Volts

Volts is a podcast about leaving fossil fuels behind. I've been reporting on and explaining clean-energy topics for almost 20 years, and I love talking to politicians, analysts, innovators, and activists about the latest progress in the world's most important fight. (Volts is entirely subscriber-supported. Sign up!)

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Voltscast: How to decarbonize the electricity sector through budget reconciliation

Greetings, peoples of the Volts! I’ve got a special treat for you today. It’s not my first podcast , exactly, but it’s my first Official Podcast, with music and fancy-pants guests and everything. My guests are: * Dr. Leah Stokes , an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of the excellent recent book Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States ; and * Sam Ricketts ...

Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 17 min

What the Georgia Senate wins do (and don't) mean for climate policy

[ If you do not feel like reading today’s post, you can listen to it. Just hit play above. ] Y’all, before we get started today I have to share the funniest thing that’s ever happened. You know how I went on MSNBC a few weeks ago to talk about how Joe Biden should do everything at once ? And you know how former Saturday Night Live comedienne and all-around awesome person Leslie Jones frequently tapes herself watching MSNBC and commenting on people and their rooms? Well get a load of this: Lol. I...

Jan 08, 2021•21 min

Why I am a progressive

Hey, Volts readers, guess what? Now you can be Volts listeners! If you would prefer to hear the post below read aloud, by me, just click play above. And if you like having the posts read like this, let me know. If enough people are into it, I might see about getting some better equipment and actually learning how to edit a sound file. Before we jump in, some housekeeping: * Remember, as of Jan. 1, free subscribers will receive one post a week. The other posts, and the ability to comment on posts...

Dec 30, 2020•21 min

The first Volts podcast!

Happy Christmas Eve, everyone. I hope you are somewhere safe and warm. Here’s a little holiday treat for you: I recorded my first Voltscast. Matt Yglesias runs a newsletter called Slow Boring . He is interested in the energy bill that Congress passed this week. I just wrote a long post about that energy bill . We wanted to chat about it. Starting a whole official podcast with professional editing and music and a name and all the rest sounded a bit daunting, so as an experiment, we decided, in th...

Dec 24, 2020•52 min

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