- July 22, 2023
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We kick off our Summer Playlist with Guy Turner, Founder & CEO of Trove Research. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Guy to discuss what’s happening in the voluntary carbon markets and the research that Guy and his team are doing at Trove to help us push past the rhetoric and better understand the reality of how carbon offsets are being used.
Guy’s Summer Playlist book pick: How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn’t by Ian Dunt.
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- July 29, 2023
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Our Summer Playlist rolls on this week with Arjun Murti. Arjun is the Former Head of Equity Research on the Energy Sector at Goldman Sachs, a Partner at Veriten, and the publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely catches up with Arjun midway through the year to get his thoughts on where we are in the energy super vol cycle.
Arjun’s Summer Playlist book picks:
- Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure by Vaclav Smil
- How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going by Vaclav Smil
- Numbers Don’t Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World by Vaclav Smil
- The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes by Bryan Burrough
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- August 5, 2023
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We continue our Summer Playlist this week with Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the author of Energy for the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Susan to discuss where the LNG market and industry is now following the tumultuous events of last year.
Susan’s Summer Playlist reading list:
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- August 12, 2023
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This week on our Summer Playlist, we welcome Samantha Dart back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Samantha is Head of Natural Gas Research at Goldman Sachs. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Samantha to talk about the state of natural gas markets in the aftermath of last year’s European energy crisis and to discuss where the industrial demand for natural gas in Europe has gone.
Samantha’s Summer Playlist book pick: Silo Book Series by Hugh Howey
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- August 19, 2023
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On this week’s installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Helima Croft back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Helima is Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Helima to discuss the geopolitics and current state of play in the global commodities markets.
Helima’s Summer Playlist reading picks:
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- Foreign Affairs
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- August 26, 2023
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Our Summer Playlist continues this week with Ted Merz, Founder of Principals Media and the Former Global Head of News Product at Bloomberg. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Ted to discuss the changing nature of information in our lives and our relationship with it.
Ted’s Summer Playlist book picks:
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- September 2, 2023
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On the final installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Frances Haugen into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Frances is an advocate for accountability and transparency in social media and the author of the memoir, The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook.
SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Frances to discuss the algorithms designed to capture our attention, their flaws, and how we can incentivize change and build better social networks.
Frances’ Summer Playlist book pick: The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell
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