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The Capitalist Hippie presents: Power PlayAI needs more power, faster than America has ever built it. Power Play is a six-part investigation from Quartz and The Capitalist Hippie into the bottlenecks, the fixes, and the economics at the core of AI development.Hosted by Marco Pimentel. Reported by Jackie Snow, Catherine Baab-Muguira, and Joseph Zeballos-Roig. New episodes releasing weekly starting September 15.About The Capitalist Hippie:Capitalist…Hippie. Two words that weren't meant to mix. One worships growth, disruption, and bottom lines. The other? Earth, equity, and a future worth believing in. For decades, they stood in opposition.Not anymore. What was once radical—decarbonization, plant-based proteins, climate-focused investing—is now the biggest economic opportunity of our time. The Capitalist Hippie is a podcast for changemakers rewriting the rules of business. Not as rebellion, but as strategy. Because the world needs founders who push for more. Not just profit, but purp
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Capitalist Hippie presents: Power PlayAI needs more power, faster than America has ever built it. Power Play is a six-part investigation from Quartz and The Capitalist Hippie into the bottlenecks, the fixes, and the economics at the core of AI development. Hosted by Marco Pimentel. Reported by Jackie Snow, Catherine Baab-Muguira, and Joseph Zeballos-Roig.
The Capitalist Hippie is hosted by Marco Pimentel. The show has published 97 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Power Play Ep 6: Overbuild" (28 October 2026, 26 minutes), "Power Play Ep 5: Rulemakers" (20 October 2026, 32 minutes), and "Power Play Ep 4: Solutions" (29 September 2026, 30 minutes).
The Capitalist Hippie publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 97 episodes.
Booking probability for The Capitalist Hippie is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Capitalist Hippie requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Capitalist Hippie's contact route on record: verified email.
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Marco Pimentel hosts The Capitalist Hippie, a business podcast with 97 episodes published.
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Episode #6
Nobody's AI has gone down for lack of electricity. So why are we rushing to build more? The chips keep getting more efficient, and the plans being announced may run well ahead of what gets built. If the demand doesn't...
Episode #5
Even if Microsoft's Three Mile Island reactor was ready in 2027, it wouldn't generate power until 2031. The gap is the grid, and the rules for who pays to fix it. FERC's entire mandate is three words: just and...
Episode #4
The cheapest fix for AI's power problem is America's power grid. That is, the one that already exists. A Brattle study puts the savings from running it ten percent harder at more than $100 billion. The fixes chasing...
America is rebuilding its power grid for AI before anyone can agree on how much power AI will need. In Ohio, one utility held 30 gigawatts of data center requests. When it asked developers for money upfront, requests...
Episode #2
America's grid runs at about half its capacity. AI needs more power. What's the problem? Every new data center waits on a connection study, and the studies are still run by hand. The turbines and transmission lines that...
What if one of the biggest energy wins in your home is hiding in plain sight? In this episode of The Capitalist Hippie podcast, host Marco Pimentel sits down with Luke Winston-Almanzar, CEO and co-founder of Reservoir...
Protein isn't just a fitness buzzword; it's the foundation of our food future. In this episode, Marco sits down with Thijs Bosch, CEO of The Protein Brewery, to explore how brewing fungal strains could replace factory...
Agriculture isn't broken — it's misunderstood. In this episode of The Capitalist Hippie Podcast, host Marco Pimentel sits down with Ali Cox, Olympian and founder of Noble West, to explore how storytelling is reshaping...
The space race was exciting. The climate race is urgent. In this episode of The Capitalist Hippie Podcast, host Marco Pimentel talks with former NASA engineer, Grant Gunnison, about how he founded Zero Homes to...
Episode #86
Can retired EV batteries help solve our energy crisis? In this episode, Nick Nesbitt, founder of Mapleview Energy reveals how they are transforming used electric vehicle batteries into commercial-scale energy storage...
AI isn't just reshaping our digital world; it's rewriting the energy equation. As data centers surge and demand could reach 11% of global electricity by 2030, climate tech investors and founders face a stark choice: can...
Wildfires don't sleep, so why should our firefighting technology? In this episode, host Marco Pimentel sits down with aerospace engineer and FireSwarm co-founder Alex Deslauriers, whose personal experience during...
A third of all food produced never reaches our plates. Apeel set out to change that—with an idea and a $10,000 prize from a university venture competition that turned into a $2B food-tech disruptor. In this episode...
What if the key to fixing food security and boosting property value was hiding in plain sight, right above our heads? MicroHabitat co-founder Orlane Panet is turning unused rooftops into thriving urban farms across 14...
This isn't just another swimwear startup - it's a $15K, single-SKU experiment that exploded into 300% annual growth. In this episode, we go behind the scenes with Londre Bodywear, a brand redefining fashion by embracing...
This isn't planting trees—it's a return to the wisdom we clear-cut away. This episode delves into how Chestnut Carbon has raised $160 million to transform degraded land into climate-positive assets, reimagining carbon...
Success is designing for impact, not interruption. EcoCart built a carbon offset tool that meets consumers exactly where they are: at checkout. In this episode of The Capitalist Hippie, Marco Pimentel sits down with...
Most food waste solutions focus on consumers. Freshr took a different path—embedding antimicrobial technology directly into packaging film to extend salmon shelf life by days without touching the food. In this episode...
Price. Convenience. Taste. Can your brand deliver? Annalea Krebs, founder of Social Nature, joins the show to unpack the brutal balancing act every sustainable CPG founder faces. In a world where consumers demand it all...
For Earth Month, we're spotlighting a browser turning everyday internet use into climate action. Marco sits down with Neil Henderson and Mahum Azeem from Shift to explore how they're reimagining the web browser as a...
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