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Factor This! is a weekly podcast for the solar industry that provides in-depth and actionable content not available anywhere else. The podcast features solar energy leaders who actually move the needle, in hopes of making you smarter, your solar job easier, and moving the industry forward. Factor This! is produced by Renewable Energy World and Clarion Energy, and is hosted by John Engel. Have an idea for an episode or want to sponsor the show? Email john.engel@clarionevents.com for more info ...
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Boroughs & Burbs, the National Real Estate Conversation
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Boroughs & Burbs, the National Real Estate Conversation
John Engel and Roberto Cabrera
Real estate: the ultimate game of risk and reward. It's the biggest investment most people ever make Fortunes are won and lost every day. How do you stay ahead of the game? Who's buying, who's selling and why? You need an edge. Boroughs & Burbs This podcast is your secret weapon, giving you the insider knowledge and strategies you need to succeed in the high-stakes and cutthroat world of real estate. The Boroughs are New York City. The Burbs are wherever you are: Connecticut, Austin, the Ham ...
CME presents takes you inside the media making process with creatives from New York and beyond.
Welcome to "Golden Age Gurus", a place for regenerative entrepreneurs to discuss ancient future solutions for healing ourselves and the planet. From quantum healing to space wizards, one episode could get you on path. - Ire Baba Disclaimer All info contained on this site is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. In addition, none of the statements should be construed to confer medical, legal, or financial advice, nor may these products prevent or cure any condition. הע ...
Green Lantern's Light is a monthly podcast exploring the late-Bronze and Modern Age adventures of the Green Lantern!
A National Conversation with a Local Lens
Elizabeth A. Grant, "The Quantum Coach," is a spiritual mentor and life coach. She helps people apply universal law of quantum physics, such as the law of attraction, to create happiness and abundance from the inside out. Her "Ask The Quantum Coach" radio shows offer listeners an in-depth view of quantum living and tools they can apply moment to moment to create the lives they truly want.
Bill has 25 years of business experience in the high-tech computer industry where he started in customer service at 20 years old and worked his way up through sales and then to owning his own software company. He grew up sailing in Annapolis and fishing in the outer banks of North Carolina. Bill is a top-selling new boat salesperson at his company and within 24 months and was quickly promoted to New Boat Sales Manager. Bill’s customer service and sales background have made him a natural at o ...
The News International Visiting Professorship of Broadcast Media was established in 1996, as part of a generous benefaction from Rupert Murdoch. It is an annual appointment and the Professor will give at least 4 lectures during the academic year (usually in January/February). 2010's Visiting Professor is television and film producer Stephen Garrett, the man who brought Spooks and Life on Mars to our screens. Oxford alumnus Professor Garrett read jurisprudence at Merton College and is now Exe ...
It’s the show, that bridges the requirements of regulations, compliance, and privacy with those of security. Your trusted source for complying with various mandates, building effective programs, and current compliance news. It’s time for Security and Compliance Weekly.
How do you measure the impact of someone like Dan Shugar? He's been a mainstay in the solar industry since the early days. Before the solar coaster defined the twists and turns of the evolving industry. He led PowerLight to a $335 million dollar acquisition. Helped grow SunPower into the behemoth it is today. And was the CEO of solar module manufac…
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Boroughs & Burbs 81 || The Hilton Head Show with Les Jones and Charles Sampson
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This week we're heading to Hilton Head Island , the famous Sea Pines Resort and the surrounding coastal communities of Bluffton, Palmetto Bluff and Beaufort, South Carolina. Sea Pines Plantation is the original 5,200 acre private gated community established in 1957 by Charles Fraser with 4 golf courses and one mobile phone in a trailer. Some say he…
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Nerd Farmer Podcast
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Understanding the Conflict Between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh — Sevinj Osmanqizi — #188
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The show’s roots are local but it wanders wherever my interests happen to lead. Since moving to Abu Dhabi, I have had the opportunity to visit several countries I never would have considered visiting prior. For example, this fall I went to the Republic of Georgia and this past February I continued exploring the Caucasus with a trip to Baku, Azerbai…
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A fresh start for concentrated solar power?
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Concentrated solar power has had a rough go in the US. But that's not because it's a poor resource. Using mirrors and towers, CSP can cleanly generate electricity, provide long-duration thermal energy storage, and decarbonize heavy industry by producing heat. Still, solar PV deployment dwarfs installed CSP capacity 113 GW to 2. Why hasn't it caught…
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Boroughs & Burbs 80 || Who's Hot, Who's Not with Stephen Kliegerman and Laura Tomana
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New York City has added luxury supertalls (Billionaire's Row), eccentric glass towers (Bjarke Ingels' Spiral) and an entirely new neighborhood of skyscrapers above a railcar storage yard (Hudson Yards). We want to talk about the New New York so this week on the show we call in the experts. Over the last 30 years Stephen has overseen more than $15 b…
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Introducing Suncast: Democratizing the clean energy revolution
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Bonus episode! Today, we're dropping in an episode from our friends over at the Suncast podcast that we know you'll enjoy. Nico Johnson has an interesting and important conversation with Steph Spiers, co-founder and CEO of the community solar manager Solstice about equity in the energy transition. Speirs believes that "the role of power and privile…
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Nerd Farmer Podcast
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“Dopesick” by Beth Macy — Nerd Farm Reads Audio Book Club — #187
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This is our long awaited conversation about Dopesick by Beth Macy. Dopesick is the story of the orign and rise of the opioid crisis and the actions of pharmaceutical companies in flooding our communities with drugs. The opioid crisis, a uniquely American problem, was manufactured by capitalism and our market-based health care system. In the book, M…
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Data: The energy transition’s next big thing
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While the energy transition is well underway, the power dynamics that have ruled the industry for generations are still largely the same. Kiran Bhatraju, founder and CEO of Arcadia, is upending that paradigm by taking control of energy data and using it to fuel the rapid deployment of distributed energy assets. Arcadia manages more community solar …
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Boroughs & Burbs 79 || Ethics and Hidden Greed with Dr. Rob Docters
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Join us for a conversation with Dr. Rob Docters on his great new book "Ethics & Hidden Greed". While unethical strategies may have increased in sophistication and grown harder to detect in recent years, there are still only five categories of these behaviours. Dr. Docters will demonstrate how to recognize the patterns employed by greedy players and…
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Solar's legal risks are changing. Here's what to watch out for
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As the renewable energy industry has grown up, its legal risks have too. Sure, we as an industry talk all the time about NIMBYism. But what about zoning and permitting litigation? What happens when a project produces stormwater runoff that damages a neighboring property? And how about all of these new incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act… who'…
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Boroughs & Burbs 78 || Talking New York with Vince Rocco
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40,000 listeners rely on Vince Rocco's show for real estate news and insight. Now, gloves off, we interview him. "Good Morning New York with Vince Rocco" was must-hear radio for most of the last decade in New York. The pandemic happened and Vince turned off his mic for two years. Now, he's back, tan, rested and ready with his new show "Talki…
Jennifer Lee is a film and TV editor. You’ve seen some of her recent work if you’ve watched the 20th Century Studios comedy, Rosaline, the pilot for the Golden-Globe winning show, Ramy, or the The Fallout, which won the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW. But before Jennifer pivoted into film and tv editing, she worked as a comic book editor. Jenifer shares …
The proverbial light bulb that sparked Tasha McCarter's interest in energy was an actual light bulb. A third grade experiment using a hand crank to produce electricity led to an accomplished career developing power plants for SunPower, Silicon Ranch, and most recently RWE as their vice president of solar engineering. For McCarter, who is Black, the…
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Nerd Farmer Podcast
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The Art of the Southern Noir Novel – Eli Cranor, “Don’t Know Tough” – #186
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Eli Cranor is an Arkansas based writer. His debut novel, Don’t Know Tough, is about a troubled young man named Billy Lowe, who is taken under his wing by the new football coach, Trent Powers, newly arrived arrived from California. It’s a southern noir novel, so you know it’s more complicated than that. He joined us to talk about his novel, his infl…
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Boroughs & Burbs 77 || Transform with Fabric
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How experts use it to transform a home! "Boroughs & Burbs" is a weekly show hosted by John Engel of Douglas Elliman and Roberto Cabrera of Brown Harris Stevens. The show takes place on Zoom and is then re-broadcast on YouTube. Boroughs & 'Burbs provides an in-depth look at the real estate market in New York City, its suburbs, and has expande…
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Tacoma Neo-Nazi Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Violent Hate Crime – John Murphy, Tacoma Against Nazis – #185
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Tacoma Against Nazis (TAN) was founded in 2017 to warn the community about the presence of a violent neo-Nazi cell operating in the city of Tacoma. A member of that cell, Jason “Gravy” DeSimas, was recently sentenced to four years in federal prison for a violent hate crime in Edmonds, WA. While TAN’s anti-fascist protests drew the ire of local medi…
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New players in solar manufacturing are rushing to meet US demand. Are they up to snuff?
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There’s a press release almost every week. Increasing demand for solar modules, paired with supply chain constraints and trade disputes, have some new players eyeing the US market. Some module manufacturers are building new factories to capitalize on fresh federal incentives to boost the domestic solar supply chain. Others are hoping to import thei…
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Boroughs & Burbs 76 || European Secrets? with Øyvind Olstad
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The European system is different from the US. There is no "Zestimate" on vineyards or castles. How do you get a deal in Europe? And where? Is it really based on personal connections and relationships? We explore the current market with one of the top agents in Europe, Øyvind Olstad, former realtor TV star of "Lukket Visning" and long-time Christies…
It's time that we talk about energy storage. Not just because solar-plus-storage is a natural fit, but more and more developers will soon be branching out into the world of batteries, emboldened by new federal incentives. That transition could be overwhelming for some. Energy storage deployment comes with its own unique set of nuances and challenge…
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Boroughs & Burbs 75 || The Science of Selling with Dr. David Reis and Scott Hobbs
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Attractiveness is how we win new business. Get it right and strangers will choose us over others. Loyalty is necessary to keep business. Get it right and grow your current relationships. Persuasiveness is the skill we need to conquer client indecision, inaction and miscalculation. Ever since Dr. Robert Cialdini wrote his famous 1984…
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The grid is fragile. Is distributed energy the answer?
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Our grid is vulnerable to disruption and even failure. Wildfires, floods, and more frequent extreme weather events routinely highlight the imperative of adding distributed energy not just for resiliency, but to reach our climate goals. But incumbents, purposefully or not, are delaying the transition. And markets still don't fully value the qualitie…
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Boroughs & Burbs 74 || The "Silk Stocking Neighborhood" with Neil Laurine and Alfred Renna
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Join us on Boroughs and Burbs as we explore the heart of New York City's elegance, the Upper East Side. Known for being the most affluent neighborhood in the city, we ask the question, is that still true? Our experts, Neil Laurine and Alfred Renna, dive into the history and current state of this iconic neighborhood, sharing their insights and exper…
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Boroughs & Burbs 73 || The Core Truth with Peter Hannis Hernandez
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Peter Hernandez lives his personal and professional passion for helping people become the most successful versions of themselves that they can be. Originally the founder and co-president of Teles Properties until it was acquired by Douglas Elliman, Hernandez is widely regarded in the industry as the driving force behind the renowned Teles brand and…
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Elena Engel on Creating the Documentary “John Leguizamo Live at Rikers”
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Elena Engel is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and producer who has worked on projects with Warner Brothers, The Walt Disney Company, PBS, and The United Nations, among others. Years ago, she began collaborating with acclaimed actor and producer John Leguizamo on a film that would eventually become John Leguizamo Live at Rikers, premiering at t…
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Sounders Club World Cup and Season Preview — Dave Clark, Sounder at Heart — #184
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Last night (Gulf Time), as Auckland City and Egypt’s Al Ahly were kicking off in Morocco, we jumped on with Dave Clark, founder and writer at Sounder at Heart. Dave knows more about football in the Arab world and Sounders youth development than any writer covering the team, so he was the ideal guest for the conversation. We talked about the Sounder…
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Community solar: Can California get it right this time?
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California is a leader in the energy transition. There's no doubt about it. But even the most mature solar market in the country hasn't always gotten it right. A community solar program implemented in 2013 never really panned out. And while the community solar sector grew rapidly in other states, California watched as few projects got built. Episod…
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Understanding the Housing Market in Pierce County — Marguerite Martin, Move to Tacoma — #183
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This week we are joined by the founder and proprietor of Move to Tacoma, Marguerite Martin, to talk about what’s happening in the housing market in Pierce County. This conversation is a continuation of the discussion we had with NY based real estate consultant, Nicole Beauchamp, in December. Marguerite, as ever, was fascinating and insightful and t…
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In North Carolina, a lesson on the pitfalls of the energy transition
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The pitfalls of the energy transition are on full display in a Southeast state. A 2021 law set North Carolina on its way to slashing carbon emissions by 70% by the end of the decade and reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. HB 951 represented an unprecedented, bipartisan effort for a state to tackle climate change and deploy clean energy. But clashes…
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Boroughs & Burbs 72 || The Beach Cities of Los Angeles with Cindy Carvel and Misty Frasier
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Manhattan Beach is known as "The Pearl of L.A.'s South Bay" and was immortalized in the Beach Boys classic, "Surfin' U.S.A." Take a gander at the impressive beachfront real estate as you walk, run, bike, rollerblade or skateboard on The Strand, a fantastic place to people-watch as well. Downtown Manhattan Beach is a culinary force and a must for fo…
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Toledo Solar founder Aaron Bates on the 'untruths' of American solar manufacturing
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This episode of Factor This! is sponsored by Heila Technologies, a Kohler company. Episode 31 of the Factor This! podcast features Aaron Bates, the CEO and founder of Toledo Solar, a manufacturer of cadmium telluride thin-film solar modules. Bates cares deeply about who is making solar modules and, just as importantly, where. And he has strong opin…
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Boroughs & Burbs 71 || Chicago Real Estate with Carrie McCormick and Mark Olley
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With over a billion dollars in sales and 20+ years of real estate experience, Carrie McCormick is one of the most recognized names in Chicago real estate. Carrie has an unsurpassed reputation for white glove client service, ingenious marketing strategies and outstanding results. An award-winning and top-ranked real estate broker, Carrie has earned …
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Independently Directing a Film with Sian-Pierre Regis
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How do you effectively direct, distribute and create an international promotional campaign for your independent film? Filmmaker and storyteller Sian-Pierre Regis figured it out with his documentary, Duty Free. The film explores the economic crisis for an aging population, ageism and the care crisis, but it is also a deeply personal story that exami…
