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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEmmet 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: This podcast is supported by the Foundation for American Innovation.
Recent episodes include "The Need for Speed ft. Travis Fisher (Cato)" (27 October 2026, 49 minutes), "SPR: Trade It to Save It ft. Arnab Datta (Employ America)" (15 September 2026, 38 minutes), and "The Critical Moment ft. Matt Loszak (Aalo Atomics)" (7 July 2026, 45 minutes).
Nuclear Barbarians publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes.
Booking probability for Nuclear Barbarians is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Nuclear Barbarians requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Nuclear Barbarians's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #104
America needs power on the grid and needs it now. Aside from component queues and permitting challenges, another obstacle stands before consumers for whom speed-to-power is the greatest priority: interconnection to the...
On today’s episode we take a brief break from all things nuclear to discuss the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Arnab Datta, Managing Director of Policy Implementation at Employ America, joined me to break down the basics...
Late in the night on July 4th, Aalo Atomics took their test reactor critical. In this episode, Aalo’s co-founder and CEO, Matt Loszak, returned to speak with me about the company’s experience in the DOE’s reactor pilot...
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...
Episode #98
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Episode #85
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...
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...
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