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The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack is joined this week by journalist and author, Kevin Mooney, to discuss his hot off the presses book, Climate Porn: How and Why Anti-Population Zealots Fabricate Science, while Targeting American Capitalism, Freedom, and Independence. Kevin brings a whole new perspective to the climate change debate, delving into how policies are used to impact far more than climate. His background in journalism is clearly on display as uncovers many truths that you won’t want to miss. After listening to this, you will definitely want to check out Kevin’s new book, which can be purchased here. As always, you can join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! And while you are picking up Kevin’s book, you might as well check out Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America. Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Join Jack for a wide-ranging discussion with one of the nations top nuclear energy experts, Lake Barrett. Whether it was as the on-site Director for the clean up of the Three Mile Island incident, overseeing the Department of Energy’s nuclear waste office, or advising the private sector on critical nuclear energy issues, Lake Barrett has done it all. Most recently he gathered, along with former NRC Chair Allison MacFarlane, a group of experts to develop a path forward for finally fixing the nation’s decades old nuclear waste conundrum. Lake discusses the new report, which can be found here, along with a bunch of other stories and insights that you don’t want to miss. As always, you can join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Check out Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America , which interestingly features Lake Barrett. Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack is joined this week by Joel Spangenberg of CORE Power to discuss the promise of using nuclear energy to power commercial ships and to provide floating nuclear power plants for emergency power or even to bring electricity to regions that lack modern energy infrastructure. Could nuclear energy be the key to reestablishing American shipbuilding leadership? Will the nations that master maritime nuclear energy be those that dominate the future? What do Russia and China think about that? Check out this conversation to find out! You can learn more about CORE Power and sign up for their very informative newsletter here. As always, you can join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Check out Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America . Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Most of us agree that nuclear energy is safe, reliable, and clean. But one question that remains in the United States is what to do with the waste. One country that is well on its way to solving that problem is France and part of their solution is recycling it and the company that provides that service is Orano. Orano doesn’t just do work in France but are an important part of America’s commercial nuclear industry that is why Jack is excited to welcome Orano-USA CEO Jean-Luc Palayer to the Power Hour. Join Jack and Jean-Luc for a full ranging discussion on fueling American’s reactors, the potential for recycling the spent fuel to help manage nuclear waste in the United States, and much more. As always, you can join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Check out Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America, where you can see footage from France’s recycling facility . Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack welcomes Joshua Spodek back to the Power Hour this week for another fascinating conversation about his unique journey in finding life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness through sustainable living. Way more than just a guy who picks up after himself, Josh is an author, academic, and entrepreneur--he is a someone we can learn from as we work to live up to our own personal standards. You can learn more about Josh here and check out his most recent book, Sustainability Simplified: The Definitive Guide to Understanding and Solving All (Yes, All) Our Environmental Problems. As always, you can join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Check out Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America . Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. The Heritage Foundation’s Director of if its Center for Data Analysis, Kevin Dayaratna joined Jack this week in welcoming Travis Fisher for a fascinating conversation about the Department of Energy’s recently released report on climate change. Travis, who currently directs the Cato Institute’s energy and environmental policy studies, helped produce the report and provides unique insight into it. Having overseen a similar report at Heritage, Kevin brings additional depth to this extraordinary conversation. If you are tired of being told that there is a scientific consensus around climate change, you don’t want to miss this one. You can follow Travis on X @ts_fisher and Kevin @kdd0211. As always, you can join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Check out Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America . Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Join Jack this week for an informative discussion with his Heritage Foundation colleague and policy expert, Mario Loyola. With years of experience in think tanks, academia, and government, Mario brings a unique perspective and is the perfect person to help us to understand the energy provisions in the Big Beautiful Bill. Jack and Mario’s discussion covers the horizon of topics, including subsidies, regulation, and energy markets. And if you listen close, there might even be a mini-debate in there some place. You can check out Mario’s outstanding work here. As always, you can join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Check out Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America . Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.