Power Hour with Alex Epstein

by Alex Epstein

Every week on Power Hour energy philosopher Alex Epstein breaks down today's top energy, environmental, and climate issues.

4 Episodes

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Episodes

Ending America's 52-year ban on supersonic flight, with Boom CEO Blake Scholl

I recently sat down with Blake Scholl, the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, to discuss the persuasion strategies he used to get the US government t...

1h 04m

•Jul 20, 2026

Why America can’t build the natural gas pipelines it needs, with Senator Alan Armstrong

I recently sat down with Alan Armstrong, the former CEO of Williams (one of America’s foremost natural gas pipeline companies) and now the freshman Se...

32m

•Jun 5, 2026

Defense tech prodigy Ethan Thornton on how to quickly deter China from invading Taiwan

I sat down with Ethan Thornton, the 22-year-old defense tech prodigy and CEO of Mach Industries, to talk about an existential issue: how the US can st...

1h 08m

•Jan 14, 2026

How to defeat the IRA subsidies, with Congressmen Chip Roy and Josh Brecheen

I brought back my podcast Power Hour for a discussion with Congressmen Chip Roy Josh Brecheen about how they defeated a hoard of subsidy-seeking lobby...

46m

•Jun 2, 2025