Midday with Dan Rodricks (WYPR-FM Baltimore) devoted the full week of daily programming, May 2-6, 2011, to one of the most urgent matters facing the people of Maryland, the United States, and the rest of the world – our energy problems and solutions. Over ten hours, Monday through Friday, noon to 2:00 p.m., experts in natural resources, power engineering, energy markets and geopolitics joined Dan Rodricks to discuss our energy consumption and its consequences. Guests also focused on the ways to balance human demand with environmental and economic concerns. This program, through live broadcast and directly answering calls from listeners, was dedicated to providing the best and most objective information available on resources and technologies.
About Midday with Dan Rodricks:
Midday is WYPR’s daily public affairs program, heard from noon – 2pm, Mondays through Fridays. Hosted by Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks, the program covers a wide-range of issues selected to engage, inform and entertain the listening audience. Topics range from the latest news to local and national politics, to social, medical and cultural trends, featuring the best new books and most engaging authors, newsmakers and guests.
Read below for more information on the event, the guests, and how to listen to recordings of the program.
Program Schedule:
Monday, May 2nd
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Consumption, sustainability:
- Alan Knuckman, editor of Resource Trader Alert, live from Chicago.
- Malcolm Woolf, director, Maryland Energy Administration
- Laura Schaefer, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Center for Energy, University of Pittsburgh
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1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Global Warming:
- Mark Hertsgaard, author of HOT: Living Through The Next Fifty Years On Earth.
- Darren Samuelsohn, Politico senior energy and environment reporter.
- Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones energy and environmental politics reporter.
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Tuesday, May 3rd
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Natural Gas:
- Robert Bryce, author of Power Hungry: The Myths of Green Energy and The Real Fuels of the Future
- Bill McKibben, environmentalist and award-winning author of The End of Nature
- Richard Heinberg, author and senior fellow, Post Carbon Institute
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1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Coal:
- Richard Heinberg, author and senior fellow, Post Carbon Institute
- Don Shields, executive director, Center For Energy, University of Pittsburgh
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Wednesday, May 4th
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Natural Gas:
- Steven A. Gabriel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland
- Michel Boufadel, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Temple University
- David Hughes, Post-Carbon Institute
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1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Solar and Geothermal Power:
- Brad Heavner, Environment Maryland
- Alexis Madrigal, senior editor at The Atlantic and author of Powering The Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology
- Vadim Polikov, president of Maryland-based Astrum Solar, installer of residential and small commercial solar panel systems.
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Noon – 1:00 p.m. The Nuclear Renaissance?:
- Chris Mayer, editor of Capital & Crisis, live in Baltimore.
- Wilfrid Kohl, Foreign Policy Institute fellow; senior adviser in the Energy, Resources and Environment Program, The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Washington D.C.
- Bjorn Frogner, Entrepreneur in Residence, Clean Energy Technology Incubator; University of Maryland Baltimore County.
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- Patrick Cox, editor of Breakthrough Technology Alert, live from Tampa.
- Gwyneth Cravens, author of Power To Save The World.
- Bjorn Frogner, Entrepreneur in Residence, Clean Energy Technology Incubator; University of Maryland Baltimore County.
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Friday, May 6th
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Wind’s Potential:
- Tom Landers, Environment Maryland.
- Jay Hancock, business columnist, The Baltimore Sun.
- Lara Lutz, reporter, The Bay Journal.
- Daniel F. Ancona, III, Vice President for Renewable Energy, Princeton Energy Resources International
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1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Innovation and the Future:
- Byron King, editor of Outstanding Investments, live from Pittsburgh.
- Malcolm Woolf, director, Maryland Energy Administration.
- Greg Reed, director, Power & Energy Initiative, and Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh.
- Kathy Magruder, executive director, Maryland Clean Energy Center.
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About the editors:
Alan Knuckman is a contributor to the Daily Resource Hunter and managing editor of Resource Trade Alert, a weekly newsletter providing commentary and real-time updates for subscribers to take advantage of current and evolving market conditions. The endgame is to make profitable trades in both hard and soft commodities. His trading experience in securities, options, futures, and currencies coupled with his software development and media experience have made him a sought after commentator and led to frequent appearances in mainstream media, including CNBC, Sky News, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, Fox Business Network, CNN Money, and Reuters.
Chris Mayer is managing editor of the Capital and Crisis and Mayer’s Special Situations newsletters, as well as a contributor to the Daily Reckoning and the Daily Resource Hunter. Based on direct experience in bank mergers and acquisitions, Mayer takes the position that most banks are opaque, complex, and highly leveraged. Therefore, as investments, he categorically believes they are high risk, as profits earned today often turn out to be borrowed against the losses of tomorrow. Many recent events support his perspective.
Patrick Cox brings two decades of experience in software, public policy, medical economics and biotechnology to the Agora Financial table. He is editor of the Breakthrough Technology Alert and Technology Profits Confidential, as well as a contributor to the Daily Reckoning and Penny Sleuth. Cox, who spent his early childhood on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, studied at Boise State University and has written for USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Reason Magazine.
Byron King is the managing editor of Outstanding Investments and Energy & Scarcity Investor, as well as a contributor to the Daily Reckoning and the Daily Resource Hunter. Reaching over 60,000 subscribers, his two newsletters are highly respected and oft-cited by investors in energy and mining companies. Earlier this year, The Hulbert Financial Digest named Outstanding Investments as the top performing newsletter in its Risk-Adjusted Ranking category for the past ten years. Since joining Agora Financial in 2002, King has been interviewed by dozens of major print and broadcast media venues including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, MSN Money, Marketwatch.com, Fox Business News, and PBS Newshour. Throughout the BP well blowout in 2010 he was among the most highly sought after expert analysts.
