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The Future of Energy

University of Southern California | Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition

Welcome to The Future of Energy, the podcast that explores the challenges and opportunities of transitioning to a low-carbon future. Join hosts Jim, Milla, Rochan and Elizabeth as they chat with professors, industry experts, researchers, and students to unpack some of the most pressing issues involved in the energy transition and how they affect us. By featuring diverse perspectives, we hope to inspire you to make the best and most informed decisions for your communities—because ultimately, the

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00:33:12

S2 E8 | Electrification of Transportation

The Future of Energy ·

2025/05/12

We return to the issue of electrification of transportation that we touched on in season one with two distinguished guests, Dr. Genevieve Guiliano from USC and Dr. Beia Spiller from the Resources for the Future. This topic is more than just about how many EVs are sold and how many charging stations are built but about re-imaging mobility and its impact on our lifestyles. Modern cities in the United States were built for cars so we have made room for roads and parking spaces and refueling stations

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S2 E7 | Reimagining Mobility

The Future of Energy ·

2025/05/08

We return to the issue of electrification of transportation that we touched on in season one with two distinguished guests, Dr. Genevieve Guiliano from USC and Dr. Beia Spiller from the Resources for the Future. This topic is more than just about how many EVs are sold and how many charging stations are built but about re-imaging mobility and its impact on our lifestyles. Modern cities in the United States were built for cars so we have made room for roads and parking spaces and refueling stations

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00:23:38

S2 E5 | Carbon Management Technologies

The Future of Energy ·

2025/04/28

S2 E5 | Carbon Management Technologies

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00:51:51

S2 E4 | More on Utility Challenges: Storage and...

The Future of Energy ·

2025/04/11

We are going to focus the next three episodes on the Utility perspective with the theme of “Hug Pylons not Trees” or “This is not your grandparents Grid”. Most of us don’t really care where energy comes from but we do care when it is not available (storms or extreme weather) or the monthly electric bill gets too expensive. But our recent interview with utility expert Stephen Collins from SoCalEdison will shed some light on how complex our electricity grid is becoming with the addition of renewable

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00:56:08

S2 E4 | Hug Pylons Not Trees

The Future of Energy ·

2025/03/28

We are going to focus the next three episodes on the Utility perspective with the theme of “Hug Pylons not Trees” or “This is not your grandparents Grid”. Most of us don’t really care where energy comes from but we do care when it is not available (storms or extreme weather) or the monthly electric bill gets too expensive. But our recent interviews with utility experts from SoCalEdison and Colorado Springs Utilities have shed some light on how complex our electricity grid is becoming with the

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S2 E3 | The Future of Oil and Gas

The Future of Energy ·

2025/03/17

Welcome to episode three of the Future of Energy podcast sponsored by the Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition at the University of Southern California. While all of our guests are special, we may have outdone ourselves in this interview. In our episode today and we have a different format where we went on the road and traveled to Denver, Colorado to the headquarters of Liberty Energy to talk to their CEO Chris Wright about the future of oil and gas. Our program sponsor Kyle Koerner is the

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01:24:25

S2 E2 | A Short Personal History of the UNFCC

The Future of Energy ·

2025/03/03

Our second interview in season two focuses on the global policy making process that leads to climate policy. We talk to Arthur Lee who as an industry representative to the IPCC and UNFCCC for several decades helps us to decode all the acronyms and look behind the headlines on how the work to build collaboration between more than a hundred countries and countless other stakeholders unfolds at meeting like the annual COP (Conference of Parties) meetings. IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2007)

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00:56:07

S2 E1 | All Models are Wrong But Some Are Useful

The Future of Energy ·

2025/02/17

We want to welcome everyone to season two of the Future of Energy podcast, sponsored by the Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition at the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. We hope you followed us in season one if so welcome back. If you are new to the program we try to cover the vast size and complexity of the energy transition by interviewing experts in a wide array of fields in an informal, conversation format using our student co-host to do most of the

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S2 E0 | The Future of Energy Origins Story

The Future of Energy ·

2025/02/04

We are back for a second season of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition podcast! We are joined by two new student co-hosts, Milla and Rochan. Our first episode of season two shares the origin story of the podcast, with important introductions by Dean Yannis Yortos on sustainability and Dr. Don Paul on how the Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition got started. We are excited to debut a new name, The Future of Energy, and host some amazing guests, with each

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Ep 14 | Are We Ready for the Energy Transition?

The Future of Energy ·

2024/04/22

In our final episode (!!) of Season One of Energy Transition Talk, we look back at how far we’ve come, and look forward to where we hope to go from here.We start by chatting with Dr. Scott Tinker, a geology professor at UT Austin and the State Geologist of Texas. He is also a documentary filmmaker, host of the energy and climate talk show Energy Switch, and host of the radio program Earth Date. We chat about how he got into filmmaking and the importance of media in informing and inspiring the

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Ep 13 | Where Will The Future Generation of Energy...

The Future of Energy ·

2024/04/01

In this episode of Energy Transition Talk, we talk about the future of the energy workforce and how we can recruit and prepare the next generation energy workforce for the energy transition. The International Energy Agency (IEA) anticipates that adopting clean energy technologies will create 14 million jobs by 2030. However, many students, concerned about the fossil fuel industry’s role in climate change and its job security risks, are turning away from careers traditionally associated with the

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Ep 12 | Electrification of Transportation and...

The Future of Energy ·

2024/03/15

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S., and makes up about a quarter of all energy-related GHG emissions in the world. Thus, we have ambitious goals when it comes to transportation, such as California’s commitment to transition fully to electric vehicle sales by 2035. The U.S. bought over 1 million EVs through the end of 2023, which made almost 8% of all vehicles sold in the U.S. and 20% of auto sales in California. Globally, 9.5 million EVs were sold in

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00:57:57

Ep 11 | Is Hydrogen Experiencing a Revival?

The Future of Energy ·

2024/03/04

Much of the talk around renewable energy seems to be focused on wind and solar. But there are other renewable sources that may be worth paying attention to. In this episode, we discuss the potential for hydrogen to be another tool in transitioning away from fossil fuels. Hydrogen has been around for awhile, but as an energy source, could it be experiencing a revival? The Biden administration seems to think it could be promising; it announced in October 2023 that it will award up to $7 billion to

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Ep 10 | Can Enhanced Geothermal Make a Difference in...

The Future of Energy ·

2024/02/12

When it comes to clean energy, we often hear about wind and solar, but there are other, perhaps less-talked about, renewable sources to include in our energy transition portfolio. In this episode, we focus on geothermal, which uses heat from the earth to generate energy. You may have heard of the Geysers in northern California, the world’s largest geothermal field, or the Salton Sea in southern California, the second largest geothermal field in the U.S. However, in 2022, just 0.4% of U.S

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Ep 9 | How Can Capturing Carbon and Monitoring...

The Future of Energy ·

2024/02/01

In 2022, global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reached a high of 53 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent. To bring that down to net zero, we can either stop emitting GHGs into the atmosphere, or we can pull out CO2 that has already been emitted. In this episode, we focus on two solutions to address areas where energy emissions are hard to abate.One solution is carbon capture and sequestration, or CCS, which involves capturing CO2 from the air and storing it underground. In the first half of

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Ep 8B | What is the Cost of Going Green? |...

The Future of Energy ·

2024/01/23

What are the real costs of going green, and who is going to pay the bill? In Part B of our episode on the cost of going green, Jim chats with a panel of mineral economics students from Ghana at the Colorado School of Mines – Eben, John, Rueben and Felix – who help us better understand the challenges of sustainable development from a sub-Saharan Africa perspective. The group discusses perspectives on the energy transition in Ghana, the need for partnership and collaboration between the Global North

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00:58:44

Ep 8A | What is the Cost of Going Green?

The Future of Energy ·

2024/01/19

What are the real costs of going green, and who is going to pay the bill? In Part A of our episode on the cost of going green, we bring expert guest Brad Handler onto the show. Brad is Program Manager for the Sustainable Finance Lab at the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, and a former Wall Street Equity Research Analyst with 20 years of experience covering the oil sector. He breaks down why we are still investing so much in fossil fuels, the investments that might

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Ep 7 | What is the Duck Curve, & Does When We Use...

The Future of Energy ·

2023/12/24

We often take our energy for granted – as long as the lights turn on, the stove works, and the A/C is running, we’re happy. What we may not realize is that the electrical grid is a large and complex system — it has been called the largest machine in the world! How does the electric grid actually work and deliver the energy that we rely on, and does when we use energy matter? (Spoiler alert: Yes!) That’s what we’ll be diving into in this interactive episode. Our expert guest is Stephen Collins from

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Ep 6 | What is the Future of Oil and Gas?

The Future of Energy ·

2023/12/11

In this episode of Energy Transition Talk, we explore a hot topic – the future of oil and gas! First, Paulina leads a lively conversation with Dwayne Purvis and Michael Edwards, two experts on the Future of Oil and Gas. They discuss the environmental and social impacts of orphan, or abandoned, wells; new technologies being developed in oil drilling and production; how communities that depend on the oil and gas industry might adapt to the energy transition; and advice for young energy professionals

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Ep 5 | What Is Energy Law and How Does It Affect Us?

The Future of Energy ·

2023/11/08

In this episode of Energy Transition Talk, Justine speaks with Professor Jacobs, an energy law professor at Berkeley Law, about all things energy law – what it is and why it matters. Professor Jacobs walks us through some of the most important energy laws that affect our daily lives, from the Inflation Reduction Act at the national level to the myriad of laws California, as the nation’s leader in energy legislation, is implementing to electrify buildings and transportation, clean up our electricity

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