Jim Meigs's guest appearances

Jim Meigs

How Do We Fix It?

Half Hour of Heterodoxy

Meghan Daum

Alice Dreger

Donald Trump

A.J. Jacobs

Deb Mashek

Arthur Brooks

Michael Roth

Jonathan Haidt

David Brooks

Adam Levin

Richard Davies

Greg Lukianoff

Robby Soave

Beverly Harzog

Farai Chideya

OwlTail

Energy prices have skyrocketed this year. Rolling blackouts are still a threat in California, and as winter approaches Europe is facing a full-blown crisis that may cause widespread suffering, factory closures and a deep recession.Angered by the West's support of Ukraine, Russia has shut down supplies of natural gas that European nations had relied on for decades to heat homes and run industry. The EU, United Kingdom and others are now scrambling to find new supplies and reassure their citizens that the crisis can be contained. In this episode we discuss efforts to reduce carbon emissions and consider why the outlook for affordable energy has deteriorated.Our podcast co-host Jim Meigs is the expert source for this episode. He argues that shutting down nuclear power plants, having unrealistic expectations of solar and wind production, and ignoring years of threats from Russia have all contributed to the energy crisis.Earlier this year, Jim joined the Manhattan Institute as a senior fellow and a contributing editor of City Journal. His recent commentary for the magazine, "The Green War on Clean Energy", makes the case that progressives and socialists in the environmental movement have waged a fight against technology that would cut carbon emissions.Jim says that "nuclear energy is the only technology to dramatically reduce America's carbon footprint." We consider the case for and against this view. We examine promising new technologies such as carbon capture and improved battery storage. And we look at the Republican ridicule of ambitious attempts to fight climate change, and consider whether conservative views about the need for action are fundamentally changing.Recommendation: Richard has just read "Land: How The Hunger For Ownership Shaped The Modern World", by Anglo-American author and journalist, Simon Winchester. This 2021 book received glowing reviews.may  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Energy prices <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/09/05/europe-scrambles-to-protect-citizens-from-sky-high-energy-prices" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">have skyrocketed</a> this year. Rolling blackouts are still a threat in California, and as winter approaches <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/europe-is-facing-an-energy-crisis-as-russia-cuts-gas-heres-why" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Europe is facing a full-blown crisis</a> that may cause widespread suffering, factory closures and a deep recession.Angered by the West's support of Ukraine, Russia has shut down supplies of natural gas that European nations had relied on for decades to heat homes and run industry. The EU, United Kingdom and others are now scrambling to find new supplies and reassure their citizens that the crisis can be contained. In this episode we discuss efforts to reduce carbon emissions and consider why the outlook for affordable energy has deteriorated.Our podcast co-host Jim Meigs is the expert source for this episode. He argues that shutting down nuclear power plants, having unrealistic expectations of solar and wind production, and ignoring years of threats from Russia have all contributed to the energy crisis.Earlier this year, <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/contributor/james-r-meigs_1372" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jim joined the Manhattan Institute</a> as a senior fellow and a contributing editor of City Journal. His <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/green-war-on-clean-energy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">recent commentary</a> for the magazine, "The Green War on Clean Energy", makes the case that progressives and socialists in the environmental movement have waged a fight against technology that would cut carbon emissions.Jim says that "nuclear energy is the only technology to dramatically reduce America's carbon footprint." We consider the case for and against this view. We examine promising new technologies such as carbon capture and improved battery storage. And we look at the Republican ridicule of ambitious attempts to fight climate change, and consider whether conservative views about the need for action are fundamentally changing.Recommendation: Richard has just read "<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/land-simon-winchester?variant=39325414555682" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Land</a>: How The Hunger For Ownership Shaped The Modern World", by Anglo-American author and journalist, Simon Winchester. This 2021 book received <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/15/land-winchester/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">glowing reviews</a>.may  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Clean, Green, Affordable Energy: Jim Meigs

The climate change debate is heating up. Record numbers of people no longer see extreme climate as a distant  threat, but as a crisis that is unfolding right now. According to a Yale survey, "the proportion of Americans who are very worried about global warming has more than tripled since its lowest point in 2011." Despite opposition by activist groups, support for carbon-free nuclear power is growing among climate scientists and environmentalists as they search for ways to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions.In this episode, Richard quizzes co-host Jim Meigs, who argues in the latest edition of City Journal that nuclear is the best source of clean, reliable and safe energy.We consider concerns about cost, nuclear waste, power plant safety, and look at what really happened after disasters at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Jim explains why subsidies for wind and solar have led to the construction of more polluting natural gas plants, instead of no-emission nuclear facilities.Sources cited include an MIT study, "The Future of Nuclear Power", the research and advocacy group,Environmental Progress, and Jim's "City Journal" article. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The climate change debate is heating up. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/22/climate-change-concern-americans-poll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Record numbers</a> of people no longer see extreme climate as a distant  threat, but as a crisis that is unfolding right now. According to a <a href="http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Climate-Change-American-Mind-December-2018.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yale survey,</a> "the proportion of Americans who are very worried about global warming has more than tripled since its lowest point in 2011." Despite opposition by activist groups, support for carbon-free nuclear power is growing among climate scientists and environmentalists as they search for ways to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions.In this episode, Richard quizzes co-host Jim Meigs, who argues in the latest edition of <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/atomic-power" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">City Journal</a> that nuclear is the best source of clean, reliable and safe energy.We consider concerns about cost, nuclear waste, power plant safety, and look at what really happened after disasters at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Jim explains why subsidies for wind and solar have led to the construction of more polluting natural gas plants, instead of no-emission nuclear facilities.Sources cited include an <a href="https://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/pdf/nuclearpower-summary.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MIT study</a>, "The Future of Nuclear Power", the research and advocacy group,<a href="http://environmentalprogress.org/climate-scientists-for-nuclear" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Environmental Progress</a>, and Jim's "City Journal" article. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Green New Nuclear Deal: Jim Meigs

A special Thanksgiving episode about gratitude featuring journalist, author, and lecturer A. J. Jacobs, whose book Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey was published this Monday. His other books include The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to become the Smartest Person in the World, and My Life as an Experiment: One Man’s Humble Quest to Improve Himself.This episode has three co-hosts: Deb Mashek, executive director of Heterodox Academy -- alongside Richard Davies and Jim Meigs, journalists and co-hosts of the podcast How Do We Fix It?.See the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy &gt;&gt;TranscriptA transcript will be published shortly.

A special Thanksgiving episode about gratitude featuring journalist, author, and lecturer A. J. Jacobs, whose book Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey was published this Monday. His other books include The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to become the Smartest Person in the World, and My Life as an Experiment: One Man’s Humble Quest to Improve Himself. This episode has three co-hosts: Deb Mashek, executive director of Heterodox Academy -- alongside Richard Davies and Jim Meigs, journalists and co-hosts of the podcast How Do We Fix It?. See the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy &gt;&gt; Transcript A transcript will be published shortly.