Why the 21st Century is Broken and How to Fix It


GRIDLOCKED is a mixed-format docuseries podcast covering key solutions to many of the world's fundamental challenges. Each season focuses on a major intersection of obstacles in the way of human progress, promoting an improved public discourse as we look to move forward.

In Season 1, we dive deep into the energy gridlock. We explore the realities of renewable energy, the limitations and challenges of the energy grid, dispel nuclear myths, and highlight approaches and technologies that fix the gridlock of today and tomorrow.

SEASON 1
Contributors & Panelists

NORMAN FOSTER

World-Renowned Architect

Founder of Foster + Partners

President of the Norman Foster Foundation

DAVA NEWMAN

MIT Media Lab Director

Apollo Professor of Astronautics

Former NASA Deputy Administrator

JACOPO BUONGIORNO

Professor, Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering, MIT

Director, Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems

KRISTIN ZAITZ

Co-Founder, Mothers for Nuclear

Design and Project Engineering, PG&E

KERRY EMANUEL

Leading Meteorologist and Climate Scientist

Professor Emeritus, MIT

PIA MALANEY

Renowned Economist

Co-Founder and Director of The Center for Innovation, Growth and Society

Senior Economist at the Institute for New Economic Thinking

JOSHUA S. GOLDSTEIN

Co-Writer, Oliver Stone's 'Nuclear Now'

Co-Author, A Bright Future

Professor Emeritus, American University

STAFFAN QVIST

CEO, Quantified Carbon

Managing Director, Deepsense

Co-Author, A Bright Future

CHARLYNE SMITH, PhD

Nuclear Engineer and Nuclear Materials Scientist

Senior Nuclear Energy Analyst, BTI

Prime Minister National Youth Awardee, Jamaica

ROB FREDA

Strategist and Designer

Co-Founder Advanced Nuclear Production Experts Group (MIT CANES)

CTO and Founder GenH and V Squared Wind

GUILLERMO TROTTI

Internationally Recognized Industrial Designer

President, Trotti & Associates

Co-Founder, Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture

ISABELLE BOEMEKE

Founder and Executive Director of Save Clean Energy

Creator of Online Persona, Isodope

TED Talk Speaker

SEASON 1
Hosts

ROLAKE OJO

Podcast Presenter

Brand Strategist & Designer

MARK HAVENNER

Podcast Director

Co-Founder, Renovata

NICK O'HARA

Podcast Producer & Writer

Co-Founder, Renovata


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