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  • What’s up with the new federal permitting reform bill?

    October 9, 2026 · 2 hr 21 min

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe The proposed bipartisan federal permitting bill is 417 pages filled with extremely consequential…

  • The grueling fight to pass the Inflation Reduction Act

    October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe On September 14, I sat down with Leah Stokes in front of a live audience at Seattle’s Town Hall…

  • Best of September 2026

    October 2, 2026 · 14 min

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.volts.wtf Volts published seven conversations in September, which is a lot for anyone to listen to. We’ve rounded up the highlights into less than an hour. Enjoy!

  • What’s up with heat-pump water heaters?

    September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe Heat pump water heaters use a fraction of the energy of conventional electric resistance heaters…

  • Do small residential batteries make sense?

    September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe Home batteries like the Tesla Powerwall are nice, but what about people who can’t afford them…

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  • How energy politics work inside DC

    September 18, 2026 · 15 min

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.volts.wtf Back in 2011, I wrote that fossil fuel interests had a much better media game than clean energy. My example was Frank Maisano, a media relations guy for coal…

  • How to build a more flexible, quieter, less obnoxious data center

    September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe Verrus is building data centers designed to address every objection the public has raised: they…

  • Building a big, abundant, clean grid

    September 11, 2026 · 2 hr 1 min

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe Jane Flegal has worked inside philanthropy at the Hewlett Foundation, industrial emissions…

  • Is there way more conventional geothermal than we thought?

    September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe Zanskar argues that the US is badly underestimating its conventional geothermal resources — that…

  • Best of August 2026

    September 4, 2026 · 45 min

    Volts published eight conversations in August — with two Idaho state legislators, a grid cybersecurity expert, the architect of Uruguay's energy transition, an EV charging exec, and more — which is a lot for anyone to listen to. We've…

  • How to respond to disinformation about clean energy, at scale

    September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe Disinformation about clean energy is showing up everywhere — online after every blackout, at…

  • Could we use Trump's tricks to make good green policy?

    August 28, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe Even as he has torn down climate policy, Donald Trump has normalized the use of more powerful &…

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About the show

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