Inspired Earth

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Science based solutions, cutting edge technology, paradigm shifting organizations, mind-bending discoveries and philosophies; this podcast focuses on the inspirational current events that are frequently overlooked by mainstream media.patreon.com/InspiredEarth

  1. 2D AGO

    Episode 48: Good News Sugar Medicine, Sugar Electricity, Bone Glue, Coffee Medicine

    We follow a chain of hopeful breakthroughs where nature’s ideas drive real gains: boiling hard water to trap microplastics, stabilizing fusion plasma, upgrading biomass into hydrogen, flipping CRISPR with caffeine, exposing bacteria in kidney stones, unmasking pancreatic tumors, and gluing bones like oysters cling to rock. We connect the science to daily life and underscore why protecting biodiversity protects future cures. • boiling hard water co-precipitating nanoplastics with calcium carbonate • fusion plasma achieving stability beyond density limits • copper-doped cobalt oxyhydride enabling solar hydrogen and formate co-production • chemogenetic CRISPR switches activated by caffeine and reversed by rapamycin • live bacteria and biofilms embedded in common calcium oxalate kidney stones • antibody strategy blocking sialic-acid immune evasion in pancreatic cancer • oyster-inspired bone glue enabling fast, wet-field fracture fixation • the case for biodiversity as a reservoir of medical and energy solutions •  glyco-immunology Get organized, get inspired, get angry really, because we need as many people out there as possible https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00081 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260101160855.htm https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/hydrogen/solar-coelectrolysis-process-converts-biomass-to-green-20260107 https://phys.org/news/2026-01-brewing-possibilities-caffeine-gene.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-previously-unknown-bacterial-component-kidney.html https://scitechdaily.com/new-antibody-treatment-reawakens-immune-system-to-fight-pancreatic-cancer/ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202509/1343380.shtml Send a short message directly to the creator. https://www.patreon.com/InspiredEarth https://www.instagram.com/inspiredearthofficial

    38 min

  2. 12/03/2025

    Episode 47: Part 2 Child Fusion Reactors & Karen Silkwood

    Curiosity can glow bright enough to light a room—or trigger a Geiger counter. We follow a remarkable arc from a twelve-year-old who assembled a working fusion setup out of surplus parts to a whistleblower whose warnings shook a nuclear powerhouse. The contrast is stark: a kid scavenging eBay for a turbomolecular pump, validating fusion with an open research consortium, and then answering to the FBI; a lab technician documenting contamination, faulty gear, and missing plutonium, only to vanish from the road with her evidence. We unpack how resource constraints create sharper builders, how DIY science stitches together knowledge from forums, papers, and trial and error, and why nuclear experiments—even at micro-scale—draw fast attention. Then we pivot to the life and death of Karen Silkwood: her union organizing, the contamination scares, the lost documents, and the crash that fueled decades of questions. Investigators found puzzling damage, reporters chased leads, and a landmark Supreme Court decision affirmed a path to accountability even under federal regulation. Along the way, we dig into what fusion promises for energy, why corporate oversight matters, and how missing nuclear material becomes more than a line in a report—it becomes a test of public trust. The throughline is power. Institutions celebrate breakthroughs when they can control the narrative, and they bristle when workers expose the cost of cutting corners. We talk about the tension between innovation and oversight, the fragile ecosystem of whistleblower protections, and why rolling them back chills the very truth-telling that keeps complex systems honest. If you care about clean energy, ethical tech, and the people brave enough to raise a hand when something is wrong, this conversation is a map and a warning. If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend who loves science and accountability, and leave a review with the biggest question you’re still wrestling with. Your take might shape a future episode. FREE DOCUMENTARY https://www.koco.com/article/karen-silkwood-nuclear-whistleblower-51-anniversary-death-oklahoma-kerr-mcgee-contamination/69416709 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn https://helena.org/members/taylor-wilson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HL1BEC024g&t=638s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tAsHGFA-74 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/09/nuclear-fusion-young-scientist-jamie-edwards-star-in-jar https://newsforkids.net/articles/2024/09/04/16-year-old-student-builds-nuclear-fusion-reactor/ https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/1/12-year-old-boy-who-achieved-nuclear-fusion-in-his-playroom-got-visit-from-fbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/karen-silkwoods-sudden-death-unpacked-abc-documentary/story?id=115778837 Send a short message directly to the creator. https://www.patreon.com/InspiredEarth https://www.instagram.com/inspiredearthofficial

    45 min

  3. 12/03/2025

    Episode 47: Part 1 Child Fusion Reactors & Karen Silkwood

    A teenager builds a “star in a jar,” the press crowds around, and a Geiger counter clicks to life. That single image threads through our journey as we follow young makers who pushed past textbooks to light plasma, register neutrons, and force adults to decide how far curiosity should go. We open with David Hahn, the infamous “Radioactive Boy Scout,” whose improvised neutron source triggered a federal cleanup and a lifelong cautionary tale about brilliance without guardrails. Then we turn to Taylor Wilson, who hit fusion at 14 and parlayed it into award-winning detectors, threat screening tools, and bold ideas for small reactors that could power communities for decades. What emerges is a question about access and authority. When fellowships and big-money backers swoop in, is that rocket fuel for public good or a funnel into narrow security work? We examine the promises and politics behind small modular reactors, the gap between what’s technically possible and what policy allows, and the persistent mismatch between youthful idealism and the systems that shape where inventions land. Along the way, we celebrate practical ingenuity: Jamie Edwards gets his school to fund a fusor, builds safety layers you can touch, and learns to balance vacuum, voltage, and measurement. Cesar fights leaks, files metal by hand, and proves that constraints can sharpen thinking more than any lecture. This story isn’t about hype; it’s about agency. The internet taught these kids enough to try. Local mentors and cautious schools helped them finish. Institutions—government, industry, and philanthropy—decided what happened next. If you care about clean energy, STEM education, or the ethics of open knowledge, these lives are a map of how innovation actually moves. Hear the sparks, weigh the tradeoffs, and decide with us: should the next breakthrough be gated, or guided? If this conversation resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a quick review telling us where you’d draw the line between safety and openness. FREE DOCUMENTARY https://www.koco.com/article/karen-silkwood-nuclear-whistleblower-51-anniversary-death-oklahoma-kerr-mcgee-contamination/69416709 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn https://helena.org/members/taylor-wilson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HL1BEC024g&t=638s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tAsHGFA-74 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/09/nuclear-fusion-young-scientist-jamie-edwards-star-in-jar https://newsforkids.net/articles/2024/09/04/16-year-old-student-builds-nuclear-fusion-reactor/ https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/1/12-year-old-boy-who-achieved-nuclear-fusion-in-his-playroom-got-visit-from-fbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/karen-silkwoods-sudden-death-unpacked-abc-documentary/story?id=115778837 Send a short message directly to the creator. https://www.patreon.com/InspiredEarth https://www.instagram.com/inspiredearthofficial

    34 min

  4. 12/03/2025

    Episode 46: Part 3 Amazon $40 Trillion Fusion Energy Threatens Petrodollar, China-Russia-India Reactors

    What if cheaper, abundant energy didn’t just lower your bill but rewired global power? We dive into the fast-emerging world of fusion and small modular reactors to map how falling energy costs could shift household finances, unsettle the petrodollar, and fuel the AI boom. Along the way, we unpack why materials and superconductors matter, how turbine and precision-engineering players could benefit, and where the chip crunch collides with AI’s hunger for power. We take you inside the Idaho National Laboratory’s collaboration with AWS, where cloud-scale compute, foundation models, and digital twins aim to accelerate design, licensing, and even autonomous reactor operations. It’s a bold promise with real risks: resilience, cybersecurity, and the need for strong human oversight. Then we widen the lens to the global SMR race—Russia’s deployments, China’s test units, and India’s push toward indigenous designs—showing why compact, factory-built reactors fit remote sites, industrial parks, and data centers. Closer to home, Amazon’s agreements with Energy Northwest, Dominion Energy, and X-energy’s XE100 technology point to a corporate-led wave of carbon-free baseload for AI and cloud growth. We examine the practicalities that will decide who truly benefits: milestone-based investing over hype, transparent procurement, and community benefit structures that translate public enablement into public gain. Energy abundance can reduce inequality if built with shared outcomes, not just private margins. If you care about where power comes from, who controls it, and how it shapes the next decade of AI and industry, this conversation lays out the stakes and the choices ahead. Subscribe, share with a friend who cares about energy and tech, and leave a review to help more people find the show. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-backed-canadian-energy-company-lays-off-employees-read-what-the-ceo-said/articleshow/120919626.cms https://stansberryresearch.com/stock-market-trends/what-is-the-amazon-helios-project https://inl.gov/news-release/idaho-national-laboratory-accelerates-nuclear-energy-projects-with-amazon-web-services-cloud-and-ai-technologies/ https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2025/12/03/I4MICKYEYJDDRBBE4SUQLSYWEE/ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/china-has-it-russia-building-it-india-working-on-it-the-small-nuclear-reactor-race-9354989 https://interestingengineering.com/energy/amazon-nuclear-energy-smr-facility Send a short message directly to the creator. https://www.patreon.com/InspiredEarth https://www.instagram.com/inspiredearthofficial

    53 min

  5. 12/03/2025

    Episode 46: Part 2 Amazon $40 Trillion Fusion Energy Threatens Petrodollar, China-Russia-India Reactors

    Energy abundance isn’t a slogan; it’s a lever that can move the whole economy. We dig into where fusion stands today, why major players are piling in, and how the technology could redraw power maps—from city grids and data centers to farms, fabs, and even spacecraft. Along the way, we challenge the funding paradox: if the physics is working at small scales, what will it take to prove plants that run year-round and deliver cheaper, cleaner electricity to actual customers? We connect the dots between grid reliability, deep electrification, and consumer prices. Fusion’s siting flexibility could shrink transmission losses and help EV adoption without straining networks. In agriculture and water, abundant power unlocks low-carbon fertilizer, large-scale desalination, and year-round indoor growing that strengthens food security. Manufacturers and semiconductor fabs gain from lower energy costs, potentially reshaping supply chains and making advanced production more competitive at home. If the marginal cost of compute falls, AI and drug discovery scale without punishing communities—assuming smarter siting and water stewardship. There’s a geopolitical turn too. Domestic fusion capability points to energy sovereignty and weakens petrodollar-era leverage. That shift raises hard questions about ownership models, pricing, and how the benefits of public R&D and tax incentives flow back to households. We unpack the investor narrative—outsized upside versus real engineering and adoption risks—and consider how policy can convert breakthrough headlines into lower bills and broader prosperity. If we design it well, fusion can be more than a moonshot; it can be a public win. If this conversation sparks new ideas, follow the show, share it with a friend who cares about climate and industry, and leave a review with the one policy change you’d make to turn energy abundance into everyday savings. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-backed-canadian-energy-company-lays-off-employees-read-what-the-ceo-said/articleshow/120919626.cms https://stansberryresearch.com/stock-market-trends/what-is-the-amazon-helios-project https://inl.gov/news-release/idaho-national-laboratory-accelerates-nuclear-energy-projects-with-amazon-web-services-cloud-and-ai-technologies/ https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2025/12/03/I4MICKYEYJDDRBBE4SUQLSYWEE/ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/china-has-it-russia-building-it-india-working-on-it-the-small-nuclear-reactor-race-9354989 https://interestingengineering.com/energy/amazon-nuclear-energy-smr-facility Send a short message directly to the creator. https://www.patreon.com/InspiredEarth https://www.instagram.com/inspiredearthofficial

    30 min

  6. 12/03/2025

    Episode 46: Part 1 Amazon $40 Trillion Fusion Energy Threatens Petrodollar, China-Russia-India Reactors

    What happens when the promise of near-zero-marginal-cost electricity crashes into a system built on pricing power? We dive into the messy reality of fusion’s big moment—where genuine breakthroughs, Amazon-adjacent initiatives, and investor hype collide—and ask who actually benefits if “mini suns” start lighting our grid. We start with the stark contrast shaping the future: models that aim to drive energy prices down versus models designed to preserve profit. Along the way, we unpack General Fusion’s LM26 milestone and its simultaneous layoffs, the so-called “Amazon Helios” framing, and the swirl of newsletters and gated “early investor” pitches that turn serious science into a speculative carnival. The technical promise is real: clean, abundant energy that could slash utility bills, desalinate water at scale, power vertical farms, decarbonize heavy industry, and rewire the geopolitics of the petrodollar. The financial and political interests are just as real, and they’ll decide whether households feel relief or read more glossy press releases while paying the same old bill. We also connect the dots to data centers, AI growth, and nuclear-backed offtakes that could make the cloud cleaner—or concentrate cheap electrons behind corporate fences. Policy steps matter now: clear siting, public co-investment, safety oversight, and pricing that shares savings with the public instead of locking in scarcity premiums. Fusion’s path will have setbacks, but it doesn’t need to be a casino. With transparent milestones and guardrails that prioritize lower, cleaner, steadier power for everyone, we can turn genuine progress into broad prosperity instead of another hype cycle. If this conversation resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who cares about energy and fairness, and leave a quick review so more people can find it. Your support helps keep the focus on what matters: real breakthroughs, honest tradeoffs, and power that serves the public. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-backed-canadian-energy-company-lays-off-employees-read-what-the-ceo-said/articleshow/120919626.cms https://stansberryresearch.com/stock-market-trends/what-is-the-amazon-helios-project https://inl.gov/news-release/idaho-national-laboratory-accelerates-nuclear-energy-projects-with-amazon-web-services-cloud-and-ai-technologies/ https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2025/12/03/I4MICKYEYJDDRBBE4SUQLSYWEE/ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/china-has-it-russia-building-it-india-working-on-it-the-small-nuclear-reactor-race-9354989 https://interestingengineering.com/energy/amazon-nuclear-energy-smr-facility Send a short message directly to the creator. https://www.patreon.com/InspiredEarth https://www.instagram.com/inspiredearthofficial

    34 min

  7. 11/28/2025

    Episode 45: 3I/ATLAS Saturn, & Microsoft Fusion in Washington State

    A comet from deep space may thread the edge of Jupiter’s gravitational reach while Silicon Valley pours billions into a first-of-its-kind fusion plant. That’s not just good sci‑fi—those are the headlines shaping how power, money, and curiosity collide right now. We start with 3I Atlas, an interstellar comet modeled to pass startlingly close to Jupiter’s Hill sphere in March 2026. Researchers ran hundreds of orbital clones and flagged non-gravitational forces that might have nudged its path into a razor-thin corridor. Whether the culprit is outgassing or a modeling quirk, the odds look wild enough to ask harder questions. Then we turn to fusion, where Helion has broken ground in central Washington with plans to deliver electricity to Microsoft by 2028. It’s the clean energy moonshot that data centers crave as AI workloads explode, and it’s arriving with big names, big valuations, and bigger expectations. We unpack how purchase agreements sprint ahead of demonstrations, why some labs still haven’t shown sustained net energy gain in a grid-relevant way, and how governance, permitting, and insider networks shape who gets access to the future. If fusion fulfills even part of its promise—low-cost, reliable, carbon-free baseload—it will remake the energy map. If it falters, communities and ratepayers deserve clarity on the risks they were asked to shoulder. Along the way, we talk trust: What would real transparency look like for fusion milestones?  We close with a grounded human story—a teen found alive by a trained bloodhound after days in a ravine—to remind us that technology is ultimately about outcomes that matter to people. If this mix of cosmic oddities and energy realities hits your sweet spot, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a quick review. Your feedback helps us push for clarity, cut through hype, and keep the curiosity burning.  https://www.wionews.com/trending/3i-atlas-will-be-thrown-off-course-by-jupiter-as-it-exits-the-solar-system-1764147641279 https://avi-loeb.medium.com/a-remarkable-new-anomaly-of-3i-atlas-420065c2cddf https://avi-loeb.medium.com/updates-on-the-non-gravitational-acceleration-of-3i-atlas-89ee7220c5d7 https://www.kuow.org/stories/everett-based-helion-breaks-ground-on-world-s-first-fusion-power-plant https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/helion-energy-starts-construction-nuclear-fusion-plant-power-microsoft-data-2025-07-30/ https://www.ksdk.com/video/life/heartwarming/a-teen-had-been-missing-for-3-days-and-needed-a-miracle-a-dog-came-to-the-rescue/63-2e8fac44-cad5-4823-9b40-735a7dfcb1b2 Send a short message directly to the creator. https://www.patreon.com/InspiredEarth https://www.instagram.com/inspiredearthofficial

    25 min

  8. 11/19/2025

    Episode 44: How Racist Doctrines Fuel Today’s Robotic Wars And What We Can Do

    When 1800s Ideology Meets 21st-Century Killbots Operation Southern Spear • Neomonroeism • AI • Military • Environmentalism  We connect the Monroe Doctrine’s racist roots to today’s “hybrid fleet” of AI boats and drones aimed at Venezuela, showing how old imperial logic is driving new autonomous warfare. We argue for North–South solidarity, demilitarized tech, and budgets that fund care over killbots. • Operation Southern Spear as testbed for AI maritime warfare • Monroeism and Jim Crow as linked ideologies of control • Health care weaponised through sanctions and blockades • Necropolitics and outsourced morality to autonomous systems • BRICS, trade diversification and choke-point containment • Drone swarms, escalation risk and industrial-scale casualties • A practical case for solidarity, climate security and civil investment Necropolitics is a sociopolitical theory of the use of social and political power to dictate how some people may live and how some must die. https://gup.ub.gu.se/publication/303627 https://coha.org/monroeism-is-the-other-side-of-jim-crow-the-side-facing-south/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5178088-pentagon-signs-ai-deal-to-aid-military-decision-making/ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article312909870.html Send a short message directly to the creator. https://www.patreon.com/InspiredEarth https://www.instagram.com/inspiredearthofficial

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Science based solutions, cutting edge technology, paradigm shifting organizations, mind-bending discoveries and philosophies; this podcast focuses on the inspirational current events that are frequently overlooked by mainstream media.patreon.com/InspiredEarth

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  • Creator
    Inspired Earth
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    93
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    © 2026 Inspired Earth
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