Ted Nordhaus: podcast appearances and interviews

Ted Nordhaus, born in 1965, is an American author and the director of research at the Breakthrough Institute. He has co-edited and authored several books, including 'Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility' published in 2007 and 'An Ecomodernist Manifesto' in 2015, both with collaborator Michael Shellenberger. Nordhaus and Shellenberger are described by Slate as 'ecomodernists' and have referred to themselves as the 'bad boys' of environmentalism. His advocacy focuses on increasing the utilization of natural resources through modernization, technological development, and economic growth, particularly emphasizing nuclear power and urbanization as solutions. Nordhaus's positions have drawn criticism from environmental scientists and academics, while responses from writers and journalists in the popular press have been mixed.