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Emmet Penney talks to experts, workers, journalists, and scholars from all over the world about nuclear energy, energy issues, culture, and society. Subscribe to the Substack to get the newsletter and the podcast sent directly to your inbox: www.nuclearbarbarians.com.This podcast is supported by the Foundation for American Innovation.
Emmet Penney hosts Nuclear Barbarians, a technology show with 101 episodes published.
This is the first in a series of check-ins with previous guests about the unfolding nuclear renaissance. In this episode, Tyler Bernstein, CEO and co-founder of Zeno Power, returns to talk with me about Zeno’s progress (
I'll admit, I'm a bit of a fusion skeptic. But! There are exciting things happening in the fusion industry these days. So, I brought Andrew Holland , CEO of the Fusion Industry Association , to talk to me about why thing
In today’s episode, I got to talk about something near and dear to my heart (nuclear waste reprocessing) with Carl Perez of Exodys Energy, a nuclear waste reprocessing company. Carl is a wealth of knowledge, as you’ll he
Today I’m joined by Julie Kozeracki, the Chief Investment Officer of the Energy Dominance Financing Office, which serves as the Department of Energy’s bank. We talk about her admiration for Admiral Hyman Rickover, the na
For this episode, my guest is Jeff Waksman, whose official title is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment. That’s a long title. In brief, he’s trying to get microreact
One of the best parts of running this podcast is the chance to learn about aspects of the nuclear industry I know little about. Today’s guest, the President and CEO of United Clean Up Oak Ridge, taught me all about remed
Reed Clay, President of the Texas Nuclear Alliance , joined me today to talk about how Texas is gearing up for the nuclear renaissance. We discussed how he came to support nuclear by learning about waste, what has set Te
This episode is dedicated to all of the light water reactor fans out there. Especially if you like your LWRs in water. Listen to this conversation with the co-founder and CEO of Blue Energy, Jake Jurewicz, and you'll und
Craig Fuller comes from a legacy trucking family. He’s also the CEO and founder of Freightwaves , the Bloomberg of logistics. So, Craig’s the perfect guy to write an accessible primer on supply chains, which is exactly w
Zeno Power , a cutting edge nuclear company, is making batteries powered with Strontium 90 for niche deployment cases: the moon, the arctic, and the seafloor. I got to pick Zeno cofounder and CEO Tyler Bernstein’s brain
Matt Loszak , the cofounder and CEO of Aalo Atomics, joined me to talk about Aalo’s progress rolling SMRs off the factory line. We get into Aalo’s test reactor at Idaho National Labs, a DOE path toward approving nuclear
There are so many exciting developments in the nuclear space, I can hardly keep up. And not just in the realm of reactors. Kurt Terrani , the CEO of Standard Nuclear , joined me to talk about his new company and its ambi
On today’s episode, I spoke with Scott Lathrop , the Founder and Chief Executive Director of Native Nuclear. Like me, Scott sees nuclear power as a multi-generational infrastructure investment that serves as a sheet anch
Former navy nuke Ari Brown joined me to talk about his experience in the service. For me, his story offers profound insight into what it takes to institutionalize excellence. Then we talk about his new company, Bellwethe
For this episode, Joe Klecha, the Chief Nuclear Officer at The Nuclear Company , joined me to talk about his background as a navy nuke, his time working on the Vogtle build, and what it takes to pull off megaprojects. Th
On this episode, Andrew Kirima of the Texas Nuclear Alliance stops by to talk about his origins as a nuclear advocate, what’s been going on with nuclear in Texas, and how the TNA fits into the American nuclear scene. Reg
In a special bonus episode, I speak with comic book writer Aubrey Sitterson about his new hard scifi geopolitical space opera, Free Planet. This comic has it all: energy literacy, questions of science and technology, the
Benton Arnett, Director of Markets and Policy at the Nuclear Energy Institute , joined me to talk about nuclear’s prospects today and what makes it such a boon for energy security. Benton’s a great guy with a deep knowle
John and I are back with the first installment of our series on one of Galileo’s masterworks in the history of philosophy and science: Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems . We dive into the historical context in
Film critic and writer Andrew Plimpton returns to the pod to talk about one of the greatest American films of all time—Chinatown—which also happens to be a canonical film about the politics of energy. We dive into the fi
Craig Fuller
founder and CEO of Freight Waves, owner and CEO of Flying Magazine · Flying magazine
1 appearance on this show
Matt Loszak
CEO · Aalo Atomics
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Ari Brown
chief medical advisor · Bellwether LLC
1 appearance on this show
Aubrey Sitterson
author of Free Planet Volume 1
1 appearance on this show
Spencer Klavan
author
2 appearances on this show
Scott Tinker
geologist, energy expert
1 appearance on this show
Chris Keefer
President · Canadians for Nuclear Energy
4 appearances on this show
Collin McLelland
Co-Founder · Digital Wildcatters
1 appearance on this show
Alex Trembath
Breakthrough Institute
1 appearance on this show
Roger Pielke Jr.
Professor · University of Colorado Boulder
1 appearance on this show
Brian Gitt
Head of Business Development · Oklo
1 appearance on this show
Robert Bryce
author, lecturer, filmmaker, and podcaster
2 appearances on this show
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