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Power Hour with Alex Epstein — 329 episodes

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1

Ending America's 52-year ban on supersonic flight, with Boom CEO Blake Scholl

2

Why America can’t build the natural gas pipelines it needs, with Senator Alan Armstrong

3

Defense tech prodigy Ethan Thornton on how to quickly deter China from invading Taiwan

4

How to defeat the IRA subsidies, with Congressmen Chip Roy and Josh Brecheen

5

Peter Thiel challenges Alex Epstein on Fossil Future

6

How to become an Energy Freedom Policy Architect

7

Senator Tom Cotton on "Only the Strong"

8

Jusper Machogu, emerging African Energy Champion

9

Wrestling legend Ben Askren on how Fossil Future impacted his thinking

10

CA candidate for governor Michael Shellenberger on the governor's race, energy, and Fossil Future

11

Vivek Ramaswamy's positive alternative to "ESG" investing

12

How to liberate nuclear energy, with Robert Zubrin

13

Joe Craft, America’s leading coal CEO, on America’s strangled coal potential

14

A discussion with Doomberg about the European Energy Crisis and solar’s scalability problems

15

The threat of declining American oil with Michael Lynch

16

Bjorn Lomborg on the bad climate thinking of COP 26

17

The rise of Michael Shellenberger and the energy humanist movement

18

A wide-ranging discussion with leading climate economist Richard Tol

19

Best-of Power Hour: The Future of Oil With Michael Lynch

20

Toby Rice, the CEO of America's largest natural gas producer, on America's strangled natural gas potential

21

The Pseudoscientific Smearing of Steve Koonin

22

Best-of Power Hour: Steve Koonin

23

How to create concise, retainable energy messaging

24

Alaska's Governor Mike Dunleavy stands up for Alaska's right to develop

25

Best-of Power Hour: Power Hungry with Robert Bryce

26

Economist Saifedean Ammous on "fiat science," "fiat education," and "fiat fuels"

27

How to Bring About a Renaissance in Puerto Rico

28

Chris Wright, proud Oil & Gas CEO

29

How "the experts" can be totally wrong about energy

30

Announcement: New Power Hour schedule

31

Climate Scientocracy

32

The many myths of "energy transition"

33

Alex Epstein Congressional testimony and Q&A, May 19, 2021

34

Best-of Power Hour: Onkar Ghate on Earth Day

35

How Climate Science Gets Distorted

36

Brent Bennett on the physics of energy progress and the politics of Texas electricity

37

Obama administration physicist explains why climate catastrophism is unscientific

38

China’s Power Play

39

Why "the armchair economist" is "not an environmentalist"

40

The Roots of the Green New Deal

41

How Defunding Reliable Energy Caused the Texas Blackouts

42

Fake Invisible Catastrophes--and why we fall for them--with Patrick Moore

43

"Steps toward decriminalizing nuclear" with Robert Hargraves

44

The fallacious "Social Cost of Carbon" with David Kreutzer

45

Maxwell Goldberg on Our Dangerous Material Dependence on China

46

The Future of Oil with Michael Lynch

47

The Failure of Unreliable Energy in Texas and Around the World with Steve Milloy

48

Alex Epstein on the world of energy in early 2021

49

The Destructive Power of ESG with Yaron Brook

50

Our precarious electric grid with Meredith Angwin

51

Pierre Desrochers on the history of environmental catastrophism

52

Rupert Darwall on The Unscientific and Suicidal Corporate Net-Zero Movement

53

How the fossil fuel industry can stand up for itself

54

Anas Alhajji on the future of energy and energy security

55

The CEO who took on The North Face

56

The Physics of Freedom with Professor Adrian Bejan

57

The physics of life, energy, and environmental impact with Adrian Bejan

58

Threats to Energy Freedom with Congressman Keith Rothfus

59

Best of Power Hour: Greenpeace cofounder Dr. Patrick Moore eviscerates climate catastrophism

60

“Where is My Flying Car?” with J. Storrs Hall

61

Fossil fuels in India: an insider’s perspective with Vijay Jayaraj

62

Best of Power Hour: Michael Shellenberger on Apocalypse Never

63

Boilermakers 154's Shawn Steffee on the Future of Fossil Fuels in Pennsylvania

64

A climate activist turned climate thinker

65

Q&A for The Speech That Was Supposed to Be a Debate With Michael Mann

66

The Speech That Was Supposed to Be a Debate With Michael Mann

67

Rigged Against Reliables: How Electricity Pseudo-Markets Punish Reliability and Drive Up Costs

68

How to Think About Consensus

69

The California Wildfires: A Historical Perspective with Chuck DeVore

70

Patrick Moore on How “Green” Forest Mismanagement Caused the California Wildfire Disaster

71

Promoting freedom and energy in 2020 — interview with the Club for Growth’s David McIntosh

72

Congressman Chip Roy on The 2020 Energy Debate

73

The Real Villains Behind CA Wildfires and Blackouts with Michael Shellenberger

74

Economics, Energy, and Bitcoin

75

EnergyTalkingPoints.com

76

Mark Mills on our energy future and why it isn’t “renewable”

77

California’s Energy Nightmare, “energy privilege,” and resisting oppression

78

Alex Epstein’s most in-depth interview ever on the moral case for fossil fuels

79

False Alarm, the book the New York Times doesn’t want you to read

80

Greenpeace cofounder Dr. Patrick Moore eviscerates climate catastrophism

81

Alex Epstein interviews Caleb Rossiter on the campaign to silence climate debate on Facebook

82

“I apologize for the climate scare”: Alex Epstein interviews Michael Shellenberger

83

Michael Shellenberger, Bjorn Lomborg, and the Pro-Human Environmental Movement

84

Alex Epstein interviews Naomi Seibt on her fight against the German government

85

Q&A on 100% renewable policies, violating stay-at-home orders, and George Floyd

86

How Energy Innovation Works: an interview with Matt Ridley by Alex Epstein

87

The Power Liars: How Google, Microsoft, and Amazon pretend to be 100% renewable

88

Ray Niles on How a freer market can help us protect ourselves from COVID-19

89

A free-market response to oil price crashes

90

“Safer Outside”: Alex Epstein interviews Daniil Gorbatenko

91

The Five Things Planet of the Humans Gets Totally Wrong

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The Five Things Planet of the Humans Gets (Mostly) Right

93

Onkar Ghate on a More American Approach to COVID-19

94

A Pro-Freedom Approach to COVID-19, Climate Talking Points, the “Denier” Smear

95

Green Energy vs. Recovery, Obama’s Climate Fixation vs. Pandemic Preparedness

96

COVID-19 filters, intellectual persuasion, a new Robert Bryce interview, and more

97

Don’t stop living, live smarter: a path forward on COVID-19

98

4 ideas about COVID-19 you won’t hear anywhere else

99

Thoughts on the Oil Price Crash and the ESG Chess Game

100

Best of Power Hour: Richard Salsman on waste and pollution

101

Best of Power Hour: Robert Bradley on our energy resources

102

Best of Power Hour: Dr. Denis Rancourt on the true physics of CO2

103

Best of Power Hour: Dr. Amesh Adalja on the threat of infectious diseases

104

Best of Power Hour: Jude Clemente on energy poverty and America’s energy opportunity

105

Best of Power Hour: Steve Milloy on the science and policy of emissions

106

Best of Power Hour: Robert Zubrin on the future of human progress, aquaculture, mariculture, and genetic engineering

107

Best of Power Hour: Mukul Sharma on Fracking 101

108

Best of Power Hour: Pierre Desrochers on Capitalism and Our Environment

109

Best of Power Hour: Kirk Sorensen on Thorium

110

Best of Power Hour: Michael Lynch on the economics of oil prices

111

Best of Power Hour: Marian Tupy on Human Progress

112

Best of Power Hour: Robert Zubrin on Merchants of Despair

113

Best of Power Hour: Dr. Edward Calabrese on the Science of Environmental Danger

114

Best of Power Hour: John Christy on what climate scientists do and don’t know

115

Best of Power Hour: Brendan O’Neill on Humanism and Anti-humanism

116

Best of Power Hour: Judith Curry on the state of climate science

117

Best of Power Hour: Rod Adams on the secret history of nuclear power

118

Fact-checking Epstein vs. RFK, Jr.

119

Best of Power Hour: Dr. Patrick Moore on a rational, pro-human approach to ecology

120

Best of Power Hour: Michael Shellenberger on a new approach to environmental issues

121

Greta Thunberg’s unscientific sermon, climate protests, and fossil fuel divestment

122

The Saudi oil attacks, Greta Thunberg’s U.S. visit, the myth of “green jobs”

123

The climate change town hall wake-up call

124

Hurricane Dorian, methane regulation rollback, ethanol welfare, and more

125

Bernie’s totalitarian climate plan, David Koch’s legacy, the truth about Amazon fires

126

Special Edition: How many Gores do you emit?

127

Eco-fascist mass murder, the Texas energy crisis, and “contaminating” the moon

128

The Endangered Species Act, solar roads, the war on meat, and more

129

Ohio’s nuclear bailout, prestigious economist says GND would help the economy, and more

130

Carbon tax fallacies, Earth Overshoot Day, and Thunberg’s climate summit stunt

131

Heat waves and blackouts, Berkeley’s natural gas ban, and calls for a climate moonshot

132

Green policies vs. green energy, Trump’s environmental offensive, and NASA’s 97% lie

133

NY’s climate law, Inslee calls for climate indoctrination, and LEGO renounces plastic

134

The Democratic debate’s approach to energy and climate, the real potential of electric vehicles and more

135

The NYT admits climate models have failed, a misleading climate timeline, and more

136

Chernobyl, Bloomberg’s anti-coal pledge, another failed climate prediction

137

Biden’s climate plan, freedom gas, heat waves, and more

138

CA flirts with gas-powered car ban, TX stands up to pipeline sabotage, the EU elections

139

Australia votes for energy abundance, Venezuelan gas lines, and good news on drought

140

Biden’s climate conundrum, the IMF’s phony fossil fuel subsidy claim, and more

141

The UN’s latest environmental scare, the hidden risks of rooftop solar, renewables growth slows

142

California blackouts, nuclear bailouts, Beto’s GND-lite, NY bans skyscrapers, and more

143

Fact-checking the NYT on renewables, Iran sanctions, criminal climate protests, and more

144

The existential threat of the GND, Chevron buys Anadarko, flying car fears, and more

145

The true cost of solar, Keystone XL, Arctic drilling in jeopardy, and more

146

The Senate’s GND vote, Bernie’s fracking ban, how to think about byproducts

147

Arguing to 100 vs. Arguing to 0

148

How to think about air pollution, the 2020 election, fracking bans, and ethanol mandates

149

Framing energy conversations, Venezuela goes dark, nuclear’s amazing safety record

150

Changing the narrative vs conceding the narrative, climate mastery, CO2 turned into coal

151

Improving the human environment, Trump’s climate panel, Amazon’s “shipment zero” sham

152

The evolution of my environmental philosophy, greens vs. nuclear, CA’s train to nowhere

153

The Green Great Depression, Nike’s 100% renewable lie, reviewing Michael Mann, and more

154

The real cost of solar, wind, and batteries, the Polar Vortex, Budweiser’s 100% wind lie

155

AOC’s climate inquisition, the EV religion, Canada and Germany ponder energy suicide

156

Top economists call for a carbon tax, Tesla struggles, the BlackRock climate hoax, and more

157

How to evaluate claims about energy, the carbon tax, Wall Street goes green, and more

158

Bill Gates vs. Elon Musk, the Green New Deal, Yellow Vest protests, and more

159

Dan Sullivan on Human Flourishing

160

Dr. Edward Calabrese on the Science of Environmental Danger

161

Dr. Patrick Frank on the Accuracy of Climate Models

162

John Grizz Deal on Produced Water Handling and Small Scale Nuclear Power

163

Ethan Atwood on An Amazing Advocacy Success Story

164

Marian Tupy on Human Progress

165

Dr. Denis Rancourt on The True Physics of CO2

166

Dr. Amesh Adalja on the Threat of Infectious Diseases

167

Christopher Horner on How Green Activists Manipulate Government

168

Steffen Henne on the Truth About Unreliable Energy Sources

169

Travis Fisher on the 100% Renewable Scam

170

Amanda Maxham on the Virtues of GMOs

171

Michael Lynch on Recent Oil Prices

172

Sherry Orton on Obama’s Clean Power Plan

173

Dr. David Legates on the Climate Science Establishment

174

Dr. Richard Keen on the Truth About Temperature

175

Pat Michaels on our Lukewarming Climate

176

How to Talk to Anyone About Energy

177

Craig and Sherwood Idso on the Failures of Climate Predictions

178

Jeffrey McClure on “Socially Responsible Investments”

179

Understanding Climate Models with Christopher Essex

180

James Rust on the History of Opposition to Nuclear Power and Fossil Fuels

181

Steve Hayward on All Things Energy

182

Marc Morano on Threats to Energy Freedom

183

Jude Clemente on Energy Poverty and America’s Energy Opportunity

184

Judith Curry on The State Of Climate Science

185

Alex Epstein at Wellesley College on The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

186

Pierre Desrochers on “The Bet”

187

Dr. Patrick Moore on a Rational, Pro-Human Approach to Ecology

188

Kirk Sorensen on The Nuclear Opportunity

189

Brendan O’Neill on Humanism vs. Anti-Humanism

190

Steve Milloy on the Science and Policy of Emissions

191

Mark Mills on America’s Energy Opportunities

192

Rod Adams on Nuclear Policy

193

Oren Cass on America’s Energy Opportunities

194

Robert Zubrin on the Future of Human Progress: Aquaculture, Mariculture, and Genetic Engineering

195

Michael Shellenberger on a New Approach to Environmental Issues

196

Bonus Power Hour: Reframing the Energy Debate

197

Gowan Joslin on Fossil Fuels and Datacenters

198

Colette McLean on Living with Wind Turbines

199

Alex Khachatryan on Math Education Part 2

200

Alex Khachatryan on Math Education

201

Michael Lynch on the Economics of Oil Prices

202

Rod Adams on The Secret History of Nuclear Power

203

Power Hour Live: The Crisis in Energy Education and How We Can Fix It

204

Power Surge: Pipelines, EPA Scare Stories, NATURAL Gas in Groundwater, Ocean Not-Acidification, Yucca Mountain Nuclear Recycling Facility

205

Power Surge: Lightning Edition

206

Power Surge: Pentagon Supporting the Climate Catastrophe Dogma, Painting by Numbers Accounting Makes Onshore Wind Look Cheaper Than Coal

207

Power Surge: Keystone XL Permission Delay Increases Cost, UK Prepares for Winter with Green Energy on the Grid, Upcoming Anti-Civilization March

208

Power Surge: Climate Forecasting in the Rearview Mirror and Not-So-Simple Physics

209

Marc Morano on the Evolution of the Climate Debate

210

Power Surge: Burning Windmills and Another Climate Scare Report by the White House

211

Power Surge: “Carbon Legacy” Babies and Amory Lovins’ Footprint on the Colorado Coal Grid

212

Tim Ball on the Corruption of Climate Science

213

Power Surge: The Right to be Brainwashed, Apple Claiming 100% Unreliable Energy, and Ted Cruz vs. Government Owning the Means of Production

214

Power Surge: Polar Bears or Power Plants–Which “Endangered Species” Should We Care About More?

215

Power Surge: Shale Oil is for Everyone and the Heartland Institute International Conference on Climate Change

216

Power Surge: Tariff War on Solar Panel Imports, Chile Focussing on Gas, New North Dakota Flaring Rules

217

Power Surge: Greenpeace vs. Legos, Climate Insurance Failures, and Temperature Data Adjustments

218

Power Surge: Steven Goddard aka Tony Heller, Green Thought Police Seeking Control Over .eco Domains

219

Power Surge: Heat-Related Deaths and Human Ingenuity

220

Power Surge: Signs of Life, “Risky Business,” the EPA, and the Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

221

Power Surge: Former Treasury Sec. Paulson Claims We’re Facing a Catastrophic “Climate Bubble”

222

Al Gore and Rolling Stone Need to Issue a Public Apology for Journalistic Fraud

223

Power Surge: Rising Fossil Fuels and a Decline in Presidential Conduct

224

Power Surge: Japan Keeps the Lights On with Fossil Fuel Imports, Canada Wants to Build More Pipelines for Oil Sands Resources, American Lung Association Propaganda

225

Power Surge: India Identifies the Green Threat to Progress, Another Attack by Regulation from the EPA

226

Power Surge: Paul Krugman, Ayn Rand, and Climate Change

227

Power Surge: EPA Carbon Regulation Plan

228

Power Surge: Global Warming or Climate Change? and Barack Obama vs. Ayn Rand at West Point

229

Power Surge: How to Be More Alarming about Climate Change, the President at West Point, EPA’s Upcoming Power Grab

230

Power Surge: Our Lawless Energy Policy, How Tesla “Makes” Money

231

Power Surge: Shale Oil Reserves, Electric Cars, and Rail Transportation

232

Episode 94: Alex Epstein on Productivity

233

Episode 93: John Christy on What Climate Scientists Know and Don’t Know

234

Episode 92: Will Boisvert on Biomass and Modern Environmentalism

235

Episode 91: Interview with Leighton Steward

236

Episode 90: Oil Landman Joseph Munsey

237

Episode 89: Oil Champion Jack Ekstrom

238

Episode 88: Robert Bryce on Energy Progress

239

Episode 87: Steven Hayward on Fossil Fuels and Environment

240

Episode 86: Steffen Henne on Climate Change

241

Episode 85: Eric Dennis on Global Warming

242

Episode 84: Robert Bradley on Opposition to Fossil Fuels

243

Episode 83: James Taylor on the EPA’s “Secret Science”

244

Episode 82: Geoffrey Styles on the “Carbon Asset Bubble”

245

Episode 81: Marlo Lewis on the Top Energy Stories of 2013

246

Episode 80: Richard Levick on Energy Communications

247

Episode 79: Erin Connors—A Student’s View of Energy

248

Episode 78: Henry I. Miller on Food Technology

249

Episode 77: Gregory Zuckerman on “The Frackers”

250

Episode 76: Craig Idso on the Benefits of CO2

251

Episode 75: Meghann Ribbens on the Science of Oil

252

Episode 74: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

253

Episode 73: Power Preview—4 New Talks to Industry

254

Episode 72: The Man Who Debunked the Hockey Stick

255

Episode 71: Patrick Michaels on Global Warming and the IPCC

256

Episode 70: Eric Dennis on How to Think About Climate Change

257

Episode 69: “How to Think About Global Warming”

258

Episode 68: “Industry, Stand Up For Yourself”

259

Episode 67: Amy Oliver Cooke on FERC Nominee Ron Binz

260

Episode 66: Dave Quast on Fracking in California

261

Episode 65: David Kreutzer on Fossil Fuel Policy

262

Episode 64: Alex Epstein Visits the Kentucky Mining Institute

263

Episode 63: Andrew N. Kleit on Electricity Markets

264

Episode 62: Peter Grossman on U.S. Energy Policy

265

Episode 61: Larry Bell on Big Picture Thinking

266

Episode 60: Kirk Sorensen on Thorium

267

Episode 59: Thomas Pyle on Gasland 2

268

Episode 58: Eric Eisenhammer on Energy Activism

269

Episode 57: Heath Lovell on Coal and Communication

270

Episode 56: Frank Clemente on Coal and Human Health

271

Episode 55: Donna Laframboise on the IPCC’s Politicization of Science

272

Episode 54: David Blackmon on “Oil Subsidies”

273

Episode 53: “How Oil Improves the Planet” at Michigan State University

274

Episode 52: Travis Fisher on Electricity

275

Episode 51: Michael Binnion on the Canadian Oil and Gas Industry

276

Episode 50: Myron Ebell on the Rise and Fall of Cap and Trade

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Episode 49: Stanley Kurtz on the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement

278

Episode 48: CIP vs Sierra Club at Stanford University

279

Episode 47: Energy Panel at Duke University

280

Episode 46: How Frac’ing Improves Our Environment

281

Episode 45: The Vassar Controversy

282

Episode 44: Catastrophic Global Warming with Joanne Nova

283

Episode 43: Waste and Pollution with Richard Salsman

284

Episode 42: Light Brigade

285

Episode 41: Energy Policy and Pollution with Jerry Taylor

286

Episode 40: UN Global Warming Events with Craig Rucker

287

Episode 39: Superstorm Sandy with Paul Driessen

288

Episode 38: Interview with FrackNation co-director, Magdalena Segieda

289

Episode 37: Part 2 – McKibben Debate Break Down with Steffen Henne

290

Episode 36: Part 1 – McKibben Debate Break Down with Steffen Henne

291

Episode 35: Part 2 – Dr. Dino Ress vs Alex Epstein Debate and Commentary

292

Episode 34: Part 1 – Dr. Dino Ress vs Alex Epstein Debate and Commentary

293

Episode 33: Part 2 – McKibben vs Epstein Debate and Commentary

294

Episode 32: Part 1 – McKibben vs Epstein Debate and Commentary

295

Episode 31: Questioning Climate Science with Dr. Richard Lindzen

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Episode 30: Climate Science and Global Warming with Dr. William Happer

297

Episode 29: Climate Change with Steve Goreham

298

Episode 28: What Fracking Is Actually Like with Terry Cunningham

299

Episode 27: Environmental Education with Chad Morris

300

Episode 26: The Future of Energy with Mark Mills

301

Episode 25: The Role of Energy with Dr. Howard Hayden

302

Episode 24: Fracking 101 with Dr. Mukul Sharma

303

Episode 23: Detecting Psuedo-Science with Eric Dennis

304

Episode 22: The Value of Energy with Ken Green

305

Episode 21: Green Jobs with Deborah Sloan

306

Episode 20: The Dangers of Not Fracking with David Biederman

307

Episode 19: How to Think About Energy Issues (Part 2)

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Episode 18: How to Think About Energy Issues (Part 1)

309

Episode 17: The War on Coal with Marlo Lewis

310

Episode 16: The Locavore’s Dilemma with Pierre Desrochers

311

Episode 15: Our Energy Resources with Robert Bradley

312

Episode 14: “Merchants of Despair” with author Robert Zubrin

313

Episode 13: Capitalism and Our Environment with Pierre Desrochers

314

Special Feature: How You, Individually, Can Change the World – The Power of the Moral Narrative (Alex Epstein’s lecture at UofC Berkeley)

315

Power Surge Episode 3: Gas Prices 101

316

Episode 12: The Industrial Progress Movement with Jordan Breen

317

Episode 11: The Year in Energy with Marlo Lewis

318

Episode 10: Occupy Wall Street with Dr. Eric Dennis

319

Episode 9: SpOILed with Mark Mathis

320

Power Surge Episode 2: HR 1098, and Why Sound Money is Crucial for Energy

321

Power Surge Episode 1: Corruption at the American Physical Society

322

Episode 8: Climate Policy with Patrick Michaels

323

Episode 7: Speculation with Eric Dennis

324

Episode 6: “Alternative Energy” with Tom Tanton

325

Episode 5: Climate Change with Richard Lindzen

326

Episode 4: Nuclear Power with Jay Lehr

327

Episode 3: Environmentalism with Onkar Ghate

328

Episode 2: Peak Oil with Michael Lynch

329

Episode 1: Power Hungry with Robert Bryce