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@shaylekann asks big questions about how to decarbonize the planet. Produced by @_LatitudeMedia. Leave a voicemail at ☎️ 919-808-5832

Joined November 2021
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Solar generation grew 30% YoY in 2025, its highest rate in eight years. Global fossil generation fell for the first time since 2020. @shaylekann speaks with @ember_energy's @nicolasfulghum about what the data on global electricity generation actually shows. Full episode out now.
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Everyone's watching what the Strait of Hormuz shutdown does to oil prices, but the bigger economic story might be fertilizer. New ep out now w/@JLinvilleFert of @StoneX_Official on the global fertilizer crunc open.spotify.com/episode/2Lg…
Everyone's watching what the Strait of Hormuz shutdown does to oil prices. The bigger economic story might be fertilizer. New @CatalystPod w/ Josh Linville (VP Fertilizer, StoneX) on the global fertilizer crunch🎙️open.spotify.com/episode/2Lg…
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The Strait of Hormuz didn't cause the fertilizer crisis. It just broke a market already on the edge. @shaylekann and Josh Linville on the stacking shocks threatening global food supply. 🎧
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New episode: @shaylekann sits down with Eyal Cohen, founder of Humble Robotics to talk about why autonomous trucking has lagged behind passenger vehicles, and what a clean-sheet cabless electric truck design changes about that equation. 🎙️ bit.ly/4tSGxmx
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This week, @heronpower announced a $140M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz. Founder/CEO Drew @baglino and @shaylekann explore how solid-state transformers can transform the grid into a highly optimized machine. Listen now: latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
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On Catalyst today: Paul Segal of @LSPowerGroup, sheds light on PJM and ERCOT as they navigate a capacity rollercoaster. The conversation unpacks what’s driving the volatility and what it means for power markets ahead. 🎧 Listen here: latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
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Today on Catalyst: Shayle Kann and former DOE nuclear official Katy Huff break down what it really takes to bring new nuclear reactors to market, why mid-2026 targets are aggressive, and which milestones actually matter. 🎧 Listen here: latitudemedia.com/news/the-p…
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Shayle Kann talks with David Energy CEO James McGinniss about the rise of permissionless DERs — plug-in batteries and solar that skip complex installs and permits, cutting costs and expanding access. 🎧 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
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Nat Bullard and Shayle Kann break down additional 2026 energy trends: from ongoing solar cost declines and global oil oversupply to what’s driving the current startup funding slump across energy tech. 🎧 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
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2025 threw curveballs at energy — surging load, shifting policy, tight capital. Stephen Lacey talks with Tom Burton of Mintz covering the renewable shakeout, data centers as energy infrastructure, permitting reform, and navigating uncertainty. 🎧 Listen: latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
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@IanRountree, founder and partner at @cantos, explains why he avoids selling tech to incumbents and flags some curveball startups. How does this apply to the current landscape of hardware and industrial startups? latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
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@shaylekann sits down with @IanRountree to unpack his post, exploring how it applies to the current landscape of hardware and industrial startups. Listen on Catalyst: latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
We invest in 2 archetypes at @cantos: 1. Full-stack deep tech selling an end product or even commodity, _not_ tech. 2. Weird n-of-1 never seen anything like it before. Selling tech to incumbents... PASS Commercializing science... PASS Nth co doing the current thing... PASS
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As 2025 comes to a close, we’ve rounded up a sampler of the year’s best episodes — from record-breaking capacity auctions and advances in grid flexibility to vertically integrated residential batteries. latitudemedia.com/news/five-…
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In this Catalyst episode, @shaylekann talks with Dr. Ben Lee, professor at UPenn, about whether AI inference will move from hyperscale data centers to the edge — and what that shift means for the future of AI infrastructure. 🎧 Listen here: latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
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.@shaylekann talks with @alexmodon , CEO of Unlimited Industries (just out of stealth with a $12M raise) about how AI could finally fix the EPC model and speed up major energy + infrastructure builds. 🎧 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
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This Catalyst episode digs into the power bottleneck shaping the AI boom, and why data-center developers, chipmakers, hyperscalers, and utilities all tell different stories about “energy scarcity.” 🎧 Listen now: latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
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Are we finally getting signals that the U.S. could start building transmission at scale again? @shaylekann talks with @RobGramlichDC, founder of Grid Strategies, about the new plans and projects giving signs of progress. latitudemedia.com/news/catal…
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Across the country, people are asking: why is it so hard to build in America? In New Mexico, Economic Development Secretary Rob Black & Environment Secretary Jim Kenney's hands-on approach to permitting and investment is attracting fusion, geothermal, and advanced manufacturing.
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