Is Nuclear Energy Our Best Shot at Saving the Planet?

The Michael Shermer Show

Michael Shermer

Dialogue, Science, Reason, Michaelshermer, Natural Sciences, Skeptic

4.4 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Isabelle Boemeke explains how nuclear energy is our best option for ensuring the future of the planet—it can power cities, desalinate water, create carbon-free fertilizer, and heat homes, all with the smallest environmental footprint of any energy source. She also discusses common objections to nuclear energy, including safety concerns and waste management, the potential of microreactors, and the importance of nuclear energy in space exploration.

Isabelle Boemeke is a nuclear electricity educator. Her new book is Rad Future: The Untold Story of Nuclear Electricity and How it Will Save the World.

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1:10.3	You're listening to The Michael Sherman Show.
1:21.6	Here it is today.
1:23.2	We're recording this on Friday, but we're releasing this on your pub date Tuesday.
1:26.9	Rad future of the untold story of nuclear electricity and how it will see. We're recording this on Friday, but we're releasing this on your pub date Tuesday. Great. Great. The Untold Story of Nuclear Electricity and How It Will Save the World.
1:33.2	Isabel, nice to see you.
1:35.0	Nice to see you as well.
1:35.9	By the way, we did a whole issue of skeptic on energy in which we published Robert Zubrin's article on the case for nuclear.
1:43.6	Oh, great.
1:44.0	When did I come out?
1:45.2	Let's see.
1:45.7	That was, let's see, fall, summer of 23.
1:51.6	Wow, okay.
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