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The Baseload Podcast
by Ben Beattie
Ben is an electrical engineer based in Australia, following the decline of the world's critical energy systems.
Episodes
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 39
I spoke with Sam Berridge and Sarah Lawley, both great guests, very knowledgeable and far more polite than me about the dire straits of our energy policies... 👏 1-July-2026
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 38
Doomberg and Aidan Morrison Recorded 4 June 2026
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The Baseload Podcast Ep37
Interview with Cameron Murray from Sep 2025. The lengthy delay is an example of how disrupted I have been the last few months. Onwards and upwards.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 36
The Baseload Podcast Ep36 00:00 intro 02:34 electricity system problems part 1 – disappearing middle 07:24 electricity system problems part 2 – missing money 09:07 Danny Price vs the rest 16:04 The GOAT vs Chris Bowen, 7:30 report 18 Sep 2-25 36:57 Interview – Mark Ostwald interviews Ben Beattie...
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 35
00:00 Intro 14:08 Government vs landowners 25:52 GOAT vs John Grimes 50:44 Robert Bryce https://robertbryce.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJ15g4Un_g
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 34
Shorter episode this week, no goat, just a quick chat and an interview. 00:00 intro 05:23 Gerard Holland, Page Research Centre https://www.page.org.au/research-papers/
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 33
00:00 Intro 06:09 Tomago electricity blues 11:30 AEMO transmission cost blowouts 20:44 Why renewables cannot reduce electricity prices 41:48 Goat vs Chris Bowen 62:02 Matt Canavan
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 32
Yes there’s a gap but Baseload is back. Post-election and post-sanity, physics and economics remain intact everywhere except in the minds of those deciding Australian energy policy. This episode we discuss options for realistic energy policy by comparing Australia to America, the goat takes on a...
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 31
Welcome to the first episode for 2025. 00:00 Intro 04:43 Diesendorf vs reality 10:21 Aidan’s monologues, Friendly Jordies and Punters Politics 43:33 Senator Tim Ayres vs goat 65:22 Saul Kavonic Ben with Cameron Murray https://www.fresheconomicthinking.com/p/fet-48-the-cheap-renewables-grid...
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 30
00:00 Intro 02:50 Frontier Economics’ nuclear scenario costs 08:51 Ben’s blurb 13:32 Energy hearings continued 24:42 GOAT: Ted O’Brien vs Chris Bowen on the 7:30 Report 53:14 Interview: Zoe Hilton and Aidan Morrison 84:56 Interview: Doomberg...
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 29
01:05 Energy hearings – nuclear and energy planning 25:09 ShaC vs Aidan Morrison 30:51 Goat – Chris Bowen interview with Laura Jayes 55:58 Interview: Chris Uhlmann – The Real Cost of Net Zero Aidan Morrison & SHaC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25BzShCq__M Laura Jayes interviewing Chris Bowen...
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 28
This episode we analyse the Rosie-gate controversy and the goat takes on the bureaucrats in DCCEEW as they are questioned by Senator Gerard Rennick. Interview: Professor David Close, Director of the Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre. https://gas-energy.centre.uq.edu.au/
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 27
The Matt Kean episode! From NSW Energy Minister to his new gig at the Climate Change Authority, we’ll take a look at Kean’s unwavering dedication to promoting renewables. We also scratch the surface of AEMO’s Electricity Statement of Opportunities and review the recent debate between Barnaby…
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 26
The Hydrogen episode! Iron ore vs hydrogen, in particular Fortescue wishes vs reality, stirring up social media with facts, Sun Cable edges one step closer, and Daniel Westerman - AEMO chief - gets the goat. Interview: Tom Biegler
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 25
Nuclear policy announcement eliminates the paralysis in our energy debate. The goat takes on Paul Graham, lead author of CSIRO's GenCost.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 24
Why are politicians still pushing net zero, what happens when I post my ideas on social media, and Kerry Schott gets the goat. No interview this episode.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 23
The nuclear episode! We spotlight the anti-nuclear community in their own words, including our Prime Minister and propaganda arm for the Greens - The Australia Institute. As well we open the mailbag, and interview Stephen Wilson and Nuclear for Australia’s Will Shackel. Nuclear for Australia:...
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 22
Welcome back! The theme for 2024’s first episode is a reset – covering some old favourites and setting a new direction – well trying to anyway! We put the LNP’s nuclear plea in context, and pull apart AEMO’s integrated system plan with the assistance of Merryn York who was interviewed on the...
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 21
Chris Bowen’s capacity investment scheme, Oreos become a symbol of truth, the goat receives reinforcements, and I interview QLD Senator Matt Canavan.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 20
Truth telling matters, so who’s doing it? This episode we look at propaganda spread by QLD Energy Minister Mick de Brenni, Jim Chalmers’ recent speech on how he’s going to further undermine Australia’s energy security, and we speak to Scott Hargreaves executive director of the Institute for…
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The Baseload Episode 19
Truth matters and misinformation leads the energy debate, Australia’s energy security took another hit with the events in the Middle East, and I interview Campbell Newman.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 18
What effect will Net Zero policies have on society, Chris Bowen gets the goat and I interview David Carland - a thorn in the side of CSIRO and AEMO and their flawed electricity system modelling.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 17
Daniel Westerman on ABC radio vs the goat and the farmers, Ted O’Brien spars with Chris Bowen on social media with competing videos, and the GenCost saga so far.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 16
Nuclear power is fast becoming a big talking point in Australia with Peter Dutton’s LNP finally succumbing to common sense and promising to repeal the legislation that has made nuclear power illegal. This episode contrasts Australia’s federal energy minister Chris Bowen with some people who...
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 15
Federal Nationals leader David Littleproud commits to Net Zero, Nationals MP Anne Webster pushes back on regional transmission lines, Twiggy Forrest gets the goat. Interview: Dave Collins
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 14
AEMO's Daniel Westerman vs the goat, demonisation of the gas industry and duelling banjo's in Australian (soon to be) nuclear policies. Interview: Catriona Thoolen's local views on Victorian renewable developments
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 13
Clare Savage, chair of the Australian Energy Regulator, Daniel Andrews’ misinformation on gas development in Victoria, and the full audio from the nuclear power debate in the Australian Senate, 22 March 2023.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 12
Eraring Power Station - to close or not to close is a question for the next premier of New South Wales, Dr Monique Ryan MP on methane emissions, interview with Maurice Newman.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 11
The national electricity market, and Australian energy policies, look very different at the start of 2023 compared to the start of 2022. My thoughts on how gas, coal and electricity policy should be managed in Australia. How have local consumers navigated a year of very high gas prices? Liddell...
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 10
Price caps on coal and gas, renewables are cheaper but nobody can explain how this translates into lower bills for consumers, and the subsidy to end all subsidies – how the energy ministers plan to hide the costs of The Transition.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 09
Interview with Tristan Prasser - nuclear energy, the rise of critical thinking about energy systems and who is contributing.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 08
Interview: Adjunct Professor Stephen Wilson, University of Queensland https://energy.uq.edu.au/files/5963/WhatWouldBeRequired-FINAL.pdf
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 07
Industry Minister Ed Husic labels the gas industry all ‘glut and greed’, petroleum lobby CEO Samantha McCulloch's missed opportunities, renewables lobbyists Tim Buckley and Simon Holmes a Court, and will the climate alarmists be granted amnesty in the future?
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 06
Australia’s energy decline continues unabated. The energy bureaucrats are single-mindedly running the Australian electricity system into the ground with their increasingly desperate attempts to reach arbitrary renewable targets. Clips from AEMC CEO Ben Barr, Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen,...
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 05
Queensland's 'supergrid' aka how much does it cost to shut down half-a-dozen coal-fired power stations, outright climate alarmism from elites in the US plus a rebuttal from Bjorn Lomborg, and an interview with energy economist Alan Moran.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 04
The theme for today’s episode is interference, both from bureaucrats in markets, and from activist shareholders in the private sector. AGL is a good example of the latter, and we’ll look overseas for precursors to what’s happening in our local energy systems, particularly at Europe and the head…
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 03
Broken electricity market – the National Electricity Market is destined for even more government intervention Central planning on steroids – bureaucrats out of control A new report by the US DoE – repurposing coal power station sites into nuclear
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 02
Electricity market in demise, market suspension, government intervention.
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The Baseload Podcast Episode 01
Paul Broad resigns from Snowy Hydro, doesn't hold back on the new federal energy minister Chris Bowen.
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Ben is an electrical engineer based in Australia, following the decline of the world's critical energy systems.
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