Episodes
Six years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
50 episodes in 2022
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46m Why methane matters
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann and Spark Climate Solutions co-founder Erica Reinhart explore why cutting methane is the most urgent lever to mitigate near-term climate warming…
22 statements 8 featured 16 assessments 2 contradicted
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52m Advance market commitments to decarbonize heavy industry
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann sits down with climate diplomat Varun Sivaram to explore how advance market commitments through the First Movers Coalition are unlocking corpora…
17 statements 5 featured 12 assessments 2 contradicted
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17m The trends shaping the energy transition [partner content]
DNV energy leaders Nick Broad and Marion Hill analyze the evolving supply and demand dynamics of the global energy transition, addressing multi-billion-dollar investments, supply chain and r…
7 statements 2 featured 2 assessments 1 contradicted
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46m Solving the conundrum of industrial heat
Host Shayle Kann and Rondo Energy CEO John O'Donnell explore the massive climate challenge of industrial heat and explain how brick-based thermal storage converts cheap, intermittent renewab…
20 statements 6 featured 13 assessments 2 contradicted
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45m Unpopular solar opinions, 2022 edition
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann and BloombergNEF solar analyst Jenny Chase dissect Chase's annual list of contrarian solar opinions, covering supply chain pressures, deployment…
23 statements 6 featured 15 assessments 1 contradicted
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44m Fixing cement’s carbon problem
Host Shail Khan speaks with Sublime Systems co-founder and CEO Dr. Leah Ellis to unpack the massive carbon footprint of conventional Portland cement and examine how ambient-temperature elect…
23 statements 9 featured 18 assessments 2 contradicted
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41m Unleashing the magic of heat pumps
Host Shayle Kann and Energy Impact Partners' Head of Research Andy Lubershain explore the thermodynamics, market adoption dynamics, and infrastructure hurdles of electric heat pumps. The con…
14 statements 5 featured 9 assessments 1 contradicted
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59m Getting more energy on the wires
Host Laura Pierpoint and grid policy expert Liza Reed explore the physical, regulatory, and technological challenges facing the United States electrical grid, examining how grid-enhancing te…
18 statements 5 featured 15 assessments 1 contradicted
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48m Climatetech for developing economies
Host Laura Pierpoint and Nithio CEO Kate Steele examine the urgent imperative to solve global energy poverty, exploring how proven decentralized solar, AI-driven credit underwriting, and a m…
17 statements 4 featured 9 assessments 1 contradicted
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16m How the US climate bill will finance the energy transition [partner content]
In this episode, clean energy finance experts Britta von Ossen and Kayla Schultz from CohnReznick analyze how the Inflation Reduction Act restructures energy transition finance through expan…
9 statements 3 featured 4 assessments
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44m What’s holding up hydrogen in Europe?
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shail Khan and clean hydrogen consultant Gnevamir Fleece examine why Europe's clean hydrogen economy faces severe project deployment delays despite aggressi…
15 statements 4 featured 6 assessments
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37m What climatetech can learn from the oceans
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann interviews SeaAhead's Alyssa Peterson to explore the emerging blue tech sector, analyzing innovations in maritime shipping decarbonization, offs…
13 statements 4 featured 6 assessments
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35m How well does soil actually store carbon?
Host Shayle Kann and soil scientist Dr. Eric Slesserev explore the fundamental biophysical science of soil carbon storage, evaluating the permanence constraints of regenerative agriculture a…
10 statements 4 featured 3 assessments
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45m Is the Inflation Reduction Act a win for EVs and batteries?
Host Shail Khan and battery expert Sam Jaffe analyze the transformative impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on electric vehicles and energy storage. They examine consumer tax credits, Sect…
19 statements 5 featured 11 assessments
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55m Columbia Energy Exchange: Will Putin’s Energy Strategy Backfire?
In this episode of the Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning energy historian Dr. Daniel Yergin to analyze the geopolitical fallout of Russia's energ…
30 statements 10 featured 16 assessments 2 contradicted
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40m Averting water wars as we decarbonize
Host Shail Khan and energy expert Dr. Michael Webber examine the deep interdependencies of the Energy-Water Nexus, exploring how climate volatility threatens resource security. They discuss …
21 statements 5 featured 13 assessments 1 contradicted
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1h 1m Could geothermal become a major zero-emissions player?
Host Laura Pierpoint and Project Innerspace founder Jamie Beard explore how engineered next-generation technologies, innovative financing syndicates, and the repurposing of oil and gas exper…
17 statements 6 featured 5 assessments
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42m The dirt on soil carbon credits
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann and CarbonPlan's Freya Chay critically dissect the voluntary soil carbon market, highlighting significant shortcomings in measurement, permanenc…
15 statements 5 featured 6 assessments
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40m Booking your first zero-emissions flight
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann and aviation researcher Dr. Jayant Mukhopadhyay examine the technical, infrastructural, and economic realities of battery-electric and hydrogen …
20 statements 6 featured 14 assessments
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45m Will charging infrastructure be a bottleneck for electric vehicles?
Energy Impact Partners investor Cassie Bowe joins host Shayle Khan to examine whether electric vehicle charging infrastructure will bottleneck mass EV adoption, exploring consumer psychology…
18 statements 5 featured 5 assessments
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58m What the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would mean for climatetech
Host Shail Khan and Princeton energy systems modeler Jesse Jenkins unpack the historic scope of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, analyzing how its long-term tax credits, manufacturing in…
17 statements 5 featured 5 assessments
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42m Watt It Takes: TeraWatt Infrastructure CEO Neha Palmer
In this crossover episode of What It Takes, host Emily Kirsch interviews Neha Palmer, CEO and co-founder of TeraWatt Infrastructure, exploring her career journey from leading Google's clean …
3 statements 2 featured 1 assessments
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52m Seeking the holy grail of batteries
Host Shayle Khan and battery analyst Sam Jaffe explore the technical, economic, and supply chain forces shaping the electric vehicle industry, examining cathode chemistry trade-offs, startup…
19 statements 5 featured 5 assessments 2 contradicted
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50m Crossing the valley of death
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann and Generate Capital CEO Scott Jacobs discuss the complex realities of financing climate infrastructure, demonstrating why bridging the 'Valley …
9 statements 4 featured
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21m The Carbon Copy: Get ready for the battery recycling boom
In this crossover episode of The Carbon Copy, host Stephen Lacey and reporter Julian Spector examine how geopolitical turmoil, raw mineral shortages, and massive venture capital investments …
5 statements 3 featured 4 assessments
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46m How to Save a Planet: Spark Tank! How Do We Solve the Energy Storage Problem?
In a crossover episode structured as a 'Spark Tank' game show, energy experts evaluate three non-battery, long-duration energy storage technologies—pumped hydro, compressed air, and molten s…
14 statements 4 featured 6 assessments 1 contradicted
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50m Which tech is overhyped, underhyped and just right?
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann and energy experts Dr. Lara Pierpoint and Stephen Lacey play a game of 'Buy, Sell, Hold' to separate genuine market potential from speculative h…
25 statements 7 featured 7 assessments
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44m Making sense of solar engineering
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann and Cornell atmospheric scientist Dr. Dan Visioni examine the science, economics, and geopolitical governance of solar geoengineering as a poten…
11 statements 3 featured 3 assessments 1 contradicted
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40m From biowaste to “biogold”
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Khan and Carbon Direct Chief Scientist Dr. Julio Friedmann analyze the role of waste biomass in climate tech, exploring feedstock supply competition,…
14 statements 4 featured 6 assessments 1 contradicted
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39m Climate tech’s surprising bottleneck – land access
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann and Energy Impact Partners' Andy Lubershane explore how physical land access, electric transmission siting, subsurface pore space, and mineral g…
14 statements 4 featured 7 assessments 1 contradicted
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49m Tapping the goldmine of consumer energy data
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shail Khan and Arcadia CEO Kiran Bhatraju discuss how standardizing fragmented utility and consumer energy data unlocks distributed energy resources, accele…
18 statements 9 featured 2 assessments
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44m How will the downturn affect climate tech?
Host Shail Khan and Galvanize Climate Solutions partner Saloni Multani evaluate how macroeconomic headwinds and rising interest rates impact climate tech investing, contrasting today's dedic…
10 statements 3 featured 3 assessments
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52m Shayle’s “ask me anything” episode
In this special mailbag episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Khan and guest co-host Sarah Golden answer listener questions covering renewable cost curves, biomass limitations, grid infrastructur…
25 statements 8 featured 8 assessments
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52m Growing the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) market
Host Shayle Kann and Lowercarbon Capital partner Ryan Orbuch explore the rapidly growing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) sector, analyzing technical storage pathways, market integrity challenge…
15 statements 4 featured 4 assessments
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45m Hydrogen, meet salt cavern
Host Shayle Kann and DOE Loan Programs Office Director Jigar Shah examine the landmark $500 million federal loan guarantee for the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Delta, Utah, detai…
18 statements 4 featured 11 assessments 4 contradicted
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1h 0m The great rush for battery metals
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann and KoBold Metals CEO Kurt House explore the looming critical mineral bottlenecks of the clean energy transition, analyzing the electrochemical …
22 statements 7 featured 10 assessments 1 contradicted
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50m Alternative protein: it’s what’s for dinner
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann and Dr. Liz Specht of the Good Food Institute evaluate the technological, economic, and regulatory frontiers of plant-based, microbial fermentat…
16 statements 4 featured 12 assessments
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36m Carbon capture and storage is making a comeback
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shail Khan and IPCC lead author Dr. Chris Bataille explore the technological resurgence, economic benchmarks, and strategic necessity of carbon capture, uti…
20 statements 5 featured 10 assessments
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49m Can Europe quit Russian fossil fuel by next winter?
Host Shail Khan and Princeton energy modeler Jesse Jenkins examine the profound geopolitical and economic impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on global energy markets. They analyze Europ…
16 statements 6 featured 9 assessments
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53m Will this carbon market boom be different?
Host Shayle Kann and BloombergNEF's Nat Bullard analyze the structural dynamics of compliance and voluntary carbon markets, exploring how standardized verification, regulatory integration, a…
12 statements 4 featured 4 assessments
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58m When will batteries take over the world?
In this episode of Catalyst, guest host Laura Pierpoint and Volta Energy Technologies CTO Dave Schroeder explore the technological and economic pathways required for batteries to decarbonize…
29 statements 10 featured 12 assessments 1 contradicted
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1h 1m What the grid can learn from the internet
In this episode of Catalyst, guest host Laura Pierpoint and Camus Energy CEO Astrid Atkinson examine how modern cloud computing, automated device aggregation, and progressive regulatory mode…
18 statements 4 featured 9 assessments 1 contradicted
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50m Unlocking hyper-efficient cooling
In this episode of Catalyst, guest host Laura Pierpoint and cleantech expert Jesse Rivest examine the urgent technological, economic, and policy challenges of decarbonizing global air condit…
17 statements 8 featured 12 assessments 2 contradicted
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1h 8m Will advanced reactors solve nuclear's problems?
Host Laura Pierpoint and Oklo CEO Jake DeWitt discuss how advanced microreactors, factory modularization, and passive safety systems can overcome the economic, regulatory, and technical road…
15 statements 4 featured 13 assessments
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48m A critical tool for scaling climate tech: insurance
In this episode of Catalyst, guest host Lara Pierpoint and Energetic Insurance founder Jeff McCauley discuss how innovative insurance products and risk-transfer mechanisms serve as crucial f…
15 statements 4 featured 9 assessments
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21m The Carbon Copy: The lithium land grab in California
This episode examines the lithium boom beneath California's Salton Sea, exploring the tension between global clean energy demands and the environmental justice rights of the local Imperial V…
8 statements 3 featured 4 assessments
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46m The future of the home solar market
In this episode of Catalyst, host Shayle Kann interviews Sunrun CEO Mary Powell to explore how the residential solar industry is overcoming institutional hurdles, deploying home battery stor…
16 statements 5 featured 6 assessments
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1h 6m The many pathways to decarbonizing chemicals
Host Shayle Khan and ClimateWorks Foundation expert Rebecca Dell analyze the technological, economic, and policy pathways required to decarbonize the petrochemical sector. They evaluate solu…
23 statements 8 featured 16 assessments
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43m Microbes, meat and materials: biotech meets climatetech
Host Shayle Kann and venture capitalist Ari Lipman evaluate the potential and limitations of biotechnology in climate tech, contrasting the scaling bottlenecks of industrial bioreactors with…
16 statements 6 featured 4 assessments
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49m Inside the Energy Department's loan deal to back hydrogen
Host Shayle Kann interviews Monolith CEO Rob Hanson and DOE Loan Programs Office Director Jigar Shah to explore the landmark billion-dollar conditional loan guarantee backing Monolith's clea…
20 statements 7 featured 7 assessments