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Electric Futures podcast

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Electric Futures

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  University of Southern California  

Featured by the LA Times, La Opinión, and NPR! Electric Futures is an award-winning podcast series from the University of Southern California exploring lesser-known stories of the energy transition, from the perspectives of the people most impacted by the changes that transition will bring. In Season 2, former USC Provost and current professor Charles Zukoski explores community projects that generate and store their own energy, bypassing the electric grid – and blackouts. What happens now that federal support for these initiatives is starting to dry up? Can America still electrify?

Featured by the LA Times, La Opinión, and NPR! Electric Futures is an award-winning podcast series from the University of Southern California exploring lesser-known stories of the energy transition, from the perspectives of the people most impacted by the changes that transition will bring. In Season 2, former USC Provost and current professor Charles Zukoski explores community projects that generate and store their own energy, bypassing the electric grid – and blackouts. What happens now that federal support for these initiatives is starting to dry up? Can America still electrify?

 

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#15

Your Community, Electrified | Episode 4: Where We Go From Here

We talk to two expert journalists about what’s next for the U.S. Department of Energy prog... more

25 Jun 2025

48 MINS

48:05

25 Jun 2025

#14

Your Community, Electrified | Episode 3: It’s All Connected (Communities)

It’s January 20th, 2025. Donald Trump’s second term as president. He signs a slew of execu... more

25 Jun 2025

21 MINS

21:17

25 Jun 2025

#13

Your Community, Electrified | Episode 2: The Tech Behind the Microgrid

We take you through the science of microgrids with UCLA’s Rajit Gadh, professor of mechani... more

25 Jun 2025

42 MINS

42:44

25 Jun 2025

#12

Your Community, Electrified | Episode 1: Shadow Mountain

We’ll take you to the Shadow Mountain housing development in Menifee, California. It’s an ... more

25 Jun 2025

29 MINS

29:13

25 Jun 2025

#11

Season 2 Trailer | Your Community, Electrified

Brief description:  Before fires scorched Los Angeles in January of 2025, the Electric Fut... more

02 Jun 2025

01 MINS

01:55

02 Jun 2025

#10

Building a Green Chicago - A Collaboration with "Home Interrupted"

The Electric Futures team recently collaborated with the independent media outlet "Feet in... more

29 May 2024

28 MINS

28:43

29 May 2024

#9

Valle de Litio | Episodio 7: Una Época de Cambio

Este episodio fue hecho especialmente en Español para explicar en resumen la investigacíon... more

27 Feb 2024

29 MINS

29:35

27 Feb 2024

#8

A Message from our host, Charles Zukoski

Host Chares Zukoski wants to thank you for listening to the show and let you know about an... more

26 Feb 2024

00 MINS

00:30

26 Feb 2024

#7

Lithium Valley | Episode 1: The White Gold Rush

We’ll get to know Imperial Valley, an area that is home to nearly 180,000 people located i... more

24 Jan 2024

32 MINS

32:56

24 Jan 2024

#6

Lithium Valley | Episode 2: The Tech Behind the Scenes

There’s a big demand for the batteries but it’s a challenge in how to gain access to all t... more

24 Jan 2024

32 MINS

32:49

24 Jan 2024

#5

Lithium Valley | Episode 3: Transforming a Small Town Economy

We will look at how Lithium extraction is expected to boost  the local economy and the tra... more

24 Jan 2024

34 MINS

34:15

24 Jan 2024

#4

Lithium Valley | Episode 4: Whose Health? Consider the Consequences

We’ll look at how Lithium extraction in the Imperial Valley may potentially impact the env... more

24 Jan 2024

29 MINS

29:28

24 Jan 2024

#3

Lithium Valley | Episode 5: From the Twitch of Colorado River's Tail to Kwaaymi Point

We explore concepts of land use and value systems that play out in the Imperial Valley as ... more

24 Jan 2024

43 MINS

43:08

24 Jan 2024

#2

Lithium Valley | Episode 6: The Sum of It All

In our final episode of the season, we discuss how efforts to slow global climate change a... more

24 Jan 2024

53 MINS

53:22

24 Jan 2024

#1

Season 1 Trailer | Welcome to Lithium Valley

Electric Futures is a new podcast series from the University of Southern California explor... more

29 Nov 2023

01 MINS

01:46

29 Nov 2023