Volts

A podcast by David Roberts

321 Episodes

  1. The cybersecurity implications of a clean-energy grid

    Published: 2/5/2025
  2. Chris Hayes on the attention economy

    Published: 1/29/2025
  3. What's the deal with pumped-hydro energy storage?

    Published: 1/22/2025
  4. Assembling diverse resources into super-powered "energy parks"

    Published: 1/15/2025
  5. Organizing local support for clean energy projects

    Published: 1/8/2025
  6. Thermal energy networks are the next big thing

    Published: 1/1/2025
  7. The promise of residential VPPs

    Published: 12/20/2024
  8. Should we put utilities in charge of distributed energy?

    Published: 12/18/2024
  9. Time to stop taking hydropower for granted?

    Published: 12/13/2024
  10. Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech?

    Published: 12/11/2024
  11. Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck

    Published: 12/4/2024
  12. Checking in on local and state climate races

    Published: 11/27/2024
  13. Electrifying big trucks

    Published: 11/22/2024
  14. Dan Savage on blue America in the age of Trump

    Published: 11/20/2024
  15. Residential solar is becoming residential solar + storage + VPP

    Published: 11/13/2024
  16. How railroads could boost the US energy transition

    Published: 11/6/2024
  17. How is electrification going?

    Published: 11/1/2024
  18. Tying utility profits to actually doing a good job

    Published: 10/23/2024
  19. The Department of Energy has gotten serious about technology commercialization

    Published: 10/16/2024
  20. Digging into one of this year's most important-but-overlooked clean energy elections

    Published: 10/11/2024

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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!) www.volts.wtf