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08/18/2026

Now available for podcast, Dr. Scott Tinker talks with Daniel Kammen, energy scientist from Johns Hopkins, and Robert Bryce, energy author and journalist.

We hear conflicting information about solar and wind energy. They’re the cheapest form of electricity. But they make electricity more expensive. They’re the fastest growing electricity. But they make only a small portion of total energy. Are they the future? Or uncompetitive without subsidy?

Check it out now on all major podcast streaming platforms, or visit our website here: https://energyswitch.org/podcast

08/11/2026

Now available for podcast, Dr. Scott Tinker discusses the ideas of Ecomodernism and Degrowth with Ted Nordhaus, co-founder of Breakthrough Institute, and Josh Farley, an economist from the University of Vermont.

Degrowth advocates say we’re overusing Earth’s resources, which will degrade living standards and harm the environment, so we must reduce. Ecomodernists say we’re fine: Technology, agriculture and energy will raise living standards while demanding less of nature.

Check it out now on all major podcast streaming platforms, or visit our website here: https://energyswitch.org/podcast

08/06/2026

Now available for podcast, Dr. Scott Tinker spends two episodes exploring the basics of shipping and its emissions with two expert guests Anna Silva, Manager of Cruise Ops at Port Everglades Terminal, and Margaret Kaigh Doyle, Director of Transparensea Fuels.

Part 1: Shipping brings us almost every product because it’s the lowest cost of any transport. This makes it extremely important globally, yet it faces many challenges, especially in the U.S., where the shipbuilding industry has nearly stagnated.

Part 2: After learning the basics of the industry, we look at CO2 emissions and the UN’s goals to reduce them, alternative low-carbon fuels and challenges to adopt those.

Check it out now on all major podcast streaming platforms, or visit our website here: https://energyswitch.org/podcast

07/31/2026

Scott W. Tinker, PhD sat down with Triggernometry to challenge some of our most deeply held assumptions about energy. They discussed many energy realities people across the globe face today:
- How the global energy mix has actually shifted over the past 60 years, versus common assumptions.
- The scale of energy poverty worldwide and what closing that gap requires.
- Trade-offs between energy density, reliability, and cost across different energy sources.
- Where nuclear power fits into the future energy mix.

Watch the full conversation to hear about these topics and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7gyAkrLg64

07/30/2026

Now available for podcast, Dr. Scott Tinker explores a "cool" topic with research scientists Nancy Fresco from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Twila Moon from Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at UC Boulder.

The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet. Melting sea ice has opened northern shipping lanes but exposes more water to the warming sun. Melting land ice raises sea levels. Changing weather can bring cold air south to the rest of us.

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07/29/2026

Now available for podcast, Dr. Scott Tinker is joined by Kelsey Richardson, pursuing her PhD in Chemical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara, and Teagan Reasch, PhD candidate in Energy and Environmental Policy at Ohio State to discuss their energy research, federal funding cuts and how they may affect the academic and science environments today and tomorrow, and their job prospects and future careers.

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07/28/2026

Now available for podcast, Dr. Scott Tinker discusses the benefits of efficiency and conservation to consumers, businesses and utilities with Maggie Molina, Executive Director of Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP), and Laurie Wiegand-Jackson, CEO of Utility Advantage.

Using less energy saves money and can even reduce prices. It also reduces emissions and frees up energy for other uses without building more power plants and power lines.

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07/20/2026

Now available for podcast, Dr. Scott Tinker is joined by Chéri Smith, CEO of the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, and Kenneth Ahmann, COO of Colusa Indian Energy.

There are 10 million Native Americans in the U.S. Those on reservations are often the last customers on the power line, getting the worst service at the highest prices. But many tribes are working to fix this, building diverse energy projects on tribal lands that could change their future.

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05/14/2026