Earthlings 2.0 Podcast

#185: The Fridge That Runs on Salt, Not Electricity with Thermavault

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Mridul Jain, Dhruv Chaudhary, and Mithran Ladhania, three students from India who developed Thermavault, a portable, elec

#184: The Technology Making Solar Smarter and Safer with Tigo Energy

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with James (JD) Dillon, Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer at Tigo Energy, about the technologies that help solar

#183: What’s Next for U.S. Agriculture? A Former USDA Official Explains

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with former USDA economist and agricultural economics professor James MacDonald about how American agriculture has evolved and

#182: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Filtering Data Center Emissions with Hollingsworth & Vose

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Mike Clark, President of Global Innovation and New Business Development at Hollingsworth & Vose, about why air filtration

#181: Stress Testing the Future of Solar with RETC, part of the VDE Group

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Cherif Kedir, President and CEO of the Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC), part of the VDE Group, about what it takes to

#180: From Food Waste to Renewable Energy with Divert

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Ben Kuethe Oaks, Senior Vice President, Commercial at Divert, about building a more circular approach to food waste. Dive

#179: Reinventing the Grid for the AI Age With Grid Forward

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Bryce Yonker, Executive Director and CEO of Grid Forward, about one of the biggest challenges facing the electric grid to

#178: Unlocking Natural Gas Energy Waste with Sapphire Technologies

On this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Jeff Earl, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Sapphire Technologies, about an overlooked source of c

#177: The EV Industry Now Has Adult Problems with ChargerHelp

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Kameale Terry, CEO of ChargerHelp, about what it takes to keep EV charging infrastructure reliable after deployment. As t

#176: Turning a Can of Fuel Into a Fusion Star with Pacific Fusion

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Will Regan, Founder and Chief Scientist of Pacific Fusion, about how the company is developing pulser-driven inertial fus

#175: Investing in the Energy Behind the AI Boom with NosTerra Venture Capital

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Theo Ludwick, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NosTerra Venture Capital, about the infrastructure behind AI's rapid gro

#174: Rethinking What It Takes to Electrify Fleets with NCSU

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with John Bonitz, Clean Transportation Project Manager at the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center and one of the org

#173: Active Diesel Particulate Filters: Unlocking Cleaner Growth for Data Centers With Rypos

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Thomas Babineau, Senior Emissions and Technology Advisor at Rypos, about one of the least discussed environmental challen

#172: Why Stopping Climate Change Means Fixing Democracy First With the Sunrise Movement

On this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Sunrise Movement Executive Director Aru Shiney-Ajay about the future of youth climate organizing and why action depends o

#171: Turning Ports Into Power Stations for Clean Shipping with Climate Edge

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Hendrik Tiesinga, founder and CEO of Climate Edge. Maritime shipping is one of the world's biggest decarbonization challe

#170: Turning Grid Transformers into Intelligent Infrastructure with Ionate Energy

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Matthew Williams, Founder and CEO of Ionate Energy, about why electric grid modernization is becoming just as important a

#169: How NASA is Growing Food in Space with Gioia Massa

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Gioia Massa, Senior Project Scientist for Space Crop Production at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, about how NASA is prepari

#168: Cracking the Code on Building Energy Costs With Edgecom Energy

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Behdad Bahrami, CEO of Edgecom Energy, about how artificial intelligence is changing the way industrial facilities manage

#167: How Quantum Hydrogen Can Clean Up Industrial Heat Production With Clean Planet Inc.

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Masami Hayashi, Global Strategy Director at Clean Planet Inc., about the company's work developing solid-state fusion tec

#166: How Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Removes Carbon from our Oceans with Planetary Technologies

In this episode of Earthlings 2.0, we speak with Michael Kelland, CEO and Co-Founder of Planetary Technologies, about whether the ocean could play a much larger role in h