Titans of Nuclear is a podcast produced by the Energy Impact Center, run by Bret Kugelmass.  We want to thank Bret for loaning us his great title for this Things to Know post, so we are reciprocating by listing the Titans of Nuclear podcast first.  Also, it seems that Bret has almost run the table on doing interviews with most of the great minds looking at this crisis and now has hundreds of interviews under his belt.  We are providing links to just some of the 150 episodes that we think are critical to listen to, for anyone serious about understanding the importance of nuclear energy in addressing climate change.

The Atomic Show Podcast  is a podcast series hosted and produced by veteran nuclear expert, Rod Adams, an independent atomic energy expert with more than 25 years of experience in making atomic energy information understandable and accessible through the website Atomic Insights. Rod is a retired Commander in the US Navy. Former Engineer Officer, USS Von Steuben and founder of one of the first advanced nuclear start-ups, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc.  The Atomic Show Podcast produces and distributes accurate information about a variety of topics associated with atomic technologies, including how atomic energy is produced and regulated, who is doing what of interest within the industry, the competitors to atomic energy, radiation, the risks and benefits of using nuclear technology, as well as the hazards of avoiding the use of nuclear technology in an era of climate change.  There are more than 250 episodes of this podcast, many of which include interviews with nuclear titans and other interesting people associated with nuclear, such as Atomic Show #259 – David Schumacher: The New Fire Movie, in which Rod Adams interviews the director of The New Fire, a movie about Advanced Nuclear.

The Ecomodernist Podcast, produced by Gabe Ignetti, follows ecomodernism, a movement based upon the belief that economic and technological processes are central to economic modernization and environmental protection. They believe that it is not by our “return to nature” but rather through a withdrawal from nature and accelerated scientific advancement, that we will be able to alleviate poverty, reverse our population growth, and enable a restoration of the ecosystems on our planet. Gabe Ignetti supports the aspirations of the environmental movement yet rejects the pseudo-science that has permeated environmentalism such as the opposition to nuclear power and GMOs, which scientific consensus, based on many decades of data, have shown to be safe. He stands behind the conclusion of the many thousands of scientists and engineers in the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), that nuclear power is indispensable in the fight against climate change and ocean acidification which is threatening life on this planet. Follow the Ecomodernist Podcast to learn more about how traditional environmentalism has lost it’s way and explore what is needed to free it from dogmas to bring forth a new environmentalism that is more suited to the challenges of the 21st Century.

FutureTech Podcast is a podcast covering a wide range of technologies including Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, BioTech, and BitCoin/BlockChain.  In their episode entitled “The New Nuclear,” they feature Jessica Lovering, Director of Energy at The Breakthrough Institute, discussing how efficient nuclear power might help to mitigate climate change.

Marketplace is a non-profit news organization focused on educating the public on the business and economic events that impact our everyday lives. The news platform communicates other smaller youtube channels and podcasts such as Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly. In this episode “Nuclear, but better”, Kai and Molly bring on Suzy Hobbs Baker-the creative director for the Fastest Path to Zero Initiative at the University of Michigan.

SciencesPO Energy Podcast is a Podcast on energy, economics, & politics recorded and produced at SciencesPo Paris. There are a growing number of podcasts covering nuclear, shale oil, energy effiiency and other topics of interest.  Below are the two episodes relating to nuclear energy.

Nuclear economics and public opinion: Despite some clear advantages, nuclear energy suffers from an public image problem. In this episode we speak to Valérie Faudon head of the French nuclear society and board member at Orano, the French nuclear company.

Nuclear energy basics: conversation with Dominique Greneche:  This episode is designed for listeners who are relatively new to nuclear energy to introduce the history, technology, and common problems associated associated with it and their solutions.

Nuclear Unscripted is not a podcast but rather seems to be a Youtube channel, which is focused on talking about nuclear energy and the reasons why we need to support existing and new technologies.  Nuclear Unscripted is being produced by Alan Medsker and Thies Becker and their episodes, which number at this point in time, are running over an hour long.

The Nuclear Humanist is the Youtube channel created by nuclear advocate, Mathijs Beckers, who writes and produces pro-nuclear videos and documentaries, including the Climate Zero Hour documentary, and who has written four books, among them Climate Zero Hour: Crossing the Energy Debate Divide. He is a prolific producer of new pro-nuclear content and is actively involved with working to organize the European nuclear workforce.