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Podcast Notes: Age of Miracles - Episode: Introducing: Age of Miracles
Podcast Overview
- Title: Age of Miracles
- Description: A narrative show exploring industries critical for humanity's abundant future.
- Host: Packy McCormick - Venture investor and writer of the Not Boring newsletter.
- Season Focus: Unlocking clean and reliable energy through nuclear fission and fusion.
Episode Overview
- Episode Title: Introducing: Age of Miracles
- Release Date: Episodes 1 and 2 dropping on October 27th.
- Format: Narrative podcast with expert insights.
Key Themes Optimism for the Future
- Packy McCormick expresses a hopeful view of the future through innovations that lead to impact.
Transition from Innovation to Impact
- The podcast aims to delve deeper into the processes of translating groundbreaking innovations into real-world benefits.
Season One Focus
Energy
- Core Topic: Energy as the foundation for civilization.
- Specific Areas of Exploration:
- Nuclear fission and fusion.
- The importance of increasing nuclear energy projects in America.
Current Nuclear Landscape
- Recent popularity of nuclear energy, with a focus on the lack of new large projects in the U.S.
- Mention of the Vogel project costing $31 billion for two reactors as an example of current challenges.
Co-Host Introduction
- Co-Host: Julia DeWall
- Background: Co-founder of a nuclear startup, previously worked on Starlink at SpaceX.
- Significance of her expertise in discussing nuclear energy advancements and reactor innovations.
Future Discussions
- Exploration of various reactor technologies, including:
- Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).
- Fusion energy as a potential frontier.
Conclusion and Call to Action
- Encouragement for listeners to subscribe and engage with the podcast as it launches.
- Availability on platforms like YouTube and Spotify.
Key Takeaways
- Energy is central to the vision of a prosperous future.
- Nuclear energy presents both challenges and opportunities for innovation.
- The podcast seeks to provide a blend of expert insights and narrative storytelling to inspire hope and action toward achieving an abundant future.
Listen to Age of Miracles for in-depth discussions on the future of energy and technology!
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:03Every week in Not Boring, I write about companies, trends, and stories that make me more optimistic about the future. Now, I tend to write super long pieces, but even that's not enough to dive into all of the nitty gritty that it takes to go from innovation to impact. So we're launching the podcast Age of Miracles. We're going to do 10 episode seasons in a narrative format, talking to experts and insiders and investors and founders and people inside of government about all the nitty gritty that goes into building this Age of Miracles. The first season, we're starting at the very base, the thing that drives civilization forward, energy, and more specifically, nuclear fission and fusion energy.
0:47Nuclear energy has become a lot more popular recently, but as it stands, there are no new large nuclear projects being built in America. The last one that we did, Vogel, took$31 billion over two reactors. But figuring out how to build more nuclear is critical if we want the kind of future I know that I want. Each season, I'm going to bring on a co-host who actually knows what they're talking about. For season one, I could not be more excited to be partnering with Julia DeWall. Julia is the co-founder of a nuclear startup, and before that, she worked on Starlink at SpaceX, so she knows a thing or two about building hard things.
1:24We have a lot of really interesting startups that are taking on different forms of reactors, SMRs, and then there's fusion. We're going to discuss, is this the new frontier? energy is at the base of so much of our civilization. So couldn't be more thrilled to be doing this with you, Paki. I could not be more excited for Age of Miracles. We're dropping episodes one and two on October 27. Search for Age of Miracles on YouTube, in Spotify, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. Go like, subscribe, smash, and we'll see you on Age of Miracles.
From the publisher
Age of Miracles is a narrative show that explores the complex industries that will play an important role in creating an abundant future for humanity. Episodes 1 and 2 drop October 27th.
Every season, host Packy McCormick – a venture investor and writer of the popular Not Boring newsletter – brings in an expert cohost to go deep into the possibilities and challenges of making “sci-fi” dreams our reality in our lifetimes. The first season starts at the root of all progress and prosperity: unlocking 10x more clean and reliable energy by splitting and fusing atoms themselves.
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