Latest Jonah sargent Podcast Episodes

The Green Neighbor Challenge with Andrew Butts, Founder & Director

ReVolt - August 21, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes
Today's episode is about The Green Neighbor Challenge, a web-tool and social media campaign to help anyone in the U.S. find and sign up for a green energy program. But it's also a whole lot more, and to explain the impact green pricing can have on our carbon footprint, Andrew Butts joined me to ...

Green Tech Will Not Save Us? On 'Planet of The Humans' by Jeff Gibbs & Michael Moore

ReVolt - August 07, 2020 18:00 - 5 minutes
Green Tech Will Not Save Us. Have you seen Planet of The Humans yet? Oh boy, I was late to the party on this Planet of the Humans, but it really got me going.  I'm trying to get Mr. Gibbs on the show this season, so ask your questions: The email for this show is [email protected] and the ph...

Season 2 Trailer - Release Your Inner Child Pirate

ReVolt - July 31, 2020 18:00 - 5 minutes
Welcome to Season 2 of ReVolt, a podcast on the history and future of energy generation, distribution, and consumption. So, what’s on the menu for season 2? Let me answer your question with a question… Do you remember the food fight scene from the movie Hook with the child pirates? By using the...

Silence in Time Square - Jonah deploys to NYC for COVID response

ReVolt - April 10, 2020 01:00 - 7 minutes
Jonah, the host of ReVolt, is deployed in New York City to help respond to the COVID outbreak as a Logistics Officer for International Medical Corps. This episode is a like an audio diary of his experience. Columns of stainless steel catering carts wheeling corpses covered in seran wrap destin...

Batteries, Storage, The Grid, Oh My! (SimpliPhi Power) with CEO Catherine Von Burg

ReVolt - March 26, 2020 15:00 - 46 minutes
The CEO of SimpliPhi Power, Inc. Catherine Von Burg joined Footprint Project's Manager of Dev and Comms, Jonah Sargent for the latest episode of ReVolt, a podcast on the history and future of energy generation, distribution, and consumption. She offers insights into her journey as a female foun...

Power of Place (The Nature Conservancy & Land Use Planning For Clean Energy) with Erica Brand, Director of California Energy Strategy for The Nature Conservancy

ReVolt - March 12, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes
In 2018, California lawmakers set an ambitious climate goal to this effect: 100-percent clean electricity by 2045…. but what does 100% clean energy really look like on the ground? While this is a great sign for climate change mitigation, it could also result in major impacts to natural habitat. ...

Beer Buddies (Brewery Waste Streams Fueling Indoor Pot Growth) with Patrick Crawford of Denver Beer Co and Kaitlin Urso with CO Dept of Public Health and Environment

ReVolt - February 28, 2020 03:00 - 11 minutes
During the beer fermentation process yeast eats sugar and creates two byproducts: alcohol and carbon dioxide. Most CO2 from fermentation is vented into the atmosphere. How much? Around 150,000 lbs of CO2 per small brewery per year. What's worse is that breweries often purchase artificially mad...

How To Kill Energy Vampires (Efficiency & Idle Loads) With Eric Youngren - Director of Strategic Partnerships at Boxpower

ReVolt - February 13, 2020 18:00 - 14 minutes
What's an energy vampire? It's the always-on television, fridge, or video game console in your home. Even though it's "off," it's still sucking the grid's blood. How bad are they?  Idle loads account for 15% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Our electronics in standby use more energy per ...

Grid In A Box (Solar + Battery Microgrids) with Angelo Campus (Forbes 30 Under 30), Co-Founder and CEO of Boxpower

ReVolt - January 29, 2020 22:00 - 30 minutes
What do hippies, finance bros, electric cars, and shipping containers have in common? They're all key to understanding the history and future of how we generate and distribute electricity. I was joined this week by Angelo Campus, named among Forbes 30 Under 30 for co-founding Boxpower, which ma...

WTF is Grid Resiliency? (Puerto Rico's Earthquakes Vs. Grid Resilience) with Gilberto Guevara, Program Director, Responsive Innovation Lab at Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust

ReVolt - January 16, 2020 00:00 - 15 minutes
There have been more than 1,500 earthquakes in Puerto Rico since I arrived on January 3rd 2020. One 6.4 magnitude quake destroyed the island’s largest power plant and caused the grid to go down - and now Puerto Rico's energy supply is more vulnerable than ever.  Grid resiliency is the ability o...

Puerto Rico's Earthquakes & Grid Resilience with Gilberto Guevara, Program Director, Responsive Innovation Lab at Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust

ReVolt - January 16, 2020 00:00 - 15 minutes
There have been more than 1,500 earthquakes in Puerto Rico since I arrived on January 3rd 2020. One 6.4 magnitude quake destroyed the island’s largest power plant and caused the grid to go down - and now Puerto Rico's energy supply is more vulnerable than ever.  Grid resiliency is the ability o...

Everyone Wants To Help And It's Killing Us (Disaster Relief & Clean Energy) with Will Heegaard of FootprintProject.org

ReVolt - January 02, 2020 19:00 - 15 minutes
The vast majority of humanitarian emergency assistance is diesel powered. In this episode ReVolt is joined by Will Heegaard from Footprint Project, a nonprofit that designs, deploys, and advocates for sustainable disaster relief. Examining Hurricane Maria's impact on Puerto Rico and its electric...

High Energy (Cannabis & Electricity) with Rob Trotter of Pot Zero & Kaitlin Urso with CO Dept of Public Health and Environment

ReVolt - December 17, 2019 18:00 - 14 minutes
Cannabis growers in the U.S. use more electricity than Rhode Island, and as about 20 states are voting to legalize marijuana in 2020, the consumption of energy is projected to grow considerably. This episode focuses on what we can do to mitigate the waste from the industry as cannabis consumers ...

0 - Episode 0 - What's My Deal? Why ReVolt?

ReVolt - December 08, 2019 22:00 - 4 minutes
Take a deep dive into the river of electrons and travel through time to find out how energy got so complicated. Humorist and electricity fanboy Jonah Sargent asks smart people stupid questions and the answers might change our planet. IG: @jonah__sargent Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/...