Nukes & Solar & Wind, Oh My! (with Jennifer Granholm)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Jennifer Granholm is the U.S. Secretary of Energy. She previously served as both Governor and Attorney General of Michigan. Granholm and Preet discuss how the Inflation Reduction Act could help achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, why nuclear energy is integral to fighting climate change, and where gas prices could be headed next. Plus, the legal battle over the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search continues, and Preet receives a question from an American icon: Fonzie from Happy Days. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/nukes-solar-wind-oh-my-with-jennifer-granholm/ Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.0	Nuclear plays an important role, but so does obviously wind and solar combined with storage of wind and solar,
0:16.0	since those are intermediate resources. The sun doesn't always shine, the wind doesn't always blow.
0:20.0	That's Jennifer Granholm. She is the United States Secretary of Energy.
0:30.0	Granholm has had a distinguished career in public service, as a federal prosecutor in Michigan, Attorney General,
0:36.0	and then Governor of that state from 2003 to 2011.
0:40.0	Now she leads the Department of Energy, where she's at the tip of the spear in the fight against climate change.
0:46.0	Plus, folks might not know that her department also maintains the nation's nuclear weapons.
0:51.0	We discuss Granholm's vision for a clean energy future,
0:54.0	how the inflation reduction act could help achieve President Biden's goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050,
1:00.0	and where gas prices could be headed next.
1:03.0	That's coming up. Stay tuned.
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