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The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  The Power Hour expands its horizon with this discussion.  Jack talks with Terri Hall of Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF) about how our freedom to drive where we want, when we want is being threatened.  Terri is an activist who got sick and tired of seeing her highway dollars being wasted and decided to do something about it so she started organizing people to bring integrity back to the system. Before she knew it, she was running an organization whose mission was to do exactly that.  While Terri’s work focuses on Texas, you will quickly learn that what she does impacts us all.  Jack and Terri cover a lot of ground, discussing everything from highway spending to what regulators are trying to do track us in our automobiles.   You can learn more about Terri’s great organization, Texas TURF, here.  As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  Jack invites Chris Mowry of Type One Energy to the Power Hour this week to continue our discussion on fusion energy.  Chris explains in detail how fusion works and why it is such a promising energy source.  From the fuel to the economics to the technology to the waste issue (or non issue to be exact), Jack and Chris cover the fusion horizon.  Most importantly, though, Chris explains why the time is now for fusion and that it won’t be long before our homes and businesses are being powered by this exciting new source of energy.      You can learn more Chris here and about Type One Energy here.  As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word. 

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  This week Jack invites Jackie Siebens of Helion, one of the nation’s leading fusion energy companies, to the Power Hour for a fascinating conversation about this exciting technology.  They discuss how the technology works, how close it is to deployment, why fusion could be the key to solving a lot of energy issues, and does it make economic sense.  But most important, Jackie puts to bed the age-old question of whether fusion is just a few decades away.  Not give away the plot, but she makes a compelling argument for fusion being much closer than we think.   You can learn more about Helion here and more about the fusion industry at the Fusion Industry Association here.  As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and our documentary about nuclear energy, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word. 

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts, or sometimes future top national experts.  In fact,  Jack invited three more young professionals to with three very different perspectives to continue the discussion.  Don’t worry.  It is a different conversation.  This time Jack is joined by Laura Escher, Savanna Donaldson, and Camilla Cort—each of whom took some time to talk with us about how energy and environment issues impact their lives.   You’d never know that they are new to the media game because they all were outstanding.   As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and don’t forget to check out our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America.   And a special thanks to Laura, Savanna, and Camilla.  Expectations Exceeded! Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word. 

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts, or sometimes future top national experts.  In fact,  Jack is having a bit of a different conversation today.  To switch things up a bit, he invited 3 of Heritage’s best interns to join the program to find out what young adults are thinking about energy and environment policy.  Jack was joined by Connor Brown, Grayson Ryland, and Payton Kleidon—each of whom are recent or soon to be college graduates and all had interesting perspectives on how energy and environment issues impact their lives.   Also, none of them knew that they were going to be on the Power Hour until just before they came on. So what you hear is their authentic thoughts.  Spoiler.  They all did awesome. So if you want to feel good about the future of the county, you will want to check this one out.   As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and don’t forget to check out our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America.   And a special thanks to Connor, Payton, and Grayson.  You guys killed it! Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word. 

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  Jack invites Tom Pyle, President of the Institute for Energy Research, to the Power Hour this week for a timely and informative discussion about energy prices.  Are data centers driving up energy prices? Why does conflict in other parts of the world impact our price at the pump?  Does the impact of the Iran crisis justify moving away from gas and oil and toward renewables? HINT: No!  But to find out why and more, check out this week’s episode.    You can learn more about the Institute for Energy Research here.  As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution and check out our documentary, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  Jack sits down this week for a fascinating discission with long-time Washington policy practitioner and guru Jarrett Blanc.  Jarrett works for one of the world’s leading nuclear companies, Cameco, which, alone, is impressive. But what makes his perspective unique is the career that led him to this point.  Jarrett has held senior positions in the Departments of Energy and State, which have taken him to some of the world’s most interesting hotspots at some of the most interesting times.   You can learn more about Cameco here.  As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and you can see some of the facilities Jack and Jarrett discussed in our documentary, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  With the conflict in the Middle East, is now really a good idea for the United States to be cooperating with Saudi Arabia on new commercial nuclear projects?  Jack invites Ted Jones—The Nuclear Energy Institute’s Senior Director for National Security and International Programs—to discuss this very issue.  Ted’s draws on years of experience in international commercial nuclear trade to provide insightful analysis to help us to answer this question.  And Jack asks the tough questions, so you definitely want to give this one a listen if you want to know the risks and benefits of these sorts of trade deals.  Check out the Nuclear Energy Institute for great information about nuclear energy.       Here is a good resource to learn more details about United States-Saudi Arabia nuclear cooperation.  As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and don’t forget to check out our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word. 

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental  policy issues with top national experts.  Join Jack today for a wide-ranging and topical discussion with Heritage Foundation Executive Vice President, Derrick Morgan.   Jack invited Derrick on to the Power Hour to discuss a recent article he wrote in the Wall Street Journal on the ethanol mandate and why it is time to end the Renewable Fuel Standard.  But given Derrick’s deep expertise in gas and oil policy, Jack couldn’t help to use the opportunity to dive into what’s happening in Iran and the impact of oil markets.   Informed by years of working in all branches of government and in the private sector, and ground by principle, Derrick brings a unique perspective on all these issues.       You can read Derrick’s recent article here and the rest of his great work here.       As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and don’t forget to check out our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental (and Second Amendment)policy issues with top national experts.  Join Jack today for something a little different—a discussion about how Virginia politicians are working overtime to undermine our right to bear arms.  Jack’s guest this week is lawyer, Second Amendment attorney and educator, and all around awesome guy, William K. Kirk.  You may know William from his successful YouTube channel, Washington Gun Law.  Mr. Kirk publishes videos almost every day to keep viewers up to date on the latest legislative and policy proposals and what they mean for your gun rights.  Jack and William cover the full spectrum of issues from why we have gun rights and why they matter to a free society and the specifics of what is happening in Virginia.    You can check out William’s website here and his YouTube channel here.     The Power Hour sincerely recommends William’s videos if you care at all about any of your Constitutional rights.  His videos are the best.  Check him out.     As always, you can join the conversation at  [email protected]!  Get Jack’s book, Nuclear Revolution, and don’t forget to check out our nuclear energy documentary, Powering America.  Thank you for listening and please don’t forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word.