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Wireline worker Andrew De La Rosa came on to talk to me about the fracking process and how wireline works. I learned a ton from this conversation and had a great time. I hope you guys enjoy it!
Follow Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tejanobrown
Writer and film critic Andrew Plimpton joined me for a new running series we’re doing: Energy Cinema. For our inaugural episode, we decided to talk about the new Oppenheimer movie. Hope you enjoy it!
Entergy’s Chief Nuclear Officer Kimberly Cook-Nelson stopped by the pod to talk to me about Entergy’s nuclear fleet, her experience working in the nuclear industry, how utilities plan on changing nuclear comms, and more.
Juan David Rojas returns to Nuclear Barbarians to talk to me about Brazilian industrial history. We touch on Eletrobas, Petrobras, Brazil’s nuclear energy missteps, and a whole lot more.
“The Center That Will Always Hold: Brazil’s Lost Decades,” by Juan David Rojas, American Affairs
Pat O’Brien, Holtec’s Director of Government Affairs and Communications, sat down with me to talk about his background in nuclear energy, Holtec’s attempts to save the Palisades plant in Michigan, its new SMR design, and more!
Jonah Messinger wrote a thoughtful piece on cold fusion for the Breakthrough Institute. I brought him on to talk about cold fusion, science as a process vs. science as an institution, and more!
Fusion Runs Hot And Cold by Jonah Messinger
Dr. Chris Keefer of Decouple came on the pod to talk about Canadians for Nuclear Energy’s new report, The Case for CANDU: Why Ontario's Homegrown Nuclear Technology Is Its Best Option In A Time Of Rising Electricity Demand.
The Report: https://www.canfornuclearenergy.org/
Follow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_Keefer
Check Out Decouple: https://www.decouplemedia.org/
Collin McClelland of Digital Wildcatters joined me to talk about oil and gas, telling better energy stories, and tons more. This is some of the most fun I’ve had hosting the show—hope you guys like it!
DW Website:
https://digitalwildcatters.com/
EQT Documentary:
Collin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fracslap
Collin's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fracslap
Collin's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/collin-mclelland/
Cinematographer and documentarian Jesse Freeston joined me to talk about how he got nukepilled, his wonderful videos for Decouple Studios, the rat park, and how nuclear fits into his view of global flourishing.
Check out Jesse’s videos:
Inside the World’s BIGGEST Nuclear Plant (the one that got Ontario off coal)
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Waste
Alex Trembath, the Deputy Director of the Breakthrough Institute, joined me to talk about the deep contradictions in environmentalism, climate anxiety, the Jefferson/Hamilton divide, and much more!
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