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Federalist Radio Hour

Lessons From California And The Slow Fall Of PG&E

Federalist Radio Hour

Radio America

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Katherine Blunt, author and energy reporter at The Wall Street Journal, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss her new book "California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric– and What It Means For America's Power Grid."

You can find Blunt's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670012/california-burning-by-katherine-blunt/

Transcript

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We're happy because you're happy.

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Oh, Angon, though. Noise eaters. They're annoying.

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Sky. Believe in better.

1:00.0

We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.

1:20.0

I'm Emily Dishinsky, culture editor here at the Federalist.

1:23.0

As always, you can email the show at radioatthefederalist.com,

1:26.0

follow us on Twitter at FDRLST, make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcasts as well.

1:32.0

Today we're joined by author Catherine Blunt.

1:34.0

She's an energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal and is out now with a new book called California Burning,

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