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Power Hour with Alex Epstein — 328 episodes

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

2

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

3

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

4

Peter Thiel challenges Alex Epstein on Fossil Future

5

How to become an Energy Freedom Policy Architect

6

Senator Tom Cotton on "Only the Strong"

7

Jusper Machogu, emerging African Energy Champion

8

Wrestling legend Ben Askren on how Fossil Future impacted his thinking

9

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

10

Vivek Ramaswamy's positive alternative to "ESG" investing

11

How to liberate nuclear energy, with Robert Zubrin

12

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

13

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

14

The threat of declining American oil with Michael Lynch

15

Bjorn Lomborg on the bad climate thinking of COP 26

16

The rise of Michael Shellenberger and the energy humanist movement

17

A wide-ranging discussion with leading climate economist Richard Tol

18

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

19

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

20

The Pseudoscientific Smearing of Steve Koonin

21

Best-of Power Hour: Steve Koonin

22

How to create concise, retainable energy messaging

23

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

24

Best-of Power Hour: Power Hungry with Robert Bryce

25

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

26

How to Bring About a Renaissance in Puerto Rico

27

Chris Wright, proud Oil & Gas CEO

28

How "the experts" can be totally wrong about energy

29

Announcement: New Power Hour schedule

30

Climate Scientocracy

31

The many myths of "energy transition"

32

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

33

Best-of Power Hour: Onkar Ghate on Earth Day

34

How Climate Science Gets Distorted

35

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

36

Obama administration physicist explains why climate catastrophism is unscientific

37

China’s Power Play

38

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

39

The Roots of the Green New Deal

40

How Defunding Reliable Energy Caused the Texas Blackouts

41

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

42

"Steps toward decriminalizing nuclear" with Robert Hargraves

43

The fallacious "Social Cost of Carbon" with David Kreutzer

44

Maxwell Goldberg on Our Dangerous Material Dependence on China

45

The Future of Oil with Michael Lynch

46

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

47

Alex Epstein on the world of energy in early 2021

48

The Destructive Power of ESG with Yaron Brook

49

Our precarious electric grid with Meredith Angwin

50

Pierre Desrochers on the history of environmental catastrophism

51

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

52

How the fossil fuel industry can stand up for itself

53

Anas Alhajji on the future of energy and energy security

54

The CEO who took on The North Face

55

The Physics of Freedom with Professor Adrian Bejan

56

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

57

Threats to Energy Freedom with Congressman Keith Rothfus

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

Best of Power Hour: Michael Shellenberger on Apocalypse Never

62

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

63

A climate activist turned climate thinker

64

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

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

66

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

67

How to Think About Consensus

68

The California Wildfires: A Historical Perspective with Chuck DeVore

69

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

70

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

71

Congressman Chip Roy on The 2020 Energy Debate

72

The Real Villains Behind CA Wildfires and Blackouts with Michael Shellenberger

73

Economics, Energy, and Bitcoin

74

EnergyTalkingPoints.com

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

Greenpeace cofounder Dr. Patrick Moore eviscerates climate catastrophism

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

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A free-market response to oil price crashes

89

“Safer Outside”: Alex Epstein interviews Daniil Gorbatenko

90

The Five Things Planet of the Humans Gets Totally Wrong

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

92

Onkar Ghate on a More American Approach to COVID-19

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

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

98

Thoughts on the Oil Price Crash and the ESG Chess Game

99

Best of Power Hour: Richard Salsman on waste and pollution

100

Best of Power Hour: Robert Bradley on our energy resources

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

Best of Power Hour: Mukul Sharma on Fracking 101

107

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

108

Best of Power Hour: Kirk Sorensen on Thorium

109

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

110

Best of Power Hour: Marian Tupy on Human Progress

111

Best of Power Hour: Robert Zubrin on Merchants of Despair

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

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

116

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

117

Fact-checking Epstein vs. RFK, Jr.

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

The climate change town hall wake-up call

123

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

124

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

125

Special Edition: How many Gores do you emit?

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

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

131

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

132

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

133

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

134

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

135

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

136

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

137

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

138

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

139

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

140

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

141

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

142

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

143

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

144

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

145

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

146

Arguing to 100 vs. Arguing to 0

147

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

148

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

149

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

150

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

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

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

155

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

156

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

157

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

158

Dan Sullivan on Human Flourishing

159

Dr. Edward Calabrese on the Science of Environmental Danger

160

Dr. Patrick Frank on the Accuracy of Climate Models

161

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

162

Ethan Atwood on An Amazing Advocacy Success Story

163

Marian Tupy on Human Progress

164

Dr. Denis Rancourt on The True Physics of CO2

165

Dr. Amesh Adalja on the Threat of Infectious Diseases

166

Christopher Horner on How Green Activists Manipulate Government

167

Steffen Henne on the Truth About Unreliable Energy Sources

168

Travis Fisher on the 100% Renewable Scam

169

Amanda Maxham on the Virtues of GMOs

170

Michael Lynch on Recent Oil Prices

171

Sherry Orton on Obama’s Clean Power Plan

172

Dr. David Legates on the Climate Science Establishment

173

Dr. Richard Keen on the Truth About Temperature

174

Pat Michaels on our Lukewarming Climate

175

How to Talk to Anyone About Energy

176

Craig and Sherwood Idso on the Failures of Climate Predictions

177

Jeffrey McClure on “Socially Responsible Investments”

178

Understanding Climate Models with Christopher Essex

179

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

180

Steve Hayward on All Things Energy

181

Marc Morano on Threats to Energy Freedom

182

Jude Clemente on Energy Poverty and America’s Energy Opportunity

183

Judith Curry on The State Of Climate Science

184

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

185

Pierre Desrochers on “The Bet”

186

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

187

Kirk Sorensen on The Nuclear Opportunity

188

Brendan O’Neill on Humanism vs. Anti-Humanism

189

Steve Milloy on the Science and Policy of Emissions

190

Mark Mills on America’s Energy Opportunities

191

Rod Adams on Nuclear Policy

192

Oren Cass on America’s Energy Opportunities

193

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

194

Michael Shellenberger on a New Approach to Environmental Issues

195

Bonus Power Hour: Reframing the Energy Debate

196

Gowan Joslin on Fossil Fuels and Datacenters

197

Colette McLean on Living with Wind Turbines

198

Alex Khachatryan on Math Education Part 2

199

Alex Khachatryan on Math Education

200

Michael Lynch on the Economics of Oil Prices

201

Rod Adams on The Secret History of Nuclear Power

202

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

203

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

204

Power Surge: Lightning Edition

205

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

206

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

207

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

208

Marc Morano on the Evolution of the Climate Debate

209

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

210

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

211

Tim Ball on the Corruption of Climate Science

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

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

216

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

217

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

218

Power Surge: Heat-Related Deaths and Human Ingenuity

219

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

220

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

221

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

222

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

223

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

224

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

225

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

226

Power Surge: EPA Carbon Regulation Plan

227

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

228

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

229

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

230

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

231

Episode 94: Alex Epstein on Productivity

232

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

233

Episode 92: Will Boisvert on Biomass and Modern Environmentalism

234

Episode 91: Interview with Leighton Steward

235

Episode 90: Oil Landman Joseph Munsey

236

Episode 89: Oil Champion Jack Ekstrom

237

Episode 88: Robert Bryce on Energy Progress

238

Episode 87: Steven Hayward on Fossil Fuels and Environment

239

Episode 86: Steffen Henne on Climate Change

240

Episode 85: Eric Dennis on Global Warming

241

Episode 84: Robert Bradley on Opposition to Fossil Fuels

242

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

243

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

244

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

245

Episode 80: Richard Levick on Energy Communications

246

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

247

Episode 78: Henry I. Miller on Food Technology

248

Episode 77: Gregory Zuckerman on “The Frackers”

249

Episode 76: Craig Idso on the Benefits of CO2

250

Episode 75: Meghann Ribbens on the Science of Oil

251

Episode 74: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

252

Episode 73: Power Preview—4 New Talks to Industry

253

Episode 72: The Man Who Debunked the Hockey Stick

254

Episode 71: Patrick Michaels on Global Warming and the IPCC

255

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

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Episode 69: “How to Think About Global Warming”

257

Episode 68: “Industry, Stand Up For Yourself”

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Episode 67: Amy Oliver Cooke on FERC Nominee Ron Binz

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Episode 66: Dave Quast on Fracking in California

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Episode 65: David Kreutzer on Fossil Fuel Policy

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Episode 64: Alex Epstein Visits the Kentucky Mining Institute

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Episode 63: Andrew N. Kleit on Electricity Markets

263

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

264

Episode 61: Larry Bell on Big Picture Thinking

265

Episode 60: Kirk Sorensen on Thorium

266

Episode 59: Thomas Pyle on Gasland 2

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Episode 58: Eric Eisenhammer on Energy Activism

268

Episode 57: Heath Lovell on Coal and Communication

269

Episode 56: Frank Clemente on Coal and Human Health

270

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

271

Episode 54: David Blackmon on “Oil Subsidies”

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

273

Episode 52: Travis Fisher on Electricity

274

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

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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

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Episode 48: CIP vs Sierra Club at Stanford University

278

Episode 47: Energy Panel at Duke University

279

Episode 46: How Frac’ing Improves Our Environment

280

Episode 45: The Vassar Controversy

281

Episode 44: Catastrophic Global Warming with Joanne Nova

282

Episode 43: Waste and Pollution with Richard Salsman

283

Episode 42: Light Brigade

284

Episode 41: Energy Policy and Pollution with Jerry Taylor

285

Episode 40: UN Global Warming Events with Craig Rucker

286

Episode 39: Superstorm Sandy with Paul Driessen

287

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

288

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Episode 31: Questioning Climate Science with Dr. Richard Lindzen

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

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Episode 29: Climate Change with Steve Goreham

297

Episode 28: What Fracking Is Actually Like with Terry Cunningham

298

Episode 27: Environmental Education with Chad Morris

299

Episode 26: The Future of Energy with Mark Mills

300

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

301

Episode 24: Fracking 101 with Dr. Mukul Sharma

302

Episode 23: Detecting Psuedo-Science with Eric Dennis

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Episode 22: The Value of Energy with Ken Green

304

Episode 21: Green Jobs with Deborah Sloan

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Episode 20: The Dangers of Not Fracking with David Biederman

306

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

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

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Episode 17: The War on Coal with Marlo Lewis

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Episode 16: The Locavore’s Dilemma with Pierre Desrochers

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Episode 15: Our Energy Resources with Robert Bradley

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

312

Episode 13: Capitalism and Our Environment with Pierre Desrochers

313

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

314

Power Surge Episode 3: Gas Prices 101

315

Episode 12: The Industrial Progress Movement with Jordan Breen

316

Episode 11: The Year in Energy with Marlo Lewis

317

Episode 10: Occupy Wall Street with Dr. Eric Dennis

318

Episode 9: SpOILed with Mark Mathis

319

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

320

Power Surge Episode 1: Corruption at the American Physical Society

321

Episode 8: Climate Policy with Patrick Michaels

322

Episode 7: Speculation with Eric Dennis

323

Episode 6: “Alternative Energy” with Tom Tanton

324

Episode 5: Climate Change with Richard Lindzen

325

Episode 4: Nuclear Power with Jay Lehr

326

Episode 3: Environmentalism with Onkar Ghate

327

Episode 2: Peak Oil with Michael Lynch

328

Episode 1: Power Hungry with Robert Bryce