“What’s The Energy Nerd Show? Well, it’s like Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis…but less stupid.”
— Bruce Biewald
The Energy Nerd Show Manifesto
1. The show is by and for energy nerds.
2. It’s like lots of other things, but different.
3. No power point slide decks, no pre-scripted text.
4. There ARE stupid questions. And we're going to ask a lot of them!
5. Things that are interesting, important, and/or inspirational should be shared.
6. Such things should be shared by people who are interested in them, believe them to be important, and/or have been inspired by them.
7. A well made graph can change a mind, and a changed mind can change the world.
8. TED talks can be interesting, important, and inspirational but they’re overproduced and we get bored with them.
9. An audio podcast can be great! But where are the graphs?!
10. As the Alpha Nerd, and author of this Manifesto, Bruce is in charge of everything but responsible for nothing.
11. The Energy Nerd Show episodes are "commentary and criticism" and nothing we're doing here is a copyright violation. Nothing. Everything falls under the fair use doctrine. Everything.
12. If the show stops being fun to make then we'll stop making it - and if it isn't fun to watch then you should stop watching it.
13. Whimsy, curiosity, and playfulness are consistent with, indeed essential to, good science, engineering, and thinking.
14. Each episode shall be approximately 100 nanocenturies long.
- Bruce, May 7, 2020
Your Energy Nerd Hosts!
Bruce Biewald
Bruce has curiosity about primates (especially people), respect for truth, passion for good design, appreciation for nerd culture, addiction to electric transportation devices, and an art degree from MIT.
Check out Synapse Energy Economics
Check out Bruce’s Site
Jeannie Ramey
Jean Ann Ramey (Jeannie) is CEO and co-founder of the energy and environmental consulting firm Synapse Energy Economics. At Synapse, Jeannie leads Synapse in providing robust analysis of the electric power and natural gas sectors for public interest and governmental clients, guiding the firm as it supports clients in adapting to the challenges and opportunities of the clean energy transition. She focuses particularly on equity within Synapse and the energy sector. Jeannie is also a co-founder of the Cambridge-based nonprofit Climable, which focuses on climate resilience and energy democracy. Climable works to develop clean-energy community microgrids in environmental justice neighborhoods.
Prior to founding these two organizations, Jeannie worked as an economist in the Electric Power Division of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities and as an analyst at Tellus Institute. She holds an MA in Energy and Environmental Studies from Boston University, and a BA in English from the University of Oklahoma.
Check out Jeannie’s cooking show, Cooking with Jean Ann!
Check out Climable.org
