Best Energy Central Power Perspectives™ Podcasts (2025)

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The Reality Behind the Silver Deficit Headlines 9:06

15m ago9:06

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The Reality Behind the Silver Deficit Headlines | https://www.themorganreport.com/join I’ve been following the silver market for decades, and one question keeps coming up: is the so-called “silver deficit” real? The Silver Institute, working with Metals Focus, defines a deficit as when mine production plus recycling falls short of total annual dema…

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The last frontier of the digital utility 24:37

3d ago24:37

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So you’ve got a lot of data…now what do you do with it? How do we turn a patchwork of energy technologies into a single cohesive model—one that’s scalable, reliable, and ready to deploy?That’s what we’re talking about today: filling in digital gaps with GIS technology. Because doing so doesn’t just mean improving workflows—it can also mean optimizi…

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What’s Ahead: New Stocks, New Opportunities, New Look 12:00

8d ago12:00

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What’s Ahead: New Stocks, New Opportunities, New Look | https://www.themorganreport.com/join August is shaping up to be a pivotal month at The Morgan Report. We’ve got brand-new stock picks on deck. We’re also covering a little-known mineral that could play a key role in future supply chains. And behind the scenes, we’re building something long ove…

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Field crews of the future are here 39:58

9d ago39:58

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How can you build the grid of the future when your field crews are still relying on paper and clipboards? For utilities across the country, that question has become urgent—especially as extreme weather events become more frequent and the demand for accurate, real-time data skyrockets. To help podcast host Jason Price and producer Matt Chester dive …

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Gold Rush: Australia's Clean Energy Underground. With Gold Hydrogen 33:47

14d ago33:47

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Episode Overview In this episode, Andy Marsland sits down with Neil McDonald, CEO of Gold Hydrogen, to unpack an exciting investment announcement and explore the future of natural hydrogen and helium in Australia. From historical discoveries that have led to cutting-edge drilling programs, this conversation dives deep into the potential of hydrogen…

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When Money Becomes God 6:18

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When Money Becomes God | https://www.themorganreport.com/join When money becomes god, everything else becomes negotiable. Principles take a back seat. Integrity bends. And entire societies start measuring value not by character, wisdom, or truth—but by digits on a screen. We stop asking what’s right and start asking what it costs. The marketplace r…

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The Grid’s secret weapon? Smarter field data 30:03

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The biggest threat to grid modernization? It might be hiding in your GIS.Utilities are racing toward smarter, more dynamic grid systems—layering on DERs, EVs, ADMS, and DERMS. But there’s a hidden bottleneck holding everything back: the massive disconnect between field data and back-office systems.In this episode of Power Perspectives, Adrian McNul…

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Can GIS reimagine the energy transition? 26:07

17d ago26:07

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“As long as we have the data, the sky is the limit.”The transition to a cleaner, more sustainable energy reality is a massive undertaking—and we all know by now that massive undertakings require a LOT of data.So today on The GISt, we’re exploring how utilities and energy innovators are leveraging GIS to help integrate renewables into the existing g…

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The Day Silver Touched $50: A Blow-Off Top Fueled by Mania, Not Fundamentals 8:31

23d ago8:31

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The Day Silver Touched $50: A Blow-Off Top Fueled by Mania, Not Fundamentals | https://www.themorganreport.com/join Silver's legendary run to $50 in January 1980 remains one of the most dramatic moments in the metal's history. Driven by intense demand, global uncertainty, and the Hunt brothers’ unprecedented accumulation, silver briefly touched an …

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This CEO wants you to talk to the grid 36:07

23d ago36:07

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As utilities race to modernize the grid, too often the communication systems needed to communicate with the grid are overlooked. From DER integration and wildfire mitigation to smart meters and real-time situational awareness, none of it functions without robust telecom infrastructure. That reality is why the power utility and telecom nexus is bein…

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Why can’t we be friends? A new POV on utility vegetation management 36:01

24d ago36:01

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How are utilities supposed to balance 1) strategic grid planning with 2) strong stewardship of the tree canopy we all rely on?It requires a new approach to vegetation management—one rooted in global information sharing that transcends competitive bounds. That’s what today’s guests—Dennis Fallon, Executive Director of the Utility Arborist Associatio…

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A pragmatic approach to Hydrogen scale-up. With Warradarge Energy 37:58

27d ago37:58

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Discussions of Green Iron, Green Ammonia and Dual-fuel heavy transport Stephen Archer: Stephen Archer is the CEO of Warradarge Energy, a company leading the development of renewable hydrogen projects in Western Australia. Warradarge’s portfolio of projects covers diesel displacement, green iron, and green ammonia offtake markets. The company focuse…

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The Future Isn’t Free: It’s Rented, Scored, and Monitored 52:22

29d ago52:22

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You’re living in a world being transformed by something most people haven’t even heard of: technocracy. Unlike communism or capitalism, technocracy is a system built entirely around control—of energy, resources, information, and ultimately you. Patrick Wood, who’s spent decades studying this shift, explains that technocracy started in the 1930s as …

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Silver Is Moving - Are the Shorts Trapped? 6:53

30d ago6:53

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Silver Is Moving - Are the Shorts Trapped?| https://www.themorganreport.com/join Silver is finally showing signs of life and not just a little bounce. After months of sideways grind and relentless short pressure, something’s changed. The price action is getting aggressive and those who’ve been leaning on the short side might be feeling the heat. Th…

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How AI is mapping the invisible grid underground 52:40

30d ago52:40

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We’re building the grid of the future today, but how can we do so without fully knowing what’s already underground? That’s the uncomfortable truth facing utilities, city planners, and infrastructure developers as they charge ahead with clean energy, broadband, EV charging, and transmission upgrades. In today’s episode of Power Perspectives, we conf…

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GIS for collaboration: Do more…faster 31:13

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At the core of running an efficient, resilient power system, there’s one singular need: interoperability.Do you have one place where everyone, across teams and structures, can go to get the real-time information they need when they need it?Without that, utility leaders are setting themselves up for failure to meet the rising expectations from consu…

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Breaking utilities out of pilot purgatory 47:08

1M ago47:08

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Artificial Intelligence promises to revolutionize the utility industry, from predicting outages to integrating distributed energy resources. But between headlines and hype, a dangerous pattern is emerging: AI fatigue.Too many pilots, too many proof-of-concepts, and not enough actual results. Utilities risk getting lost chasing the “next shiny objec…

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Freedom Dies When Money Lies: Why Sound Money is the Foundation of a Free Society 6:31

1M ago6:31

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Freedom Dies When Money Lies is more than a clever phrase. It’s a hard truth that history keeps trying to teach us—and we keep forgetting. When money breaks, freedom doesn't stand a chance. The connection isn't abstract or academic. It's real, it's direct, and it's playing out in real time. Sound money is what allows people to plan, to save, to bui…

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Piloting the Future: How to scale with simplicity, ft. It’s Electric & Leading Cities 33:33

1M ago33:33

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The first step to creating widespread change in energy? Know the problem you need to solve.For Tiya Gordon, cofounder & COO of It's Electric, that problem was this: More people would get EVs if they were easier to charge in big cities. So? She got to work creating a solution in the first curbside EV charging system built for metro areas.This week o…

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Why Your Health Is the Missing Piece in Your Investment Strategy 37:01

1M ago37:01

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Why Your Health Is the Missing Piece in Your Investment Strategy | https://www.themorganreport.com/join I’ve always closed my reports with this simple but powerful reminder: Wishing you health above wealth, and wisdom beyond knowledge. Because at the end of the day, real wealth starts with your well-being, and true success is guided by insight, not…

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The utility workforce wakeup call 32:00

1M ago32:00

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Behind the energy transition’s headlines about megawatts and microgrids lurks a quiet but critical crisis: a severe shortage of skilled trade workers. These electricians, technicians, lineworkers, and other trade professionals keep the power flowing, yet they’re retiring faster than they’re being replaced — leaving an enormous talent gap just as th…

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From Trust to Tangibles: The Global Flight to Real Assets 6:23

1M ago6:23

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From Trust to Tangibles: The Global Flight to Real Assets | https://www.themorganreport.com/join We’re living through the slow collapse of a system built on promises. Decades of easy money, rising debt, and financial engineering have eroded the foundation of trust that once underpinned global markets. Now, as currencies weaken and institutions lose…

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How utility leaders predict the future with GIS 32:20

2M ago32:20

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When you see relationships and patterns, you don’t just take a peek at opportunities—you get a preview of risks…and a chance to get out in front of changes that need to be made.That’s the power of GIS as a tool for discovery.Why? Because looking at your reality in a spatial context opens up a new world of discoverability—and that can quite literall…

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Redefining utility success w/ Australia's biggest power pros 43:58

2M ago43:58

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For decades, utility performance has been judged by how well companies met regulatory requirements—but is that enough for the energy transition ahead?In this episode of Power Perspectives, we look at what it means for a utility to evolve beyond compliance, as we’re joined by Guy Chalkley, CEO of Endeavour Energy in Australia, and Richard McIndoe, E…

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Expect The Unexpected 4:50

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Expect The Unexpected | https://www.themorganreport.com/join When it comes to gold and silver, the biggest moves tend to catch most people off guard. Just when the headlines are quiet and the markets look calm, that’s often when the real action begins. These metals have a long history of surprising even the most seasoned investors—breaking out when…

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Piloting the Future: There’s no innovation without community buy-in, ft. BuildingLens & Prosper Portland 39:12

2M ago39:12

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Tackling energy’s biggest problems requires true innovators to start somewhere—small solutions turn into enormous ones, faster than you might think.This week on Piloting the Future, hosts Kim Getgen and Lee Krevat hear from David Burchfield, Cofounder of BuildingLens, and Katherine Juengel, Green Cities Industry Liaison at Prosper Portland, about t…

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Is AMI worth the hype? 53:59

2M ago53:59

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U.S. utilities have invested tens of billions of dollars in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) over the last two decades. As those first-generation deployments approach end-of-life, utilities are facing difficult questions: Did AMI deliver on its promises? Was the investment justified? And what comes next?To get to the bottom of that and look a…

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Silver 2035: The Quiet Metal with Loud Potential 10:01

2M ago10:01

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Silver 2035: The Quiet Metal with Loud Potential | https://www.themorganreport.com/join Most people still think of silver as the cheaper cousin to gold—an afterthought, a footnote in the world of precious metals. But that’s a mistake. Silver isn't just a monetary metal with thousands of years of history behind it; it's also an increasingly critical…

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Utilities have a data problem. Is GIS the solution? 40:57

2M ago40:57

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What do two GIS experts say when you ask them about the importance of data management for utilities? “You can’t manage what you can’t see.”“If the data is wrong, bad things happen.”“Without data, you have no control.” This week on The GISt, we’re diving deep into GIS as a tool to address latency, remove siloes, and help utilities do less on-prem…so…

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A geopolitical wildcard: How the global gas market impacts utilities 38:09

2M ago38:09

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The U.S. just became the world’s largest exporter of LNG—but is that a blessing or a burden? In this global-scale episode of *Power Perspectives*, we step away from local grid topics to dive into the international dynamics shaping the global energy markets. To do so, we are joined by Anne-Sophie Corbeau of Columbia University’s Center on Global Ene…

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Silver Has A Long Way To Go 10:53

2M ago10:53

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Silver Has A Long Way To Go | https://www.themorganreport.com/join As of June 7, 2025, silver is trading around $35.97 per ounce, maintaining its highest level since 2011. Silver is finally breaking out of its long consolidation, and the move has caught the market’s attention. After more than a decade of suppressed prices and under performance comp…

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From Zimbabwe to America: Hyperinflation Doesn’t Warn You First 38:03

2M ago38:03

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From Zimbabwe to America: Hyperinflation Doesn’t Warn You First | https://www.themorganreport.com/join David Morgan and Lynette Zang deliver a deep, candid discussion about the global financial system, the collapse of trust in the U.S. dollar, the broken bond market, and the urgent need for a return to sound money—physical gold and silver. They sta…

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Why Gold’s Bull Market Is Just Getting Started — And What Most Investors Still Don’t Get 32:37

2M ago32:37

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Why Gold’s Bull Market Is Just Getting Started — And What Most Investors Still Don’t Get | https://www.themorganreport.com/join This isn’t your typical gold conversation. Keith Weiner doesn’t just repeat the same tired slogans about inflation or safe havens — he lays out, step by step, how the global monetary system is quietly breaking down, and wh…

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Why every utility will have a drone fleet sooner than you think 31:03

2M ago31:03

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What if your next utility crew didn’t drive, but flew? Autonomous drones are no longer experimental toys, they’re rapidly become indispensable tools for utilities facing today’s most pressing challenges: extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and reliability amid rising demand. In this episode of *Power Perspectives*, we explore how autonomous dron…

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Inside TMR: Housekeeping Notes and Secret Youtube Access Revealed 7:59

2M ago7:59

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Inside TMR: Housekeeping Notes and Secret Youtube Access Revealed | https://www.themorganreport.com/join If you’ve been poking around The Morgan Report and feel like you’re only seeing the surface, you’re not wrong. There’s a deeper layer—a paid members area packed with resources, premium reports, and tools that most never tap into. If you want to …

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The GISt: The real ROI of GIS for asset management 22:54

2M ago22:54

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“The value has been proven.”That’s what Ryan Ciesielski, Group Head of Geospatial at National Grid, told us about the return on investment for utilities deploying GIS tech in asset management. This week on The GISt, we explore: 1) GIS applications for regulation, documentation, and reporting 2) real world use cases of GIS for asset management 3) th…

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Digital Chains: What Blockchain, AI, and Quantum Tech Really Mean for You 1:13:42

2M ago1:13:42

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Digital Chains: What Blockchain, AI, and Quantum Tech Really Mean for You | https://www.themorganreport.com/join In this thought-provoking episode, David Morgan reconnects with filmmaker and researcher Gonz Shimura to unpack the convergence of technology, finance, and biblical prophecy. Gonz, known for his Age of Deceit documentary series and co-ho…

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Duke Energy's nuclear renaissance 28:18

3M ago28:18

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With electricity demand in the U.S. surging—driven by data centers, electrification, manufacturing, and population growth—utilities are under pressure to deliver clean, reliable power at scale. In this episode of Power Perspectives, we explore how Duke Energy, which operates the largest regulated nuclear fleet in the nation, is answering that call.…

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The Calm Before The Currency Storm 4:03

3M ago4:03

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The Calm Before The Currency Storm | https://www.themorganreport.com/join Everything feels steady—markets are stable, the headlines are quiet, and most people aren’t paying attention. But under the surface, the financial system is under strain. Governments are printing more money, debts are piling up, and central banks are running out of options. H…

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Piloting the Future: If you’re not innovating, you’re dying, ft. Portland General Electric 51:05

3M ago51:05

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The leaders at Portland General Electric knew they had a choice: Embrace innovative ideas…or get left behind.They chose the former—and now, PGE is charting a new path for scaled utilities to embrace technology, welcome innovation, and ask hard questions to ensure their customers get energy that’s reliable, efficient, and clean, day in and day out.T…

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The microgrid boom, explained 23:36

3M ago23:36

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The microgrid moment has arrived. Are utilities ready?Microgrids have long been billed as a "future solution"—ideal for resilience, sustainability, and distributed generation, but too costly or complex for widespread use. But in 2025, that future is starting to look like the present.As electricity demand is exploding, driven by the growth of data c…

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Has Gold Topped Already? 12:53

3M ago12:53

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Has Gold Topped Already? | https://www.themorganreport.com/join That’s the question on every investor’s mind right now. After a strong run-up in price and record-setting highs, some are wondering if gold’s bull market has already peaked—or if this is just a pause before the next leg higher. Is the smart money starting to sell? Or are they just taki…

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The GISt: How GIS is determining the future of the grid 26:39

3M ago26:39

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Welcome to The GISt, a new limited series from Energy Central.For our first episode, we’ve got a fantastic primer on all things GIS for utilities with Jazzmen Wilson, host of The GIS Chat podcast. What’s on tap? A closer look at what kinds of utilities are leveraging GIS to its fullest capacity. An exploration of AI as a catalyst for global tech ad…

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Stocks Stall, Silver Shines, And The Fed Stays PUT 8:17

3M ago8:17

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Stocks Stall, Silver Shines, And The Fed Stays PUT | https://www.themorganreport.com/join The financial markets are sending mixed signals this week. While stocks stall under the weight of uncertainty and inflationary pressures, silver is breaking out—gleaming as a beacon for investors seeking stability and upside potential. Meanwhile, all eyes rema…

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A Guide to Relocating to Europe 24:36

3M ago24:36

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Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of connecting with people from across the globe — individuals who are not just ahead of the curve, but who help define the curve. Brandon Ahearn is one of those rare few. When Brandon first reached out to me on LinkedIn, I was intrigued. Here was someone with deep credentials — a JD, an LLM, a CFA — who had sp…

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Tariffs, rollbacks, and drill baby drill: Unpacking Trump 2.0 for energy leaders 40:49

3M ago40:49

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A new presidency always shakes up the energy world — but what happens when it’s not new at all?With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, energy leaders continue to brace for impact. But unlike a traditional administration transition, this one is informed by a prior term — and yet may bring surprises all its own.In this episode of Power Pe…

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The Fork in the Financial Road – And the Metal Most Likely to Explode 3:41

3M ago3:41

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The Fork in the Financial Road – And the Metal Most Likely to Explode | https://www.themorganreport.com/join We’re at a pivotal moment in financial history—one where the old rules no longer apply, and the future will be shaped by the decisions we make today. Tariffs are causing quite a stir. Central banks are boxed into a corner, inflation is quiet…

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The most innovative people in energy 36:09

3M ago36:09

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Presenting: The 2025 Energy Central Innovation Awards, a moment to celebrate forward-thinkers, risk-takers, and the big ideas kind of people who are building the future of the energy industry.We’re in a moment of unprecedented change, but one constant remains: smart people who think about where we are *and* where we’re going are giving us a shot at…

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The next grid isn’t on Earth 22:09

3M ago22:09

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Our latest episode leaves the grid behind—literally—to head into orbit.As the number of satellites and spacecraft in space grows, one fundamental limitation persists: power. These systems are smaller, smarter, and more capable than ever—but they’re energy-starved. That’s where today’s guest, Andrew Rush, steps in.Andrew is the Co-Founder and CEO of…

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Is the "Dollar" Still King? Unpacking America’s Paper Power 6:58

4M ago6:58

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Is the "Dollar" Still King? Unpacking America’s Paper Power | https://www.themorganreport.com/join For nearly eight decades the U.S. dollar has worn the crown of global commerce—pricing oil, anchoring central-bank reserves, and underwriting America’s unrivaled borrowing binge. Yet beneath its glossy green veneer, cracks are spreading: record-high d…

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