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Is there way more conventional geothermal than we thought?
A conversation with Carl Hoiland & Joel Edwards of Zanskar.
 • David Roberts
1:03:00
He helped Uruguay decarbonize. Can he help other countries do the same?
A conversation with Ramón Méndez Galain.
 • David Roberts
1:00:41
Can public EV chargers be as reliable as gas stations?
A conversation with Seth Cutler of IONNA.
 • David Roberts
1:00:28
This oil shock won't be like the others
A conversation with Tim Sahay and Kate Mackenzie.
 • David Roberts
1:12:23
Are plug-in DERs going to spark a grid revolution?
A conversation with James McGinniss of David Energy.
 • David Roberts
1:12:10
The case for using prices rather than VPPs to coordinate distributed energy
A conversation with Bruce Nordman.
 • David Roberts
1:28:35
Life as a clean energy journalist in an age of madness
A conversation with Heatmap editor in chief Robinson Meyer.
 • David Roberts
1:31:56
Why climate funders don't fund housing policy, and why they oughtta
A conversation with Ben Holland of WRI and Caroline Spears of Climate Cabinet.
 • David Roberts
1:04:41
The high-stakes battle over energy affordability in New York
A conversation with Pete Sikora of New York Communities for Change.
 • David Roberts
1:02:07
The fate of fossil fuel systems in the "mid-transition"
A conversation with Emily Grubert of the University of Notre Dame.
 • David Roberts
1:14:39
Are utilities making too much money?
A conversation with Joe Daniel of RMI.
 • David Roberts
1:15:39
Making the electricity grid work like the internet
A conversation with Jonas Birgersson of EnergyNet.
 • David Roberts
1:29:10
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