Newest Episodes
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65: Are We At a Tipping Point? Talking About the Future of Renewable Energy
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about the comparison between our current era and previous large shifts in industrial revolutions in how industry evolved. Seismic shifts bring scary change. Has the public hopped on board? Also: INVINCIBLE, SEARCH PARTY, and more.
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64: Rolling with Solar: Talking Going Off-Grid in Solar RVs
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss Matt’s talk with a mobile-solar-RVing friend who lives off-grid wherever he might want to roll (including how it might not be for everyone). Also: GODZILLA vs. KONG, DEBRIS, and some award-nominated movie recommendations.
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63: Snowpierced! Hyperloop explored!
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk Elon Musk and hyperloops, how you’d find enough real estate (or convince people to get inside), and why the train system itself may be beside the point. Also: more WandaVision, Say Anything, and Falcon & The Winter Soldier.
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62: Old Timey Machines and Submarines: Talking Stirling Engines
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss how the old technology of a Stirling Engine can have modern (and even futuristic) applications. How thermal energy storage and Stirling Engines could provide energy storage for renewable energy. Also: The Snyder Cut of Justice Leagu
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61: Old McDonald Had Geothermal – Talking Geothermal Heating and Cooling
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about geothermal heating and cooling systems (impact, expectations, and costs). Also: WandaVision, For All Mankind, Punky Brewster flashbacks, and more.
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60: Bond Villains Rejoice – Talking Elon Musk’s Neuralink
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about Neuralink, Elon Musk’s idealism, potential upsides and downsides, and how ethics need to catch up soon before bad acts (intentional or not) start happening. Also: sci-fi is coming true (eveything from Star Trek’s BORG to Futurama’
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59: Studs Be Damned – Talking Passive Homes
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about passive homes, saving on energy costs, and why you don’t want the wrong kinds of studs! Plus: Babylon 5, Jack Nicholson, Jenny Slate, and video game hiccups in OUTRIDERS (and why we have compassion for them).
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58: Toupeight! Talking Nanotechnology and Lithium Ion Batteries
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about breakthroughs in mining processes using nanotechnology and metal organic frameworks (MOFs), as well as the impact on battery development and solid state batteries. Also: Sputnik, Star Wars, and Steve Martin. Tell us about any oth
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57: Under Pressure – Talking About Geothermal Energy
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about geothermal energy production, company transitions to new models, and upstarts who bust the models entirely like Tesla … and maybe even an Apple Car. Also: more Babylon 5, and a bunch of comedies to make hard times a little bit bri
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56: We’re Calling It Brogurt! Talking Vertical Farming
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about vertical farming, Elon and Kimbal Musk, weird super-bowl parties, and share some thoughts on the Babylon 5 resurgence.