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  • TPH | How to Reform the Environmental Protection Agency with Daren Bakst
    2025/04/07

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. Jack invites Power Hour veteran Daren Bakst, Director, Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Energy Institute, to discuss CEI’s new book Modernizing the EPA: A Blueprint for Congress. Jack and Daren talk about why EPA exists, how its power expanded over time, corruption in the agency, and what to do about it. You can download the book here and give Daren a follow on X @darenbakst. Don’t forget to grab your copy of Nuclear Revolution . And if you already have one, get you for a loved one! Join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

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    54 分
  • The Power Hour | An Elegant Approach to Nuclear Energy with Liz Muller
    2025/03/26

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. Leonardo Da Vinci said that “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Could that also be the case with nuclear energy? Jack invites Deep Fission CEO Liz Muller to the Power Hour this week to discuss a reactor whose utility is defined by its elegance of design. Jack and Liz talk about nuclear economics, the waste issue and its solutions, and a host of other topics. You can learn more about the company and technology here. Don’t forget to check out Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution and to learn more about nuclear power, you don’t want to miss our nuclear energy documentary Powering America! Join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

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    40 分
  • The Power Hour | How Corrupt Government Science Ruins Everything with Dr. John Dunn
    2025/03/16

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. Jack invites Dr. John Dunn to the Power Hour this episode for an absolutely fascinating conversation about how government science is corrupted to support the agendas of politicians and bureaucrats. Dr. Dunn is a physician and attorney who has spent his career uncovering the truth behind some of the scientific lies our political leaders have relied upon to justify their regulatory power grabs. My promise to you is that you will be smarter and more skeptical after listening to this one. You can check out a paper the Dr. Dunn recently wrote for Heritage on Human Health and Welfare Effects from Increased Greenhouse Gases and Warming here. Don’t forget to grab your copy of Nuclear Revolution . And if you already have one, get you for a loved one! Join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word. And buy both books!

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    1 時間 7 分
  • The Power Hour | SPECIAL EDITION--Regulatory Reset At EPA with Kevin Dayaratna
    2025/03/13

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. Join Jack for this special edition of the Power Hour where he interviews Dr. Kevin Dayaratna about the EPA’s recent deregulatory actions to unleash American energy. Along with Andrew, Jack and Kevin discuss how the EPA’s actions impact the electric vehicle mandate, the clean power plan, CO2 regulations, and coal power. Get you copy of Jack’s new book, Nuclear Revolution , make sure to check out our nuclear energy documentary Powering America!, and see the climate science work we talked about here. Join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

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    41 分
  • The Power Hour | Talking Energy Policy with Andrew Weiss and Austin Gae
    2025/03/06

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. Jack welcomes a couple of his Heritage Foundation colleagues to the Power Hour for a wide ranging discussion of the latest energy and environmental news. Energy expert Austin Gae, making his second appearance on the Power Hour is joined by Power Hour regular, Andrew Weiss. Andrew steps away from his co-hosting duties and joins us as a guest expert. The trio discuss a bevy of issues—everything from panicking renewable energy advocates to Department of Energy reorganization. Of course, Jack mentions his new book, Nuclear Revolution and make sure to check out our nuclear energy documentary Powering America! Join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

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    56 分
  • The Power Hour | A Conversation with One of Nuclear Energy’s Leading Thinkers Daniel Stout
    2025/02/14

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. Join Jack for a wide ranging discussion this week with one of the nuclear industry’s most interesting thinkers and doer, Danial Stout. Dan has worked in the fuel business, for one of the nation’s major nuclear utilities, and held leadership positions in government trying to solve the nation’s nuclear waste issues. He’s led licensing, technology development and permitting efforts. And now he runs Advanced Nuclear Advisors, a firm dedicated to getting new nuclear projects off the ground. There is almost nothing he hasn’t done and we cover nearly all of it in this one podcast. Of course, Jack mentions his new book, Nuclear Revolution . Check out Dan’s firm Advance Nuclear Advisors here. Join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word. And buy both books!

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    47 分
  • Events | President Trump Bans Men In Women’s Sports, What’s Next? - Rep. Nancy Mace, Billboard Chris, & Tiffany Justice
    2025/02/10

    On Wednesday President Trump signed an executive order to rescind all funds from federally funded education programs that allow men to participate in women’s sports or share their private spaces! This marks a major victory for women’s rights and the fundamental reality that there are only two sexes: male and female. What needs to happen next in the fight against gender ideology?

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    21 分
  • The Power Hour | From the Particle to the Planet with Dr. Michael von Spakovsky
    2025/01/25

    The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts. Put your thinking cap on for this one, folks, and get ready to earn you PhD in thermodynamics! Jack invites Dr. Michael von Spakovsky to the Power Hour this week for a conversation that combines policy with technical, academic knowledge. Dr. von Spakovsky is a professor at Virginia Tech’s Department of Mechanical Engineering who has spent a career thinking about how complex systems, large and small, work. It turns out that this research can help us to better understand how things like our climate and energy use work. Rather than framing his perspective around political preference or policy, he understands physics. This allows him to see through the political gas lighting and get straight to the facts. You might need listen to this one twice but it will be worth it. You find out more about Dr. von Spakovsky’ s work here. Oh, and don’t forget to grab your copy of Nuclear Revolution . Join the conversation at thepowerhour@heritage.org! Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word. And buy both books!

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    1 時間 3 分