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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A clear, politically minded look at Ameren, elected utility regulators, affordability, and the fight over higher rates.
Renew Gurus turns a conversation with Jonathan Kim of the Energy and Policy Institute into a grounded look at utility rate increases as a political fight, not just a line item on a bill.
A Missouri fire district walks through the long view and paperwork behind its solar investment.
Renew Gurus follows the Fairgrove Fire Protection District's solar project at its 2018 station, using one public-building upgrade to show how a local institution thinks about energy spending over time.
A Missouri arts conversation turns pollution and global warming into musical stakes with a complicated hero.
This PlayNext single-episode review frames an arts-and-advocacy conversation around Luke Skippy-Harbor, a performer, producer and educator with over 75 published songs, including 75 written since November 2021.
A grounded look at contested-case utility planning, with Michigan settlements treated as a useful but lightly qualified signal of process value.
Missouri's contested-case approach to integrated resource planning gets a focused, practical treatment as James Owen talks with Alex Antel of the Regulatory Assistance Project.
Sarah Hoffman explains how Green Dirt Farm turns milk, fermentation, and careful water removal into a focused cheese business.
Green Dirt Farm's Sarah Hoffman gives Renew Gurus a grounded tour of an artisan cheese operation four miles outside Weston, Missouri. She walks through fermentation, the shift from lactose to lactic acid, and the practical work of drawing water out of milk so it can be…
Rob Walling on bootstrapped SaaS growth, plateaus, and exits — with founders who lived them.
Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.
SaaS operators on scaling, pricing and AI, metrics included.
Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
Jonathan Kim of the Energy and Policy Institute joins Renew Gurus to discuss a March 12 report on utility profits, using 110 investor-owned electric utilities and a calculator at UtilityProfitTracker.org.
Renew Gurus host James Owen talks with Fairgrove Fire Protection District Fire Chief Randall Hoskins and Board President Mike Strzowski about putting a 60-kilowatt, 124-panel solar array on the fire station roof in Fairgrove, Missouri.
Luke “Skippy” Harbur says he has published 75 songs since 2021, performing under the name Music by Skippy and building each release around a different genre.
Alex Antel, a RAP leader and former Missouri energy regulator, explains why Missouri’s Integrated Resource Plan process is changing after Senate Bill 4.
Sarah Hoffman of Green Dirt Farm says her Weston, Missouri operation raises dairy sheep on a hill farm above the Missouri River Valley and makes artisan cheese from about 130 sheep.
James Owen and Scott Fahn discuss the Missouri Legislature's special session and recap the regular session, focusing on energy policy and politics.
Interview with Scott Fawn about Missouri primaries and energy policy context.
The episode covers Missouri energy policy news, including a solar bill hearing and advocacy efforts.
The episode discusses Missouri energy policy and how to get things done at the Capitol with a guest from the Missouri Coalition for the Environment.
Interview with Rob Gramlich about federal energy policy, FERC, and renewable energy issues.