Episode 93: The Power & Possibilities of Nuclear Energy

Just Think: The Podcast

In July 2021, CNN Technical Director, Charlie Chester, in a conversation with an undercover journalist, acknowledged, "We're going to start focusing mainly on climate, like global warming...that's going to be our (CNN's) next focus." If the "climate crisis" is going to be in the headlines, then we feel we all need to know more about it--to separate verifiable and scientific facts from fiction and propaganda, to search beyond the headlines to know the truth. So to that end, we wondered, "What do you know about nuclear energy?" Oliver Stone just announced he has a new documentary, Nuclear Now, coming to theaters April 28th, we wanted to do our own investigation into the power and possibilities, the risks and the benefits, of nuclear energy. So we invited three experts--two are nuclear engineers with over 40 years of experience and another is the research director for a preeminent energy association in the United States--to discuss the power and possibilities of nuclear energy, the benefits, the risks and costs, and whether or not this is a clean source of energy that reduces the carbon footprint on the environment. Whether you fully believe that mankind is responsible for global warming or whether you simply believe mankind should be a good steward of the earth, this is a must-listen conversation to help you understand the nuclear option and why perhaps, as Oliver Stone says in his trailer, "We’ve been trained from the very beginning to fear nuclear power. The very thing that we fear is what may save us.”