https://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3ml75vbjt4k2tIn Ep. 275, we review a report from @350.org on the cost of delaying the energy transition, and see how the energy transition is helping countries limit the economic damage they are suffering from the global energy crisis resulting from the war in Iran. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-275-the-cost-of-delay/06 May 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml75vbjt4k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3mk3yzrsapc2wIn Ep. 274, @ember-energy.org’s @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social walks us through all the data in their new Global Electricity Review 2026 report. Renewables are finally pushing fossil fuels off the grid and power sector emissions are declining globally for the first time. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-274-global-electricity-review-2026/22 Apr 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3yzrsapc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3miyvehxfwc2yIn Ep. 272, Tom Brown @nworbmot.bsky.social shares a new model which shows that by 2030, solar and batteries could supply 90% of electricity to 80% of the global population for less than €80/MWh. It would not only be cost-effective, but also likely cheaper than gas. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-273-can-solar-and-batteries-power-the-world/08 Apr 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyvehxfwc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3mhvjvfwpzk2xIn Ep. 272, oil analyst @roryjohnston.bsky.social explains why the Iran war has thrown the world into uncharted territory, with unprecedented high prices ahead. Are you ready for record high gasoline prices? This episode is not paywalled, so enjoy & share widely! https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-272-global-energy-crisis-2026/25 Mar 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvjvfwpzk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3mgsf5iucp22aIn Ep. 271, @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social rejoins us to tease apart the complex picture of China’s energy transition. Listen and learn why China’s total CO2 emissions have been falling for the past two years even while it’s building more coal power plants than ever. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-271-china-update-2026/11 Mar 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsf5iucp22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3mfpbo7s4fk2xIn Ep. 270 Lord Adair Turner, co-chair of the Energy Transitions Commission in London, shares with us his wide-ranging, high-level perspective on the energy transition in the UK and the world. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-270-view-from-the-energy-transitions-commission/25 Feb 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpbo7s4fk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3mem5xmzkic2rIn Ep. 269, @aripeskoe.bsky.social rejoins us to review Trump’s attacks on the energy transition in the US and explore the legal options for defending it. Wind farms, solar farms, coal plants, regulations,Venezuela, UN climate bodies, oh my! https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-269-trumps-war-on-the-energy-transition/11 Feb 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mem5xmzkic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3mdiua5xxlc2fIn Ep. 268, veteran organizer @carterlavin.bsky.social joins us to share some of the insights, tactics and lessons learned from his 15 years as a transportation advocate. Listen in and learn how you can help advance energy transition policies in your community! https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-268-activism-101/28 Jan 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdiua5xxlc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3mcfnitisqc2xIn Ep. 267, former IEA Director Nobuo Tanaka shares his perspectives on the global realignment into “petrostates” and “electrostates” and how US policy is pushing Europe and developing countries closer to China. We also discuss his bold proposals Asian grids. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-267-japan-petrostate-or-electrostate/14 Jan 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfnitisqc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3mbcig2dg5c2hTo close out a huge year, we are lifting the paywall on Episode 254 so that all can enjoy this comprehensive review of the data on the global energy transition with @ember-energy.org's @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-266-global-electricity-review-2025-2-lagniappe/ HNY from all of us at @TransitionShow! #lagniappe31 Dec 2025 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbcig2dg5c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3ma7bdjohxc24In Ep. 265, Chris returns to Paris to interview @timgould.bsky.social about @iea.org’s flagship World Energy Outlook 2025 report. We clarify what its scenarios actually mean (and what they don’t), and find the global energy transition very much still going strong. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-265-world-energy-outlook-2025/17 Dec 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7bdjohxc24https://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3m74pmnmklc2yIn Ep. 264, we kick off a new miniseries on South Africa’s energy transition with one of its key progenitors, Professor Emeritus Anton Eberhard of the University of Cape Town, who has been agitating for power sector reforms there for over 35 years. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-264-history-of-the-transition-in-south-africa/04 Dec 2025 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m74pmnmklc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3m5yuskgrc22rIn Ep. 263, @chrisnelder.bsky.social debates the CEO of Australian distribution utility Ausgrid about when and whether it’s best for customers or distribution utilities to own and operate grid assets like battery storage systems. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-263-the-role-of-distribution-utilities/19 Nov 2025 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yuskgrc22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3m4xwjr4rd22oIn Ep. 262, @nadiabahmad.bsky.social explains how creating a successful energy transition project depends on community engagement and the specific legal and regulatory frameworks of a place. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-262-all-transitions-are-local/06 Nov 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xwjr4rd22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3m3sjksmfn22nIn Ep. 261, @ct-economics.bsky.social shares insights from his book, The Case Against Climate Doom — An Economist’s Guide to Climate Optimism, detailing the ongoing social, political, and technological climate change mitigation efforts that give him hope. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-261-the-case-against-climate-doom/22 Oct 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3sjksmfn22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3m2p36zas4k2iIn Ep. 260, Muyi Yang and @sambutl3r.bsky.social of @ember-energy.org detail how China has become the undisputed global leader in the energy transition, and is helping developing countries to decarbonize far more rapidly than the economic powerhouses of the West. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-260-china-energy-transition-review-2025/08 Oct 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2p36zas4k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lzlvz3lv222kIt’s our 10th Anniversary! To mark the occasion, we are rejoined by @kingsmillbond.bsky.social and Daan Walter of @ember-energy.org for 2.5 hrs of deep thoughts on what the past decade of our work has been about, and what the next ten years will require. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-259-10th-anniversary-new-marching-orders/24 Sep 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlvz3lv222khttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lyimzoxu722dIn Ep. 258, we explore the only transmission system in Alaska and ask why the utilities that own it are risking blackouts by remaining dependent on declining gas supply instead of transitioning to the vast renewable resources surrounding them. Our longest episode yet! https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-258-alaskas-railbelt-utilities/10 Sep 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyimzoxu722dhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lxfoqunqms2jFor Ep. 257, Chris traveled to a remote, off-road community in Alaska’s Arctic Circle to see how they are integrating renewables into the microgrid that powers the town. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-257-remote-microgrids-in-alaska/27 Aug 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfoqunqms2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lwcmrlmls22rIn Ep. 256, the founder of the world’s first all-electric farm, Mike Casey, explains how farmers can make money and ease grid pressures by adding solar to their farms, and how Rewiring Aotearoa are working to electrify New Zealand. This one is not paywalled so enjoy! https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-256-electric-farming-in-new-zealand/13 Aug 2025 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwcmrlmls22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lv76dwzc622sIn Ep. 255, we kick off a new miniseries on Alaska by interviewing an expert in building design and construction about the best ways to put up buildings that are comfortable, healthy, and affordable in the frozen north. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-255-dwellings-in-alaska/30 Jul 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv76dwzc622shttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lu43wdxmk22jIn Ep. 254, @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social joins us for a deep dive into the data in Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2025 report. Not only has the energy transition gone global, it’s accelerating so quickly that global power-sector emissions may be close to peaking. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-254-global-electricity-review-2025/16 Jul 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu43wdxmk22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lsywdosfgc2jIn Ep. 253, @mikegrunwald.bsky.social returns to the show to discuss his new book, “We Are Eating the Earth.” We focus on the bioenergy side of agriculture in this conversation, and ask if any of those solutions are truly ‘renewable’ or ‘carbon-neutral.’ https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-253-bioenergy-illusions/02 Jul 2025 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsywdosfgc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lry3go5afk2gIn Ep. 252, @gruberte.bsky.social and @jlappen1.bsky.social join us to discuss the British government’s takeover of British Steel, and steelmaking in the “mid-transition” amid the geopolitical tensions of a global tariff war. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-252-steelmaking-in-the-mid-transition/19 Jun 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lry3go5afk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lqsf5opg322fIn Ep. 251, we conclude our 6-part miniseries on Australia with a look at how, by 2027, South Australia Power Networks will operate the first gigawatt-scale grid in the world with a 100% variable renewable energy supply. Listen in and learn how they’re going to do it! https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-251-south-australia-on-point/04 Jun 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqsf5opg322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lpozqjhdpk2hIn Ep. 250, Thane Gustafson rejoins us to discuss Russia’s failed opening to the West, how the sanctions against Russia have succeeded and failed, what Putin’s motivations in Ukraine are, and Russia's future as global energy transition efforts accelerate. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-250-russia-revisited/21 May 2025 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpozqjhdpk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lomaga25hk2dIn Ep. 249, we continue our miniseries on Australia https://xenetwork.org/ets/category/australia-2024/?view=episode&order=desc&orderby=air_date&display=list by featuring three researchers and entrepreneurs who are advancing solar technology R&D, including the “father of solar cells,” Martin Green. And it turns out CSP isn’t dead after all! https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-249-solar-innovation-in-australia/07 May 2025 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lomaga25hk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lnimnk7qqc2hIn Ep. 248, @iea.org analyst Heymi Bahar shares findings from their recent comprehensive report, “The Future of Geothermal Energy.” By 2050, geothermal could deliver as much power as the US and India combined consume today. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-248-the-future-of-geothermal/23 Apr 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnimnk7qqc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/transitionshow.bsky.social/post/3lmfl5xrdec27In Ep. 247, we continue our miniseries on Australia by exploring their innovations in pre-commercial technologies, deep DER integration, VPPs and microgrids, and passive building techniques. https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-247-energy-innovations-in-australia/09 Apr 2025 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:oucpglrlrytpywq77pyboexj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfl5xrdec27