The Robert Bryce Show

Energy, power, innovation, and politics.

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Metals Analyst Lisa Reisman Talks Antimony, Steel, Copper, And China's "Strategic Competitive Advantage"

Lisa Reisman has spent her entire career in the metals business. She began as an aluminum trader, and after stints at other firms, she founded MetalMiner . Her clients are primarily original equipment manufacturers, including automakers, who buy a wide range of metal products. In this episode, she explains how her firm forecasts prices and why she is a "price purist." She also explains how China became a dominant player in strategic elements like antimony, neodymium, gallium, and other metals. P...

Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 5 min

Emmet Penney On Industrial Cathedrals & The Reopening Of Notre Dame

Five years after a fire nearly destroyed Notre Dame in Paris, the famous cathedral has reopened. In this episode, I talk to essayist Emmet Penney, who writes the Nuclear Barbarians Substack , about the cultural significance of the cathedral, nuclear plants as our industrial cathedrals, and the electric grid as our industrial commons. Please note that one of the (many) great things about Substack is that it allows you to hear this podcast on other platforms. Thus, you can hear this episode, and f...

Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 22 min

Matt Ridley: Britain’s Solar Output In December Is “The Square Root Of Sod All”

I’m back in the podcast game! And I am super pleased that the first guest on The Robert Bryce Show is one of my favorite people, Matt Ridley . Matt is a birdwatcher, essayist, and a prolific writer. He’s the author of ten books. His most recent one, which he co-wrote with Alina Chan, is Viral: The Search For the Origin of Covid-19. In this episode, we talk about Britain’s insane energy policies, the closure of the country’s last blast furnace, his investigation into Covid, why he now is convince...

Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 8 min

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