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E140: Inertia Enterprises (Part 2) — Annie Kritcher and the night ignition happened
Jun 18, 2026
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E139: Make fusion energy, then repeat. Inertia Fusion, Part 1
Jun 11, 2026
46m 42s
E139: Make fusion energy, then repeat. Inertia Enterprises, Part 1
Jun 11, 2026
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E138: The Solar Revolution You Don't Need a Rooftop For
Jun 4, 2026
29m 58s
E137: The Missing Ingredient for Fusion Energy
May 28, 2026
32m 27s
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| 6/18/26 | ![]() E140: Inertia Enterprises (Part 2) — Annie Kritcher and the night ignition happened | In part two of my two-part field trip to Livermore, California, I sit down with Inertia Enterprises’ third co-founder — Annie Kritcher, the chief scientist at Inertia and a longtime physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.Annie was the lead designer behind the December 2022 National Ignition Facility (NIF) shot that achieved ignition — a self-heating fusion “burning plasma” that produced more fusion energy out than was delivered to the target. In this episode, Annie walks us through what it took to get there (spoiler: not one magical breakthrough), what “the ignition cliff” actually means, and why Inertia is betting that manufacturing and economics — not brand-new physics — is the fastest path to commercial fusion.We talk about:Annie’s path from nuclear engineering + plasma physics to becoming NIF’s lead designer on ignition platformsWhy the historic ignition shot was the result of years of iteration (and a few duds along the way)The “pancake” shot (and the lab’s surprisingly extensive breakfast-food vocabulary for failed plasmas)What it felt like to get the 3:00am text — “I think we got ignition” — and why relief came before celebrationWhy many in the field had nearly given up on laser fusion ignition — and how close the NIF campaign came to being cutWhy other fusion companies pursued different approaches: history, uncertainty, and the (very real) cost problem for lasers + targetsThe core commercialization challenge: scaling to high-repetition-rate shots (think “engine cycles”) and producing targets cheaply enough to fire millions per dayLinks:Inertia Enterprises: https://inertia.com/Everybody in the Pool: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/Become a member for the ad-free version of the show: https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/2EsDhwQC2z Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | ![]() E139: Make fusion energy, then repeat. Inertia Fusion, Part 1✨ | fusion energyignition+4 | Jeff LawsonMike Dunn | Lawrence Livermore National LabNational Ignition Facility+3 | Livermore, California | fusionenergy+7 | — | 46m 42s | |
| 6/11/26 | ![]() E139: Make fusion energy, then repeat. Inertia Enterprises, Part 1 | Fusion has been “ten years away” for decades — but one corner of the field just crossed a line that changes the conversation. In December 2022, Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s National Ignition Facility achieved ignition: a self-sustaining fusion reaction that produced net energy. And they’ve repeated it.So what happens when you take the only fusion approach that’s proven to work, and focus less on new physics… and more on building the industrial supply chain to do it again and again, cheaply and reliably? You get a field trip!In part one of a two-part field trip to Livermore, California, Molly visits Inertia Enterprises’ “House of Fusion” to meet two of the company’s co-founders:Jeff Lawson (yes, that Jeff Lawson — founder of Twilio and majority owner of The Onion) on the business case for commercializing ignition, and why Inertia thinks the economics are finally ready.Mike Dunne, former Lawrence Livermore power-plant designer and Stanford professor, on what it takes to turn a lab breakthrough into a power plant — from a gigawatt-scale “engine” that can follow renewables on the grid, to building a million precision fuel targets a day.We talk about:What “ignition” actually means — and why it’s different from “fusion someday”Why Inertia is starting with the only physics regime that’s been proven to produce net fusion energyThe two big bottlenecks: high-power diode lasers and mass-manufactured fusion targetsHow scaling semiconductor manufacturing could drive laser costs down (and why “1,000x” matters)What a fusion target is: a tiny fuel capsule inside a miniature “oven” (and why lead beats gold for economics)Why a fusion plant looks more like a high-RPM engine than a one-off experiment — and how that changes everythingPotential early markets beyond electricity: high-temperature process heat for steel, cement, and fertilizerWhat it looks like to build a fusion company in Silicon Valley: Apple/Waymo-style process engineers, high-end metrology, and a Nerf gun used as a stand-in for high-speed target trackingThunderdome. Yes, really.Links:Inertia Enterprises: https://inertia.com/Everybody in the Pool: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/Become a member for the ad-free version of the show: https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/2EsDhwQC2z Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/4/26 | ![]() E138: The Solar Revolution You Don't Need a Rooftop For✨ | solar energyplug-in solar+5 | Cora Stryker | Bright Saver | GermanyUnited States+5 | solar panelsrenters+5 | — | 29m 58s | |
| 5/28/26 | ![]() E137: The Missing Ingredient for Fusion Energy✨ | fusion energynuclear energy+4 | Dr. John Elling | Los AlamosMolten Salt Solutions+1 | — | fusionenergy production+7 | — | 32m 27s | |
| 5/21/26 | ![]() E136: The “Recovering Real Estate Broker” Making Greener Buildings✨ | sustainabilityreal estate+3 | Ben Stapleton | U.S. Green Building Council of California | — | green buildingscarbon emissions+3 | — | 32m 40s | |
| 5/14/26 | ![]() E135: The Battery That Pays You Back with Lunar Energy✨ | home batteriessolar energy+3 | Kunal Girotra | Lunar EnergyTesla Energy+2 | Mountain View, California | home batteriessolar panel+3 | — | 42m 52s | |
| 5/7/26 | ![]() E134: Inside Denver's Local Climate Action Playbook✨ | climate actionlocal government+4 | Chelsea Warren | Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency | DenverMile High City | climate actionDenver+8 | — | 31m 08s | |
| 4/30/26 | ![]() E133: How a Little Tracker is Making Supply Chains Greener with Tive✨ | supply chainsustainability+3 | Krenar Komoni | Tive | — | supply chaintracking technology+3 | — | 30m 52s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() E132: The Data Center’s Climate Redemption Arc with Lucend✨ | data center optimizationmachine learning+4 | Jasper de Vries | Lucend | — | data centersclimate heroes+5 | — | 29m 46s | |
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| 4/16/26 | ![]() E131: The Shark Tank-Style Fix for Climate Philanthropy with 1.5°Climate✨ | climate philanthropydonor engagement+4 | Greg Rock | 1.5°Climatecattle trade associations+1 | — | climate philanthropydonor paralysis+5 | — | 31m 54s | |
| 4/9/26 | ![]() E130: How Mill Is Scaling Food Recycling from Homes to Whole Foods✨ | food wasterecycling+4 | Harry Tannenbaum | MillWhole Foods+2 | U.S | food wasteMill+7 | — | 32m 59s | |
| 4/2/26 | ![]() E129: The AI Solution the Grid Desperately Needs with Gridmatic✨ | artificial intelligencerenewable energy+4 | David Miller | Gridmatic | Texas | AIgrid modeling+5 | — | 28m 12s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() E128: How to Win the Climate Communications War with Josh Garrett✨ | climate communicationclimate tech+3 | Josh Garrett | Redwood Climate Communications | — | climatecommunication+5 | — | 37m 15s | |
| 3/19/26 | ![]() E127: Your House as a Power Plant with Enphase's Marco Krapels✨ | residential clean energysolar power+4 | Marco Krapels | Enphase EnergyGreen Mountain Power+1 | VermontUK | solar panelshome battery+6 | — | 36m 36s | |
| 3/12/26 | ![]() E126: How Budderfly Turns Wasted Energy into a Win-Win-Win✨ | energy efficiencybusiness model+3 | Al Subbloie | Budderfly | — | energy wasteROI+3 | — | 33m 20s | |
| 3/5/26 | ![]() E125: How Mitra EV is Electrifying the Working Fleet✨ | electric vehiclessmall business+4 | Galina Russell | Mitra EVThe Grid | — | Mitra EVelectric trucks+5 | — | 26m 07s | |
| 2/26/26 | ![]() E124: Disaster Recovery Gets a Tech Upgrade with Tessi✨ | disaster recoverytechnology+4 | Susan Hunt Stevens | Tessi | — | disaster recoveryhome repair+5 | — | 32m 38s | |
| 2/19/26 | ![]() E123: Why Adaptation Is Unavoidable (And Investable)✨ | climate changeadaptation economy+3 | Niall Murphy | Morphosis | — | climate adaptationinvestment+4 | — | 34m 17s | |
| 2/12/26 | ![]() E122: Better cooking (and grids) with Copper | This week on Everybody in the Pool, another sexy gadget that doubles as a grid asset! We take a field trip to the Berkeley headquarters of Copper, which is reimagining the humble stove as a powerful tool for decarbonization. Their flagship product, Charlie, is a 30-inch induction range with a built-in battery that allows for plug-and-play installation, precise cooking, and the potential to support grid stability.We talk about: How a battery in a stove can reduce the need for electrical infrastructure upgradesThe magic of induction cooking - safety, precision, and efficiencyIncentive programs making electrification more accessibleThe potential for appliances to become grid interactive assetsCopper’s vision for scaling electrification across housingBonus: their in-house chef loves it, too.Links:Copper: https://www.copper.com/ All episodes: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/ Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/ Become a member for the ad-free version of the show: https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | ![]() E121: Making heat pumps sexy with Quilt | Heat pumps are having a moment. Last year, the U.S. passed China to become the world's number one market for heat pumps—and they're not slowing down. But while heat pumps are efficient and effective on paper, they haven't always been objects of desire. Until now.This week, Molly talks to Paul Lambert, CEO and co-founder of Quilt, about building a heat pump company that's equal parts climate solution and consumer product. Paul explains how his team is reimagining the mini-split heat pump—not just as an HVAC system, but as a piece of technology you're proud to have on your wall.We dive into:How heat pumps work: Why an AC is basically "a half-broken heat pump" that only runs in one directionThe two types of heat pumps: Ducted systems vs. ductless mini-splits, and why room-by-room control is a game-changerDesign as climate strategy: How Quilt spent half their initial capital on a domain name and invested heavily in industrial design to create pull, not just policy pushThe installer advantage: Why partnering with contractors (instead of doing it all in-house) unlocked national scaleSmart grid integration: How Quilt's internet-connected system enables demand response without sacrificing comfort—curtailing load in empty rooms while keeping occupied spaces perfectThe data center opportunity: How replacing electric resistance heating with heat pumps near data centers can free up 75% of the energy load—without building new generation capacityWhy incentives help but aren't required: 60% of America is primarily cooling-driven, and heat pumps are just better air conditionersPricing reality: Quilt is competitive with high-end Japanese mini-splits, not luxury-priced like early Nest thermostats or TeslasThe personal mission: How Paul's Alberta roots in the fossil fuel industry and his commitment to his kids' future drove him to climate techKey insight: Space heating and cooling represent half of all home energy use and 70% of fossil fuel consumption in homes—making HVAC the single biggest lever for decarbonizing buildings.Links:Quilt: https://quilt.comFind a Quilt installer: https://quilt.com (click "Find an Installer")All episodes: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/Become a member for the ad-free version of the show: https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | ![]() E120: Panama Bartholomy and taking pollution out of buildings | Buildings account for a third of America's greenhouse gas emissions, yet until recently, we've been flatlined on progress. That's changing—fast. This week, Molly talks to Panama Bartholomy, founder of the Building Decarbonization Coalition, about how an unlikely alliance of utilities, manufacturers, installers, and nonprofits is transforming the way we heat, cool, and power our homes.Panama explains how finding 80% common ground among competitors created unstoppable momentum—and how the U.S. just became the global leader in heat pump sales for the fourth year running.We dive into:The coalition model: How businesses, government, and nonprofits work together through "shuttle diplomacy"Why buildings matter: They represent ~33% of U.S. emissions and are the largest source of air pollution in California's worst air basinsThe heat pump revolution: How the U.S. went from third place to global leader in just five years—heat pumps now outsell furnacesThe gas infrastructure trap: Why we're spending $50 billion annually on aging pipes while gas bills rise twice as fast as electric ratesNeighborhood-scale solutions: How utilities are offering $35,000 checks to electrify entire neighborhoods instead of replacing gas pipelines"Stove Gate" as a paradigm shift: How controversy over gas stove safety created "sticky facts" that changed public perceptionWhat "pollution" means: Why language matters—moving from "decarbonization" to a term everyone understandsThe path forward: Why installers are the real heroes, and what political will looks like in actionKey stat: Space heating and water heating represent 90% of building emissions—and heat pumps can do both jobs 2-4x more efficiently than gas?Links:Building Decarbonization Coalition: https://www.buildingdecarb.org/BDC's 2025 Wrapped Report: https://buildingdecarb.org/2025-wrapped-decarb-editionAll episodes: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/Become a member for the ad-free version of the show: https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/Visit our sponsor, Climatize, and get $50 in investment credits when you create a profile! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | ![]() E119: Reinventing the grid with PG&E | What if the solution to our energy challenges isn't building more—but applying new thinking to the grid we’ve already got? This week, Molly talks to Quinn Nakayama, the senior director at PG&E’s Grid Research Innovation and Development, also known as GRID, division. (Clever, right?)After years of controversy over wildfires that led to the utility’s eventual bankruptcy, PG&E is moving forward with dedicated R&D, pitch competitions, and monetary investment to figure out how to use new technologies to meet growing demand without compromising California’s clean energy goals.We cover:The massive energy demands from data centers and electrificationInnovative strategies to manage load growth without building massive infrastructureHow electric vehicles and smart charging can actually reduce electricity ratesCalifornia's unique challenge of meeting net-zero goals while supporting economic growthCreative solutions like using data center backup generators as temporary grid supportIn upcoming episodes, we’ll talk with some of the startups PG&E has identified as particularly promising reinvention partners!Links:PG&E’s GRID initiative: https://www.pge.com/en/about/pge-systems/research-and-development.html?vnt=innovationAll episodes: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/Become a member for the ad-free version of the show:https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/Visit our sponsor, Climatize, and get $50 in investment credits when you create a profile! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | ![]() E118: Getting protein from the source, with Leaft Foods | This week on Everybody in the Pool, we're diving into the world of protein production — in reverse. Recently, the USDA released a new food pyramid that controversially places red meat and dairy at the top. That, combined with the global and particularly American obsession with protein, make it a great time to talk to Ross Milne, CEO of Leaft Foods. Leaft is developing a groundbreaking technology that extracts protein directly from alfalfa leaves, potentially reducing emissions by 97% compared to traditional animal agriculture.Leaft Foods isn't just creating a protein alternative - they're reimagining the entire food production system. By isolating RuBisCO, the most abundant protein on the planet, they've developed a nutritional powerhouse that outperforms eggs, whey, and beef in amino acid profile. Their first product, LeafBlade, packs 18 grams of protein and 58% of daily iron intake into a tiny 100ml pouch.We talk about:How extracting protein directly from leaves could transform agricultureThe nutritional superiority of RuBisCO proteinWhy efficiency matters in solving the climate crisisHow this technology could improve both human nutrition and animal farmingThe potential for scaling a more sustainable protein production methodLinks:Leaft Foods: https://www.leaftfoods.com/All episodes: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/Become a member for the ad-free version of the show:https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/Visit our sponsor, Climatize, and get $50 in investment credits when you create a profile! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/10/26 | ![]() Feed Drop: The S2G Podcast: The Future of Protein Through a Cross-Sector Lens | Here’s a bonus episode for you to kick off 2026. Back in episode 97, we interviewed Kate Danaher of S2G Investments about investing in the ocean economy. S2G are actually investors in a few of the companies we’ve had on Everybody in the Pool, including Matter, Moleaer, and Sofar Ocean. So this week, we’re featuring one of their interviews as they prepare to launch their new season.The S2G Podcast is hosted by the team at S2G Investments, and looks at what it will take to scale the food and agriculture, oceans and energy transitions. Episodes launch every two weeks with a range of guests, including company leaders, innovators, investors, and policy experts. Season 3 starts on January 15 and you can find the S2G Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.S2G Episodes: https://www.s2ginvestments.com/insights/podcastSubscribe to the S2G Podcast: https://www.s2ginvestments.com/podcastAll episodes: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/Become a member for the ad-free version of the show:https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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