Best Latitude Media Podcasts (2025)

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Open Circuit: Jigar, Katherine, and Stephen are back 51:52

21m ago51:52

51:52

This week, we’re featuring an episode of Open Circuit, a new show from Latitude Media that reunites Jigar Shah, Katherine Hamilton, and Stephen Lacey. Many listeners may remember them from The Energy Gang, a show they co-hosted for eight years. They are back together, co-hosting a weekly roundtable that will cover the latest news – to explain what'…

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Trump's energy paradox 51:40

4d ago51:40

51:40

The Trump administration wants energy abundance. But it just declared war on the fastest and cheapest ways to achieve it. That's the central paradox emerging from the administration's first weeks in office, where a flood of executive orders, permit freezes, and funding delays are creating precisely the kind of uncertainty that could thwart its own …

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Padraic McMeel of the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce joins the show! 21:20

5d ago21:20

21:20

DJ sat down with President of the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce to discuss his background, what's coming up in the community, and much more! Available wherever you get your podcasts!By Latitude Media

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The case for colocating data centers and generation 46:44

5d ago46:44

46:44

Sheldon Kimber says the grid is broken — at least for new data centers and other large, industrial loads that need lots of clean power, fast. But the founder and CEO of Intersect Power believes there’s a workaround that enables larger data centers and speeds up time to power: colocating behind-the-meter generation and storage on megasites rich with…

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High turbulence: What Trump’s first moves mean for clean energy 48:41

8d ago48:41

48:41

Since President Trump took office on January 20, he has quickly enacted an expansive list of policies with immediate and dramatic impacts on climate and energy. If you feel like you’re struggling to process these rapid-fire actions, you’re not alone. Among other pursuits, the President has vowed to “terminate the Green New Deal” and paused funding …

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More 2025 trends: DeepSeek, plug-in hybrids, and curtailment 49:45

12d ago49:45

49:45

Didn’t catch last week’s episode on Nat Bullard’s mega slide deck on energy transition? Start there. This is the second half of our extended conversation with Nat, the former chief content officer at BloombergNEF and current co-founder at data insights company Halcyon. In this episode, Shayle and Nat dig into topics like: Rising solar installations…

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The first commercial construction project for low-carbon cement 33:28

13d ago33:28

33:28

In May 2024, Yanni Tsipis was watching as his team prepared to pour a low-carbon version of concrete — one that had never been used in a commercial project. As senior vice president of WS Development, he was in charge of the team building Boston’s largest net-zero office building for operating emissions (not embodied emissions), and he had spearhea…

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The energy transition, decoded 7:22

14d ago7:22

7:22

The greatest industrial transformation in history is well underway — but it's going to be messy, contentious, and certainly not linear. In the midst of a volatile political and economic era, Jigar Shah, Katherine Hamilton, and Stephen Lacey are reuniting to launch Open Circuit, a show that decodes the technology, business, and policy trends shaping…

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Are utilities ready to fully harness demand flexibility? [partner content] 30:49

14d ago30:49

30:49

When it comes to decarbonization planning, utilities tend to focus heavily on the supply side. But they may be overlooking one of their most powerful tools for managing a cleaner grid — demand flexibility. Demand response and time-varying rates have been in use for decades. But many utilities still haven't fully embraced demand flexibility in their…

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2025 trends: aerosols, oil demand, and carbon removal 35:34

19d ago35:34

35:34

Out today: Nat Bullard’s 200-page slide deck with data from across the energy transition. Nat is the former chief content officer at BloombergNEF and current co-founder at data insights company Halcyon. In part one of their two-part conversation, Shayle cherry-picked the most interesting slides and sat down with Nat to unpack them. They cover topic…

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Fire-killing robots and executive orders galore 48:02

25d ago48:02

48:02

Amid the ongoing fires that have plagued California this month, the conversation around mitigation and prevention has accelerated. In today’s episode, the hosts are joined by Anukool Lakhina, the CEO and co-founder of BurnBot. The company produces tank-sized robots that take in biomass, incinerate it, and extinguish it as they move. Prescribed burn…

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The climate-ag grab bag 40:44

26d ago40:44

40:44

Here’s a three-part puzzle for global agriculture: How do you increase calories for a growing population, while zeroing out emissions and minimizing land usage? The stakes are enormous. According to the UN, the world has to feed an estimated 9.8 billion people by 2050. But agriculture currently accounts for about a third of global carbon emissions …

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Pioneering one of the first IRA tax credit transfers 32:30

28d ago32:30

32:30

When Chris Taylor and his team at GridStor were building Santa Barbara county's largest battery storage project in Goleta, CA they saw an opportunity: become one of the first companies to transfer tax credits under the newly passed Inflation Reduction Act. But there was no playbook to follow. Instead of working with smaller, specialized investors, …

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FOAK tales 57:34

1M ago57:34

57:34

First-of-a-kind projects need infrastructure investment, the kind of money that costs less than venture capital and usually comes in the form of deals worth tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. But infrastructure investors are notoriously conservative and convincing them to bite can be challenging. So what do infrastructure investors really wan…

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Will Biden’s 11th-hour climate strategy have lasting impact? 43:40

1M ago43:40

43:40

When President Biden departs the White House on January 20th, he will leave behind a nuanced and divisive legacy on climate and energy policy. On one hand, his Administration passed the momentous Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the CHIPS and Science Act, which have collectively stimulated massive investment and jobs c…

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Making DERs work for load growth 40:21

1M ago40:21

40:21

To meet AI-driven load growth utilities and big tech companies have been building — or reopening — big power plants. Georgia Power, for example, is planning to expand its fleet of natural gas plants. And Microsoft signed a deal last September to re-open Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant But could we meet a portion of that load growth w…

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Building the world’s biggest DAC facility 35:10

1M ago35:10

35:10

On Christmas Eve 2023, Doug Chan wasn't celebrating with family. Instead, he was in Hellisheiði, Iceland with his team, preparing to commission Mammoth — what would become the world's largest operational direct air capture facility. Getting there wasn't easy. After building two successful smaller plants, Climeworks faced its biggest challenge yet i…

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Lithium’s wild ride 38:26

2M ago38:26

38:26

If you’ve followed global lithium prices over the past few years, you know what a wild ride it’s been. Chinese spot prices shot to record highs in 2022 and then came crashing back down by 2024 — with big consequences for batteries and EVs that depend on the mineral. So what happened? And what could happen next, especially as EV sales have been slow…

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Drew Baglino on Tesla’s Master Plan 1:04:47

2M ago1:04:47

1:04:47

Editor’s note: For the holiday break, we’re bringing you one of our most popular episodes of the year — a conversation about Tesla’s Master Plan 3 with Drew Baglino, who stepped down as the company’s senior vice president for powertrain and energy in April. Tesla’s Master Plan Part 3 lays out the company’s model for a decarbonized economy — and mak…

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Neil Chatterjee: “Make energy policy boring again!” 45:48

2M ago45:48

45:48

In today’s episode, the hosts are joined by one of the most thoughtful—and occasionally controversial—voices in energy policy today. Neil Chatterjee served on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 2017 to 2021. During that time, he also served two stints as the chairman of the commission. At FERC, Chatterjee gained a reputation for his cand…

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S06E07 Timekeeping with Tom Bell (Live at The Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival) 1:08:33

2M ago1:08:33

1:08:33

It's the season finale and we are live! We had a fantastic live show in front of a small but perfect audience as part of The Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival. Tom Bell was our guest and we talked about timekeeping. Check out Tom's fantastic live show "Knightmare Live" https://www.facebook.com/KnightmareLive/ Also check out Joe and Abigoliah's tours…

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Scaling low-carbon products with book and claim systems 37:48

2M ago37:48

37:48

A mismatch between suppliers and buyers is making it hard to grow the supply of low-carbon products like cement, steel, and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). If you want to produce a product like SAF, you want to find the cheapest place to do it — someplace where there’s cheap, low-carbon hydrogen, for example. But the buyers who have the incentive …

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What went wrong at Northvolt? 39:15

2M ago39:15

39:15

Northvolt’s ambition was to become a European batterymaker to rival Chinese battery behemoths like CATL and BYD. They wanted to offer a homegrown supply chain to western automakers. But in November, the company announced its bankruptcy. So what went wrong? In this episode, Shayle talks to Sam Jaffe, principal at 1019 Technologies. They walk through…

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A complex path for building heat batteries 34:25

2M ago34:25

34:25

In 2022, John O’Donnell and Peter von Behrens figured out how to design a heat battery that would deliver heat at very high, constant temperatures. The breakthrough came on the heels of two years of research and development, some of which took place in Peter’s garage. Now, John and Peter were ready to prove their technology at commercial scale. So …

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How cyber attacks could threaten the energy transition [partner content] 23:46

2M ago23:46

23:46

Security experts often say there are two kinds of companies. “There are those companies that have been hacked, and those that don't know that they are being hacked – especially when we look at the energy industry,” says Bilal Khursheed executive director of Microsoft's global power & utilities business. Khursheed works with companies to deploy digi…

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A grab bag of climate conundrums: COP’s waning influence, Gov. Newsom’s Tesla troll, and more 40:58

2M ago40:58

40:58

In honor of the mixed assortment of Thanksgiving leftovers in our fridges, today’s episode features a grab bag of hot topics facing energy and climate policy today. The hosts kick things off with a frank assessment of COP29, which wrapped up in Azerbaijan a few weeks ago. Members agreed to provide $300B in annual support to developing nations, but …

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S06E06 A Sense of Self with Emily Laing 1:04:07

2M ago1:04:07

1:04:07

This week we had a brilliant conversation with actor and podcaster Emily Laing Check out Emily's podcast, Why do you think you've got no friends? here (or wherever you get podcasts) : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/why-do-you-think-youve-got-no-friends/id1635227254 If you scroll back a bit you'll find an episode with Abigoliah guesting. Joe …

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Explaining the 'Watt-Bit Spread' 42:59

3M ago42:59

42:59

Every data center company is after one thing right now: power. Electricity used to be an afterthought in data center construction, but in the AI arms race access to power has become critical because more electrons means more powerful AI models. But how and when these companies will get those electrons is unclear. Utilities have been inundated with …

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The ‘third inning’ of the energy transition [partner content] 35:19

3M ago35:19

35:19

In the aftermath of the presidential election, the clean energy industry is scrambling to figure out what a second Trump administration would mean for their companies and projects. But Tom Burton isn't just looking at the next four years. After 25 years serving the industry with the law firm Mintz, he's thinking about the growth of the industry ove…

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Frontier Forum: Why utilities should go big on VPPs 27:43

3M ago27:43

27:43

In the next five years, Arizona Public Service estimates peak demand will grow by 40%. In order to meet that peak, the utility is increasingly turning to demand-side flexibility. A few years ago, APS started working with EnergyHub to experiment with smart thermostats as a resource to manage peak demand. The initial resource was modest – a few megaw…

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From biowaste to “biogold” 42:23

3M ago42:23

42:23

Editor’s note: In honor of all the frying oil used this Thanksgiving, we’re revisiting an episode with Julio Friedmann, chief scientist at Carbon Direct, on the possibilities and perils of using biowaste for biofuels. Since it was published in June 2022, there has been increasing investment in biofuels from oil majors, especially for sustainable av…

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The risk of scaling 100x 29:41

3M ago29:41

29:41

In 2022, Via Separations was getting ready to build its commercial-scale filtration system, a technology that could help cut emissions and costs for a wide range of industries like paper, chemicals, and food processing. And when the company faced two paths — scale up 10x or 100x — CEO and co-founder Shreya Dave decided to scale faster by building a…

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Special: Barbershop Owner 18:39

3M ago18:39

18:39

In this episode we interview a barbershop owner and barber himself. Rudy the barber owns 661 Barber Company in Bakersfield, CA. Here is his instagram page link https://www.instagram.com/_rudysmybarber661/ Here is his company instagram page link https://www.instagram.com/661_barber_co/

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U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman: What's next for permitting, geothermal, and the IRA? 43:54

3M ago43:54

43:54

The dust has settled on our national election, and the Republican Party has officially completed a trifecta—winning the White House and Senate, and keeping control of the House. As a result, the GOP will have enormous power to shape energy and climate policy in the next session of Congress. While many of the specifics are still coming into focus, t…

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S06E05 Relationships with Stuart Laws 52:03

3M ago52:03

52:03

This week we are very excited to be talking to comedian and filmmaker Stuart Laws. If you aren't aware of Stuart's work (where have you been?) then do look it up and maybe even go see him on tour. Everything you need to know is here: https://www.stuartlaws.com/ Joe is also on tour next year, tickets are on sale at https://www.livenation.co.uk/artis…

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TEA breakdown: green ammonia and synthetic methane 42:26

3M ago42:26

42:26

Shayle and his team at Energy Impact Partners (EIP) review a lot of climate-tech pitches. The best kind of pitch uses a solid techno-economic analysis (TEA) to model how a technology would compete in the real world. In a previous episode, we covered some of the ways startups get TEAs wrong — bad assumptions, false precision, focusing on parts inste…

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Getting heat pumps right 43:27

3M ago43:27

43:27

Oh, the heat pump — a climate tech darling that still hasn’t hit the big time yet. One challenge for heat pumps is that the customer experience can be difficult, involving a complex installation process, poor installation jobs, and even technicians that don’t want to sell you one. What’s it going to take to get heat pumps right? In this episode, Sh…

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Why concentrated solar couldn’t compete 33:38

3M ago33:38

33:38

In 2009, John Woolard’s team flipped the switch on a first-of-a-kind concentrated solar power project. The pilot paved the way for BrightSource Energy, where John was CEO, to build its first commercial CSP plant, a 440-megawatt project in the Mojave Desert called Ivanpah. John and his team believed they were far ahead of the competition, including …

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Trump won. Now what? 35:05

3M ago35:05

35:05

On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump was reelected in a landslide, becoming the first Republican to win the popular vote since 2004. Republicans also re-took control of the Senate, and will likely keep a majority in the House of Representatives as well. In today’s show — which was recorded the morning after the election — the hosts unpack the …

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S06E04 Awkwardness with Colin Hoult 58:03

3M ago58:03

58:03

This week we are talking about talking awkwardness with comedian and actor Colin Hoult Check out Colin's podcast Into The Neuroverse or go see him live on tour https://iamcolinhoult.com/live/ Rate, Review and Subscribe and we'll see you again in two weeks with a wonderful special guest or if you can't wait two weeks there'll be a bonus episode on o…

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Fixing the refrigerant problem 30:08

3M ago30:08

30:08

The bad news: The refrigerants we use in air conditioners, fridges, and vehicles absorb hundreds to thousands of times more heat than carbon dioxide does. The good news: We’re in the middle of a global effort to replace them with lower impact alternatives. Will we replace them fast enough to hit climate targets? And in the meantime, can we prevent …

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Why climate tech startups get this one thing wrong 49:38

4M ago49:38

49:38

This might be our wonkiest topic yet: Techno-economic analysis, or TEA. Before a startup proves its technology is commercially viable, it models how a technology would work. These TEAs include things like assumptions about inputs, prices, and market landscape. They help investors and entrepreneurs answer the question, will this technology compete? …

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Introducing: The Green Blueprint 2:44

4M ago2:44

2:44

We’ve already invented many of the solutions needed to decarbonize the global economy. But a big chunk of emission reductions will come from technologies that are not yet commercial. We don’t have decades to get these commercialized – we have years. So what can we learn from the people who are bringing new technologies from the lab to the market, c…

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Election showdown: Down-ballot drama, closing arguments, and more 48:31

4M ago48:31

48:31

The 2024 election has finally arrived. Early ballots have been mailed. The candidates are crossing the country, making their final pitches. Analysts are poring over countless polls, while tension builds. Climate and energy didn’t surface as a central issue of this year’s presidential campaign. But the results of the race — as well as many more down…

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S06E03 Technology with Tom Elwes 58:15

4M ago58:15

58:15

This week we are talking about technology and AI with dyslexic comedian Tom Elwes Follow Tom at @tomelwes on instagram for show updates. Rate, Review and Subscribe and we'll see you again in two weeks with a wonderful special guest or if you can't wait two weeks there'll be a bonus episode on our Patreon next week. If you've had a Neurodivergent mo…

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The unexplored frontier of methane removal 42:49

4M ago42:49

42:49

We capture concentrated methane emissions from point sources like dairy barns, landfills, and coal mines. Mitigating methane emissions is essential to hitting net-zero targets, but could we capture diluted gasses straight from the atmosphere, too? In this episode, Shayle talks to Dr. Gabrielle Dreyfus, Chief Scientist at the Institute For Governanc…

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Frontier Forum: An energy-first approach to data centers 27:08

4M ago27:08

27:08

AI is enabling a multitude of solutions across power, industry, and transportation. But AI energy demands are increasingly stressing the electric grid — creating a bottleneck for growth and new challenges for clean energy supply. The mounting tension highlights the need for an energy-first approach to computing. Developer Crusoe is building AI infr…

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The complex path to market for low-carbon cement 40:06

4M ago40:06

40:06

Getting the construction industry to try a novel form of cement is like turning a giant ship. It’s hard to redirect the immense momentum behind existing ways of doing business, especially involving cement, the most energy-intensive ingredient in concrete. Industry insiders point to tight margins, concerns about messing with the ingredients that lit…

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The Dish on Isabella Community Soup Kitchen with Sarah Adkins 15:17

4M ago15:17

15:17

In this episode, Sarah Adkins speaks with Remington Hernandez about the Isabella Community Soup Kitchen, what it does, and their upcoming Halloween Soup bowl.By Latitude Media

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Chips Ahoy: Unpacking the politics of microchip deregulation 45:09

4M ago45:09

45:09

With less than four months left in office, President Biden has green-lit another divisive climate-related policy. On October 2, Biden signed the Building Chips in America Act into law. The bill allows the manufacture of microchips—like the ones in smartphones, medical devices, cars and more—to bypass federal environmental review. The bill’s support…

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