then fielded larger and more capable militaries than they do now – militaries that were built up through decades of sustained investment by individual member states. After the end of the Cold War, too many NATO member states thought that it was “the end of history,” and defense spending took a 30-year hiatus, only really resuming in earnest following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Now, some member states have stood up in a big way, hitting their spending goals and contributing substantially to the collective defense of the alliance. Other member states continue to lag behind, preferring to rely on American defense guarantees than provide for their own defense. This has to stop. America’s European allies must take primary responsibility for security on the European continent through sustained increases in defense spending.Learn more as experts Elbridge Colby, Wilson Beaver, Nile Gardiner, and Robert Greenway discuss how we can reverse decades of decline and restore NATO.

Heritage established the Non-partisan Commission on China and COVID-19 to uncover the Chinese Communist Party’s role in the most deadly and catastrophic global pandemic in over a century. Chaired by John Ratcliffe, 6th U.S. Director of National Intelligence, the Commission brought together nine distinguished experts from the fields of national security, medicine, law, and academia, each having served at the highest levels of the U.S. government during or prior to the initial outbreak of COVID-19.Over several months, the Commission explored various layers of concealment orchestrated by the CCP and is now releasing its findings in a discussion you won’t want to miss. Join us as commissioners reveal the CCP’s role in one of the most calamitous cover-ups in human history and share recommendations for holding it accountable.

Scott Melbye, uranium industry veteran, discusses uranium mining, nuclear energy supply chain, and modern methods like In-Situ Recovery. They explore financial responsibilities, future growth, US uranium demand, and global production. Melbye emphasizes the importance of sourcing uranium from stable jurisdictions for energy independence.