Power Hour with Alex Epstein

Power Hour with Alex Epstein


Latest Episodes

Best-of Power Hour: Power Hungry with Robert Bryce
July 30, 2021

On this Best-of Power Hour, Alex Epstein takes us back to the first ever episode of Power Hour, featuring energy expert Robert Bryce. Alex will be appearing on Robert’s Power Hungry podcast the week of August 2nd. Listen to this episode, then Robert’s pod

Economist Saifedean Ammous on "fiat science," "fiat education," and "fiat fuels"
July 15, 2021

On this week's Power Hour Alex Epstein interviews economist Dr. Saifedean Ammous, about how systematic government control--"fiat"--wreaks havoc in the realms, not just of currency, but of science, education, and energy. They cover: - How government contr

How to Bring About a Renaissance in Puerto Rico
July 07, 2021

Recorded in advance of Alex Epstein’s headline-making Congressional testimony about Puerto Rico, Alex Epstein interviews Yaron Brook, Chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute and a Puerto Rico resident, about how to bring about a renaissance in Puerto Rico. Br

Boilermakers 154's Shawn Steffee on the Future of Fossil Fuels in Pennsylvania
October 28, 2020

Recently, Shawn Steffee, an executive board member of Boilermakers 154 in Pennsylvania, was featured on a popular FoxNews segment in which he loudly and proudly advocated for fossil fuels. On this week’s Power Hour Alex Epstein interviews Steffee about t

A climate activist turned climate thinker
October 21, 2020

Alex Epstein interviews Joakim Book, an up-and-coming economic and environmental commentator.These days Book is writing articles challenging climate catastrophism and explaining the value of abundant energy use.But he used to be a climate activist who tho

Q&A for The Speech That Was Supposed to Be a Debate With Michael Mann
October 14, 2020

This week’s Power Hour features the wide-ranging Q&A from a recent speech Alex Epstein gave at Lafayette College--a speech that was supposed to be a debate with Michael Mann. Some of the many topics covered include: Does the moral case for fossil fu

The Speech That Was Supposed to Be a Debate With Michael Mann
October 08, 2020

This week's Power Hour features a recent speech Alex Epstein gave at Lafayette College that was supposed to be a debate with Michael Mann. Learn why Mann pulled out of the debate and hear the latest version of the moral case for fossil fuels.

Rigged Against Reliables: How Electricity Pseudo-Markets Punish Reliability and Drive Up Costs
September 30, 2020

It’s common for us to hear that solar, wind are cheaper than coal or gas. Specifically we’ll hear that solar and wind are “bidding” at lower prices than goal or gas. All of this sounds very competitive, like they’re winning on the merits on a free market.

How to Think About Consensus
September 23, 2020

A couple months ago, a young researcher named Emily Harari reached out to me about my views about the scientific consensus on climate change. She raised some interesting questions I hadn’t commented publicly on, so I agreed to do the interview if we coul

How to Think About Consensus
September 23, 2020

The Show Where Today’s Top Energy Experts Break Down Today’s Top Energy Issues