The World Changing Podcast
by Aston
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Julia Pyper on the Intersection of Policy, Virtual Power Plants, and…
Julia Pyper on the Intersection of Policy, Virtual Power Plants, and…
About this podcast
Join us as we talk to the skeptics, supporters, and innovators in the fields that depend on electricity to run their industries, which is changing every single day. Hosted by Greg Robinson and Flo Lumsden, an Aston podcast produced by Chorus Studios.
Episodes
- Julia Pyper on the Intersection of Policy, Virtual Power Plants, and Individual Action · 1 h 7 min · Episode 17Julia Pyper has been at the top of our list since we started The World Changing Podcast in 2022. Why? Julia is known for her in-depth coverage of the clean energy transition, has…
- The World’s Largest Climate Tech Accelerator on How We Innovate · 52 min · Episode 16We sat down with The Accelerator Guy! That's Ryan Kushner of course - co-founder of Third Derivative, the world's largest climate tech accelerator. For context, Third Derivative…
- Key Findings and Deep Dives: Insights from The World Changing Podcast · 42 min · Episode 15When we look back, it's amazing how many common threads there are among our incredible guests. From Aston co-founder Ed McKenzie to Mark Jacobson of Stanford University, we are…
- Clean Energy Around the Clock Today!? Inventor and Energy Dome CEO Claudio Spadacini on his New Battery · 54 min · Episode 14Born and raised in a small Italian town near the Swiss Alps, Claudio Spadacini learned from an early age that electricity can spark world changing innovation anywhere. Due in…
- Scaling Alchemy, the Breakthrough Marvel Microreactor and Aalo Atomics Co-Founder Matt Loszak · 1 h 5 min · Episode 13As a kid, Matt Loszak loved to learn and perform magic tricks. The only problem? He ended up telling the audience the secret mechanism of the trick! Today, Matt is still breaking…
- The Global Impact of Local Energy with Bill Nussey · 57 min · Episode 12Bill had an impressive career as a tech entrepreneur and businessman before he turned his sights (back to) energy. He started his first company in highschool - a graphics…
- No Miracles Needed to 100% Clean Energy with Mark Z. Jacobson (Stanford U., The Solutions Project) · 1 h 16 min · Episode 11Since he first struggled with air pollution as a teenager in Los Angeles, Mark Z. Jacobson has committed himself to understanding and solving this issue. And boy, has he…
- Five Challenges to Greening the Power Grid, It’s Season 2! · 14 min · Episode 10We're back and we're asking questions like “Why do environmentalists try to kill windfarms?” It’s a big, complicated world out there and we are breaking down five key challenges…
- Greg & Flo Take on The (monolithic) Power Utilities · 1 h 12 min · Episode 9Flo asks: "Are our power utilities businesses or part of the government?" The answer is pretty murky. How did most power utilities in the US become investor owned, publicly…
- Modernizing & Decarbonizing the US Power Grid with Gary Rackliffe (Hitachi Energy, ABB, Westinghouse Electric) · 1 h 38 min · Episode 8The dream of the smart, sustainable grid. What will it take to achieve the energy grid of our dreams? We are so excited to share this conversation we had with Gary Rackliffe…
- Greg & Flo Take on Crypto · 1 h 20 min · Episode 7What the heck is crypto? And for that matter, what is money? Greg and I take a thought provoking and philosophical journey exploring these fundamental questions. Our conversation…
- James D’Albora on Why Renewables Need Better Internet Service · 50 min · Episode 6James D'Albora began his lifelong journey as an entrepreneur when he was 10 years old. With the dream of purchasing his own TV, he decided to get a paper route in Sacramento…
- Greg & Flo Take on Community Solar · 1 h 10 min · Episode 5Welcome to our first Greg-Flo-isode! In these episodes we take on a single timely topic that interests us and work to think unbiasedly about it. What opportunities and possible…
- Are we ready to go Nuclear? Alan Hoffman (MIT, Oklo, Cloudant, PayPal) on the current opportunities and challenges of nuclear power · 1 h 1 min · Episode 4Are we ready to go nuclear? We’ve brought in the brilliant and multi-talented Alan Hoffman (MIT, Oklo, Cloudant, PayPal) to help us dive into the current opportunities and…
- Ed McKenzie: Online Identities, Discovering Code and Power 3.0 · 1 h 9 min · Episode 3Ed McKenzie and Greg Robinson have been friends and business partners for 15 years. In this conversation, Ed and Greg explore the weight of online identities (aka why Ed doesn't…
- Introducing The World Changing Podcast · 40 min · Episode 2Welcome to... The World Changing Podcast! Who are we? Why do we care about changing the world? Meet your host Greg Robinson and producer Flo Lumsden. In the first half of the…
- Trailer: The World Changing Podcast · 6 min · Episode 1What is The World Changing Podcast? Here is a trailer for the show.
