The Power Hour
The Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment’s (CECE) Power Hour, hosted by Jack Spencer, brings together leading experts to discuss a wide range of timely and critical issues in energy, climate, and the environment. If you support unleashing abundant and affordable domestic energy, combatting climate alarmism, and advancing environmental policy that respects federalism, property rights, and sound science, then The Power Hour is a must-listen program.
Episodes
Will AI Unlock the Future of Affordable Nuclear Energy with Kevin Kong
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with national experts. Jack has a fascinating conversation with Everstar AI CEO, Kevin Kong on today’s episode. Kevin makes a compelling argument that radical shifts in nuclear power’s underlying economics will be made possible with AI technology. Whether during the regulatory pr
Pioneering a Path Forward on New Commercial Nuclear Energy with Peter Okrasa
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack invites Peter Okrasa, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Pioneer Nuclear Energy Group to the Power Hour today. Peter is an investor and entrepreneur who is applying his decades of investment experience to forge a new path for commercial nuclear
An America First Energy Policy with Ted Ellis
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Ted Ellis of the America First Policy Institute joins Jack this week for a wide-ranging discussion on energy policy. Ted, who bring experience from Capital Hill, is Campaign Director, Power America and Deputy Director, Energy and Environment at AFPI, but
Why Your Transportation Freedom Might be at Risk with Terri Hall
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. The Power Hour expands its horizon with this discussion. Jack talks with Terri Hall of Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF) about how our freedom to drive where we want, when we want is being threatened. Terri is an activist who got sick and tir
Could Fusion Be Just Around the Corner with Chris Mowry
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack invites Chris Mowry of Type One Energy to the Power Hour this week to continue our discussion on fusion energy. Chris explains in detail how fusion works and why it is such a promising energy source. From the fuel to the economics to the technology
Could Fusion Be the Next Big Energy Breakthrough with Jackie Siebens
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. This week Jack invites Jackie Siebens of Helion, one of the nation’s leading fusion energy companies, to the Power Hour for a fascinating conversation about this exciting technology. They discuss how the technology works, how close it is to deployment, w
What Are the Kids Thinking About Energy and Environmental Policy, Part 2 with Savanna, Laura, and Camilla (the interns)
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts, or sometimes future top national experts. In fact, Jack invited three more young professionals to with three very different perspectives to continue the discussion. Don’t worry. It is a different conversation. This time Jack is joined by Laura Escher,
What Are the Kids Thinking About Energy and Environmental Policy with Connon, Payton, and Grayson (the interns)
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts, or sometimes future top national experts. In fact, Jack is having a bit of a different conversation today. To switch things up a bit, he invited 3 of Heritage’s best interns to join the program to find out what young adults are thinking about energy and
What Can We Do About Energy Prices with Tom Pyle, President, Institute for Energy Research
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack invites Tom Pyle, President of the Institute for Energy Research, to the Power Hour this week for a timely and informative discussion about energy prices. Are data centers driving up energy prices? Why does conflict in other parts of the world impac
A Discussion About the Future of Nuclear Energy with Jarrett Blanc
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack sits down this week for a fascinating discission with long-time Washington policy practitioner and guru Jarrett Blanc. Jarrett works for one of the world’s leading nuclear companies, Cameco, which, alone, is impressive. But what makes his perspectiv
Is Commercial Nuclear Cooperation with Saudi Arabia a Good Idea with Ted Jones
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. With the conflict in the Middle East, is now really a good idea for the United States to be cooperating with Saudi Arabia on new commercial nuclear projects? Jack invites Ted Jones—The Nuclear Energy Institute’s Senior Director for National Security and
Gas, Oil, and Ethanol Policy with Derrick Morgan
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Join Jack today for a wide-ranging and topical discussion with Heritage Foundation Executive Vice President, Derrick Morgan. Jack invited Derrick on to the Power Hour to discuss a recent article he wrote in the Wall Street Journal on the ethanol mandate
What Is Happening to Gun Rights in Virginia with William K. Kirk
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental (and Second Amendment)policy issues with top national experts. Join Jack today for something a little different—a discussion about how Virginia politicians are working overtime to undermine our right to bear arms. Jack’s guest this week is lawyer, Second Amendment attorney and educator, and all
Is Thorium the Answer to all our Nuclear Challenges with Michael Lee Anderson
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack is going nuclear this week once again with his guest, Michael Lee Anderson, who specializes in thorium fueled molten salt reactors. Mike is an author and innovator with decades of experience in the private sector. Mike and Jack cover the horizon on
Not Your Grandfather’s Geothermal Energy with Tim Lines
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack is joined this week by top energy expert, Tim Lines, CEO of Geothermal Wells, LLC for a fascinating discussion about the latest technological innovations around geothermal energy and how the technology can help solve the world’s energy problems. Tim
What’s Really Driving the Climate Change Debate with Kevin Mooney
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack is joined this week by journalist and author, Kevin Mooney, to discuss his hot off the presses book, Climate Porn: How and Why Anti-Population Zealots Fabricate Science, while Targeting American Capitalism, Freedom, and Independence. Kevin brings a
How Green Energy Policies Are Failing America with Author Steve Goreham
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Author Steve Goreham joins the Power Hour this week for a wide ranging conversation about all the ways that green energy policies are hurting America. Jack and Steve talk about the state of the climate change, powering AI, electric vehicles, and more. H
A Path Forward on Spent Nuclear Fuel Management with Lake Barrett
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Join Jack for a wide-ranging discussion with one of the nations top nuclear energy experts, Lake Barrett. Whether it was as the on-site Director for the clean up of the Three Mile Island incident, overseeing the Department of Energy’s nuclear waste office
How Green Subsidies Make Us Dependent on Chinese Minerals with Ben Lieberman
The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack is joined this week by Ben Lieberman, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Anchored by a discussion of his recent article describing how green energy subsidies artificially increase demand for Rare Earth Minerals, Ben and Jack cov
