

Energi Talks
Markham Hislop
Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
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Jun 18, 2024 • 55min
Energi Talks Live! - Decarbonizing the oil sands with the Rondo Heat Battery
Markham interviews John O'Donnell, CEO, of Rondo Heat Battery, about applications in the Alberta oil sands.

Jun 17, 2024 • 45min
Building an Article 6 carbon credit system in the Philippines
Markham interviews Justin Reynolds, CEO of Maharlika Carbon Technologies.

Jun 14, 2024 • 38min
The EV revolution...coming soon to Canada
Markham interviews Joanna Kyriazis, EV analyst with Clean energy Canada.

Jun 1, 2024 • 38min
Alberta, Saskatchewan dead last in energy transition scorecard
Markham interviews VP of Policy and Strategy Rachel Doran of Clean Energy Canada.

May 31, 2024 • 1h 4min
Danielle Smith's 'authoritarian libertarianism' explained
Markham interviews Dr. Patricia Roberts-Miller, retired professor of rhetoric and writing and former director of the University Writing Center at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of the excellent essay, "Authoritarian Libertarianism and the Freedom to do what I say.” Her related books:Deliberating War (forthcoming)Demagoguery and Democracy (general audience)Rhetoric and Demagoguery (scholarly)

May 30, 2024 • 30min
Why are provinces selling power to the US instead of each other?
Markham interviews Dr. Madeleine McPherson, assistant professor of engineering at the University of Victoria and an experienced energy economics modeller.

May 27, 2024 • 59min
Part 2: is AER review suggesting even greater industry influence over regulator?
Markham interviews a public interest lawyer he has interviewed many times about dysfunction in the AER.

May 26, 2024 • 28min
Part 1: AER review doesn't understand AER legislation, ignores landowners and farmers
Markham interviews Alberta dministrative law expert Mark Dorin.

May 24, 2024 • 44min
The 'creeping authoritarianism' of Danielle Smith, UCP
Markham interviews Professor Jared Wesley, University of Alberta, about his The Tyee article, "Why the UCP Is a Threat to Democracy."

May 23, 2024 • 43min
100% tariff could backfire on US, hurt legacy automakers
Markham interviews economics Professor James Sallee with the University of California at Berkeley and a Faculty Affiliate at the Energy Institute at Haas. On Tariffs and the EV Transition