Best of October 2026

In this episode

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.volts.wtf Volts published eight conversations in October, which is a lot for anyone to listen to. We’ve rounded up the highlights into less than an hour. Enjoy! Chapters 00:00 – Introduction 01:52 – Leah Stokes on passing the IRA 07:52 – Daniel Palken on the permitting bill 13:26 – Matt Traldi on local clean energy fights 19:38 – Kristian Jensen on Denmark’s utilities 24:56 – Nick Chaset on consumer protection 30:11 – Sam D’Amico on engineers and factories 35:41 – Tom Matzzie on the clean energy super PAC 41:19 – Ketan Joshi on data centers and climate