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Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. It covers serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy transition.

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Filled with interesting stories, almost breaking news, a pinch of wit and a dash of banter with guests who actually know what is going on in the world of EVs, renewable energy and sustainability.

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In a rugged corner of West Texas, billionaire wildcatters and roughnecks are fueling an oil boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics. This modern-day gold rush has sent both big oil companies and scrappy start-ups scrambling to secure a piece of the action. 

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An unprecedented legal battle for our planet's future is about to take place. This November, one of the largest people-powered movements in modern history will assemble to fight climate change in a new and powerful way: by bringing it into the courtroom. 

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The India Energy Hour

101 Reporters

The India Energy Hour explores Indian energy transitions’ most pressing hurdles and promising opportunities. In the podcast, we will interview leading energy, development, and climate experts from academia, civil society, and the government. We will examine the role of government and finance, social justice, and science. 

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Turmoil

Energy GRP - University of Warwick

Turmoil explores the challenges and opportunities of the global energy transformation. In this exclusive three-part podcast show, we examine the geopolitical implications of these profound changes, how 'new' types of climate activism can help accelerate this transformation, and what this means for the fossil fuel industry.

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The Full List

Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world. Includes episodes on energy technologies.

America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast

The America Adapts podcast explores the challenges presented by adapting to climate change, the global movement that has begun to drive change, and the approaches that are already working.

American Innovations

American Innovations uses immersive scenes to tell the stories of the scientists, engineers, and ordinary people behind the greatest discoveries of the past century. Includes episodes on energy technologies.

Blackout

Fictional thriller series imagining the aftermath of a total electricity blackout across North America.

Boomtown

In a rugged corner of West Texas, billionaire wildcatters and roughnecks are fuelling an oil boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics. This modern-day gold rush has sent both big oil companies and scrappy start-ups scrambling to secure a piece of the action. Texas Monthly’s Christian Wallace follows characters along every rung of the oil field ladder, from the executive cutting billion-dollar deals to the itinerant pipeline worker risking life and limb, and from the traveling exotic dancer following the trail of money to those who worry that our planet is on a path to destruction. Meet the people cashing in and those just trying to get by as the world around them is turned upside down.

Citizens' Climate Lobby

Join CCL's Global Strategy Director Joe Robertson for a training explores the multiple converging crises facing our world with the lens of the important work our Citizens’ Climate International team is leading and calls on us to reinvent what is possible, through understanding and collaboration.

City of the Future

From Sidewalk Labs, each episode of City of the Future explores one idea or innovation that will transform cities.

Clean Power Planet

A podcast for people that can’t wait to switch to renewable energy.

Climate 2020

The 2020 presidential election will matter in terms of our collective ability to deal with a climate catastrophe. Americans are suffering from the effects of a changing climate. The nation needs a president who makes the climate crisis a top priority. Expect us to tackle the most compelling and important climate stories from this pivotal year.

Climate Cast

NPR News meteorologist Paul Huttner discussed the latest research on our changing climate.

Climate Connections

Yale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting, commentary, and analysis on the issue of climate change, one of the greatest challenges and stories confronting modern society.

Climate Conversations

Climate Conversations is the weekly climate change podcast from MIT Climate, an online community connecting questions to answers, research to solutions, and knowledge to action.

Climate History Podcast

Climate History features interviews and discussions about the history of climate change. Conversations consider what the past can tell us about our present and future. It is hosted by Dr. Dagomar Degroot, associate professor of environmental history at Georgetown University, and Emma Moesswilde, a PhD student in environmental and climate history at Georgetown.

Climate One

Greg Dalton is changing the conversation on energy, economy and the environment by offering candid discussion from climate scientists, policymakers, activists, and concerned citizens. By gathering inspiring, credible, and compelling information, he provides an essential resource to change-makers ready to address climate change and make a difference.

Climate Rising

Climate Rising is about the impact of climate change on business. It brings business and policy leaders and Harvard Business School faculty together to share insights about what businesses are doing, can do, and should do to confront climate change. It explores the many challenges and opportunities that climate change raises for managers, such as decisions about where they choose to locate, the technologies they develop and use, their strategies with respect to products, marketing, customer engagement, and policy—in other words, the full spectrum of business concerns.

Columbia Energy Exchange

Columbia Energy Exchange features in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia and civil society. The program explores today’s most pressing opportunities and challenges across energy sources, financial markets, geopolitics and climate change as well as their implications for both the U.S. and the world.

Cultures of Energy

Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy transition. But we also try to confront seemingly huge and insurmountable problems with insight, creativity and laughter. We believe in the possibility of personal and cultural change. And we believe that the arts and humanities can help guide us toward a more sustainable future.

Earth's Physical Resources

As the world responds to climate change, we explore whether sustainable energy can satisfy our need for endless economic growth, without radical changes in the way we live. This album examines power sources which provide cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels, such as wind power, biomass, hydro power, wave and tidal power, solar and geothermal power. The nine video tracks introduce the different approaches adopted in Britain and across Europe, the challenges faced and the projects of the future. This material forms part of S278, Earth's physical resources: origin, use and environmental impact.

Energy 360

Energy 360° examines the energy landscape from the intersection of policy, markets, technologies, and geopolitics. With commentary from leading energy and CSIS experts, we provide context and perspective on the most critical issues shaping energy today. Hosted by the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program.

Energy and Sustainability

Led by the Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS explores policies and regulations, commercial frameworks, and technological solutions that determine our energy future while balancing economic, environmental, and security priorities. In collaboration with leaders in industry, government, academia, and nonprofits, the Energy Security and Climate Change Program leads projects, events, and publications to help decision makers understand these challenging dynamics.

Energy Insiders

Join RenewEconomy founder and editor Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch as they discuss the week's main events - politics, solar and storage.

Energy Policy Now

Energy Policy Now offers clear talk on the policy issues that define our relationship to energy and its impact on society and the environment. The series is produced by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and hosted by energy journalist Andy Stone. Join Andy in conversation with leaders from industry, government, and academia as they shed light on today's pressing energy policy debates.

Fully Charged Podcast

Filled with interesting stories, almost breaking news, a pinch of wit and a dash of banter. Some YouTube behind the scenes chat, and a few guests who actually know what is going on in the world of EVs, renewable energy and sustainability.

Global Energy Policy

The energy world is in the midst of its greatest upheaval in a generation, redefining long-held geopolitical relationships with profound impacts on the global economy and environment. How do we balance the priorities of economic growth, energy security, and environmental sustainability? The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University is a leading resource for research and discussion that gets beyond the polarization that threatens to overwhelm the energy debate. In each episode of this podcast series, we bring you a conversation among top energy experts drawn from industry, government, academia and civil society about our energy future.

Green Energy Futures

The CKUA Radio podcast of the GreenEnergyFutures.ca series. The multi-media series is hosted by David Dodge and tells the stories of Canadians involved in the green energy revolution.

Hot and Bothered: A Dissent Climate Podcast

It’s the end of the world as we know it. And we don’t feel fine: we’re hot, we’re bothered, and we’re making a podcast. Hot & Bothered, hosted by Dissent, will be the first podcast to tackle climate politics from above and below, standing as firmly with the 99 percent as we do against fossil fuels.

How2 Build Green

The How 2 Build Green Podcast is a sustainable lifestyle podcast. Focusing on how we live in not only our homes and buildings but how we interact with the planet. We are accelerating change in the way we live and the way we consume the Earth's resources. This is also designed to give you specific how to information that you can integrate in your own life. Some might be thinking about building their own home, becoming a sustainable building contractor, or just living a more organic and free life. You’re in the right place if this sounds meaningful to you!

Inside Renewable Energy

Inside Renewable Energy is a podcast by Renewable Energy World, a trusted source for Renewable Energy News and Information on the Internet. Currently inactive, but an archive of previous episodes exists on the link below.

My Climate Journey

A podcast for those seeking to better understand climate change and how to help.

Oil 101

Welcome to Oil 101 - The Podcast. This podcast series is geared towards people looking to learn more about the fundamentals of the oil and gas industry.

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Podcast from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, consisting of interviews with academics and practitioners.

Re-Energise

The Re-Energise Podcast from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult is the place to discover more about emerging technology innovation in offshore renewables and the way that we will harness low carbon energy sources to meet our future energy needs.

Resources Radio

Our weekly podcast, featuring interviews with leading experts about climate change, electricity, ecosystems, and more.

Reversing Climate Change

Our podcasts focus on the people and organizations that are coming together to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reverse climate change. We also talk about blockchains.

Supercharged

Supercharged is an investigative series exploring power, conflict, and the people who are driving change. Season one examines the electric vehicle market and how Tesla is forcing the entire automotive industry to adapt and rapidly embrace an electric future.

Switched On

The future of energy, transport, sustainability and more from Bloomberg analysts.

Titans of Nuclear

Featuring over 250 interviews and counting, Titans of Nuclear is an audio encyclopaedia of interviews with the greatest minds in Nuclear Energy.

The Beam Podcast

With the help of people of climate action around the globe, Anne-Sophie Garrigou, Editor-in-Chief of The Beam Magazine, and Anna Siwecka discuss how to include and inspire a greater number of people to participate in fighting climate change.

The Climate Minute

The Climate Minute examines current news on global warming, climate change, renewable energy and the prospects for progress on international negotiations, carbon taxes and clean energy policy.

The Climate Ready Podcast

The Climate Ready Podcast features interviews and segments on emerging trends in the intersection of climate change and water. International experts in policy, engineering, finance, and other sectors will provide cutting-edge perspectives on climate adaptation advances, challenges, and stories. This podcast is a product of the Alliance for Global Water.

The Energy Gang

A weekly digest on energy, cleantech and the environment.

The Energy Mix Podcast

The Energy Mix Podcast is dedicated to energy news, covering a range of technologies, from electricity and heat, to transport and storage. It is hosted by Andrew Crossland and Barnaby Smeaton, two passionate energy specialists from Australia and Britain who were excited to provide insight from the new coal face of this changing and fascinating industry. You can read more about us on the meet the hosts page here. Global in outlook, with a UK focus, The Energy Mix is your source of lively and informative debate on all things energy-related. Each episode is structured to provide a focus on a hot topic of the day such as the Paris Accord or new nuclear plants. Andrew and Barney will be joined by guest speakers with crowd sourced content and frank discussion.

The Energy Transition Show

Straight talk about the world’s transition from fossil fuels to renewables with energy expert Chris Nelder.

The India Energy Hour

The India Energy Hour explores Indian energy transitions’ most pressing hurdles and promising opportunities. In the podcast, we will interview leading energy, development, and climate experts from academia, civil society, and the government. We will examine the role of government and finance, social justice, and science. Over time, we will feature in-depth conversations about the implications of India’s energy transitions for both India and the rest of the world. Starting with India, this podcast may expand out in the future to cover other countries of the Global South.

The Interchange: Energy Conversations

The Interchange is a weekly podcast on the global energy transformation, hosted by Stephen Lacey and Shayle Kann. Each week, the duo provide deep insights into technology, markets, projects, company financials, mergers and acquisitions, policy changes, and market data.

The Second Oil Age

Fictional thriller series. When an oil executive goes missing aboard the deep-sea Atlas Station, the company sends agent Synøve Pan down for answers — and she’s just the woman to get them. Welcome to the Second Oil Age: a sci-fi podcast that transports listeners to a post–energy-crisis world in which humanity’s thirst for oil is satisfied through a bargain with a mysterious deep-sea species. Binge the entire season now!

The Secret History of the Future

Journey into the past and you’ll discover the secret history of the future. From the world’s first cyberattack in 1834, to 19th-century virtual reality, the Economist’s Tom Standage and Slate’s Seth Stevenson examine the historical precedents that can transform our understanding of modern technology, predicting how it might evolve and highlighting pitfalls to avoid. Discovering how people reacted to past innovations can also teach us about ourselves. Season 2, Episode 1 (“Second Wind”) is a particular highlight.

The Sustainability Agenda

The Sustainability Agenda is a weekly podcast exploring today’s biggest sustainability questions. Leading sustainability thinkers offer their views on the biggest sustainability challenges, share the latest thinking, identify what’s working –and what needs to change — and think about the future of sustainability.

Think 100%: The Coolest Show on Climate Change

Think 100% PODCASTS launched in March 2018 with The Coolest Show. It quickly became one of the only places where audiences could hear in depth from the most prominent, storied, and unsung heroes of the environmental and climate justice movement. Achieving a balance of truth telling, humor, and joy, the show spurred the expansion of Think 100% to be a multimedia production and activism platform.

Turmoil

Turmoil explores the challenges and opportunities of the global energy transformation. In this exclusive three-part podcast show, the Energy GRP at the University of Warwick examines the geopolitical implications of these profound changes, how 'new' types of climate activism can help accelerate this transformation, and what this means for the fossil fuel industry.

Unburnable: The People vs. Arctic Oil

An unprecedented legal battle for our planet's future is about to take place. This November, one of the largest people-powered movements in modern history will assemble to fight climate change in a new and powerful way: by bringing it into the courtroom. Standing in the dock will be the Norwegian government, which recently sanctioned new areas for oil exploration in the Arctic. Unburnable will tell the story of this momentous legal challenge, and the global fight to protect our most fundamental human rights.

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