Volts

By: David Roberts
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  • 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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  • What's the deal with enhanced rock weathering to store CO2?

    What's the deal with enhanced rock weathering to store CO2?
    Feb 7 2025

    In this episode, I talk with climate scientist Zeke Hausfather about how enhanced rock weathering (ERW) turbocharges a natural process to permanently store CO₂. We dig into how it profits from existing infrastructure, and the big questions around measuring and verifying the carbon captured. Zeke also explains why farmers might actually benefit from spreading all those rocks — and why ERW could become a key, if limited, piece of the broader climate puzzle.



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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • The cybersecurity implications of a clean-energy grid

    The cybersecurity implications of a clean-energy grid
    Feb 5 2025

    In this episode, I speak with Harry Krejsa of Carnegie Mellon about why cybersecurity experts and clean energy advocates need to work together. Drawing from his White House experience, Krejsa explains how a modernized clean energy grid could actually help defend against China's cyberthreats — for the benefit of both peaceniks and natsec hawks.



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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Chris Hayes on the attention economy

    Chris Hayes on the attention economy
    Jan 29 2025

    Chris Hayes — author, MSNBC host, and previous guest on Volts — is just out with a new book, The Sirens Call, about the corrosive effects of the modern attention economy. In this episode, he and I dive deep into attention: what it is, when it became commodified, why it is so easy to steal, where industry is looking for new supplies, and how the harried and distracted can defend themselves from the onslaught.



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    1 hr and 10 mins

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This is the energy podcast I can't do without. I listen to half a dozen, and others are good, but VOLTS is excellent.

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