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Launched in March 2016, Direct Current is the U.S. Department of Energy's flagship podcast. I'm a producer and co-host.
SEASON 3 NOW AVAILABLE AT ENERGY.GOV/PODCAST
SEASON 1
Episode 1
Exploring the "soft costs" driving up the price of solar, the turbulent times around the Energy Department's creation, and some alternative podcast names.
Episode 2
We call a "help desk" that delivers expert clean energy advice worldwide, talk to a long-distance-cycling climate professor, and propose a few new units of energy -- starting with a burrito.
Epsiode 3
How does power get to the people who use it? We ask that question and learn about the electric grid -- what it is, how it works, and what happens when the power goes out.
Episode 4
Not all acronyms are created equal.
Episode 5
Check out the latest technologies that will transform how we stay cool.
Episode 6
Spooked by the goblins of energy inefficiency? Here's who you're gonna call.
Episode 7
What's next for hydropower, America's oldest and largest source of clean, renewable energy?
Episode 8
Why do holiday lights burn out all the time? We find out the answer, and do it in rhyme.
Episode 9
Learn the story behind how we solved acid rain, and what it means for climate change.
Episode 10
Sitting down for one last chat with Energy Secretary Ernest J. Moniz.
I created "Sanctuary Shorts" to capture the unique voices and stories of America's national marine sanctuaries.
Sea Stars and Scholars
A tale of sickly sea stars, invading invertebrates, and the scientific sleuths who are trying to unravel the mystery of what happens when a keystone species goes missing.
Behind the documentary: Hitler's secret attack on America
Inside the making of a National Geographic documentary about the devastating U-boat attack on the U.S. East Coast during World War II, and the NOAA scientists unraveling its secrets.
The Return To Cordell Bank
How a physicist-turned-explorer became the first person to reveal a hidden undersea treasure just 50 miles from the busy streets of downtown San Francisco -- then returned 30 years later.