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Headliners: Crystal Ball, Mark Nelson, and Emeka Anyanwu @ Gridliance Transmission Symposium

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Afterparty: Frontlining Energy Justice

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Eleventy-first episode & Energy System Analogy World Cup Championship

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Energy Justice with Prof. Erin Baker

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Commissioner Ann Rendahl & the Eras of the Electric Sector

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BONUS: Unprecedented Partnerships for Expanding Electricity Transmission in the West

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Big Synchronous Generators, Popular Fallacies, and Unpopular Opinions

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Ben Serrurier & the Lighting Design Lab

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Lynne Kiesling, Congestible Public Goods, and Common Pool Resources

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Ari Peskoe Ranks Governance, Footprint, and Market Design

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Rich Glick on FERC Order 1920

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Resource Adequacy, Tail Risk, and Institutional Capability

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Apoorv Bhargava on the Grid

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What it means for America's power grid w/ Katherine Blunt

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Dr. Kyri Baker on AI & OPF

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BONUS: Eras of the Electric Sector (Taylor's Version)

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Distribution Hardware

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The Transmission Expansion Era w/ John Hairston

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Grand Analogies of the Energy System

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Season 6 Preview & Sisterhood Merch!

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Office Hours w/ Professor Jacob Mays

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Season Finale: Hot Takes on Transmission

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Electrification is Happening w/ Steve Pantano and Danielle Walker

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*buzzed history* with Mark Ohrenschall, Shauna McReynolds and Crystal Ball

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Lorenzo Kristov and Josh Keeling on Maximizing DER Deployment

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Best Practices in Power Planning w/ Ric O'Connell and Anna Sommer

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BONUS: 3Ps of transmission in the West

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Utility Maximization, Community Input, and Solarpunk Stories with Prof. Dr. Destenie Nock

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Debra Smith hosts Randy Hardy, Bill Drummond and Steve Wright

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Risk perspectives; from strategy to execution with Kevin Nordt and Paul Dietz

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BONUS: Windowless Conference Room Edition

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Debriefing from a Markets+ Leadership Forum

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Market Design, Slinkies, and Synchronous Condensers with Farhad Billimoria and Conleigh Byers, PhD

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A conversation about a just mid-transition w/ Dr. Emily Grubert and Dr. Frank Incropera

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BONUS EPISODE: Power Contracts in Transition

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A conversation about transmission w/ Rob Gramlich and Kathleen Staks

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Debriefing from a Regional Expansion Summit

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A Conversation About Representative Workforce w/ Jackie Flowers and Humaira Falkenberg

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Market Disruptors - LIVE from the Main Stage

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Sarah Edmonds on Grid Integration Services

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Prof. Jacob Mays on Electric Markets & Resource Adequacy

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Distribution Systems w/ Prof. Kyri Baker

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LIVE from the Lounge!!

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Snowtel w/ Nicole Hughes

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BONUS EPISODE: Original Cast, Nostalgia Pod

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Programs and Markets w/ Lea Fisher

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Politics and Policy w/ Travis Kavulla

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Clean Dispatchable Resource Enthusiasm w/ Kieran Connolly

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Electric Market Enthusiasm, pt. 5: an Expert Panel on where Sports! and Markets! combine.

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FERC Chair Richard Glick! featured in part 4 of our Electric Market Enthusiasm series

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Season 4 Finale: Listener Mailbag

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Electric Utility Recruiting, pt. 8: Bear Prairie

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Electric Utility Recruiting, pt. 7: Crystal Ball

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Electric Utility Recruiting, pt. 6: Marc Farmer

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Electric Utility Recruiting, pt. 5: Sarah Edmonds

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Empathy and Nuance

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Electric Utility Recruiting pt. 4: Four Scotts of Public Power

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Electric Utility Recruiting pt. 3: Sarah Giomi

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Electric Market Enthusiasm, pt. 3: Professor Frank Wolak on Market Design and an Energy Market Game

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Electric Utility Recruiting pt. 2: Mark Johnson

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Electric Utility Recruiting pt. 1: John Hairston

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Electric Market Enthusiasm pt. 2: Elliot Mainzer on Governance, Transmission, and Price Formation

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AFTER DARK: Live from the Crown & Thistle

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Electric Market Enthusiasm, pt. 1: Professor Jacob Mays on Electric Market Design

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More Wealth, Better Living, and Greater Happiness

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Serenity in Service

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BONUS EPISODE: electric utility enthusiast trifecta with Debra Smith

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Innovation Space

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BONUS EPISODE: all the colors of h2

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finding the opportunities

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BONUS EPISODE: #EnergyTwitter: Jesse Jenkins Interview

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Bringing Hope

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EMERGENCY POD: PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PASSES SENATE

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BONUS INTERVIEW: Mary Wiencke talks Markets

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Market Enthusiasts, like us!

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doing business as!

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BONUS EPISODE: The Full Hairston Conversation

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Administrator's Discretion.

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New Year! New Season!

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Holiday Special!

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BONUS EPISODE: Michelle Manary Interview

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Infrastructure Week!

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BONUS EPISODE: The COE Interview

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Leading Innovation Week!

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Distributed Demand Resource Response!

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Markets Week!

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BONUS EPISODE: NewsData Collaboration

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LIVE from the Benson!!

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Fish Risk!

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Into the Twitterverse!

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Into the Metaverse!

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Energy Experts React! to NWPPA's Annual Conference

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Roll On Enthusiasts - Season 3 Trailer

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SEASON FINALE: Susan Ackerman Mailbag

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Harquahala Hypothesis!

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Catching Up on all-the-news!

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Return Counts are Up!

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Resource Adequacy double-feature!

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Cluster of Symbiotic Markets!

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Bring Your Ideas!