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Direct Current is a podcast about energy -- the kind that lights our homes, powers our lives and shapes our world. From the U.S. Department of Energy's digital team in Washington, D.C., Dire...
What is exascale computing? Why does it matter? To find out, we connected with the computing experts at DOE's national laboratories. Join us...
The COVID-19 pandemic serves as a stark reminder that, despite our great achievements, we are still bound by the laws of our own biology. An...
The second of two episodes, we’re going under the hood to take a look at something these EVs all share in common — a battery. Where do they...
The first of two episodes, we’re going under the hood to take a look at something these EVs all share in common — a battery. Where do they c...
Join us for an energizing conversation with Secretary Jennifer Granholm, focused on the Department of Energy’s 2023 accomplishments and the...
70 years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower went before the United Nations and delivered a speech unlike anything the world had ever heard....
The first of two episodes, we’re going under the hood to take a look at something these EVs all share in common — a battery. Where do they c...
The conclusion of our two part story on the Manhattan Project. We take you to the Trinity site where the first bomb was tested and then foll...
The first of two episodes that tell the story of an unprecedented, U.S. government effort to beat Nazi Germany in the race to construct a nu...
In this second episode of season 4 of Direct Current, we dive into a topic that’s been in the news a lot lately: extreme weather. While inte...
Season 4 of Direct Current opens with a race against the clock, as the Department of Energy and National Labs join forces with industry and...
"Quantum" is everywhere these days — in the news, on TV, in the titles of blockbuster action films — but what even is it? Why is it importan...
For years, Chris Castro worked tirelessly to bring a brighter future to the city of Orlando, Florida. We heard from the (now-former) directo...
Conrad Flowers wanted a more fulfilling career, so he followed his passion and took a job in solar energy. Now he’s connecting solar farms t...
AlexAnna Salmon is a fierce advocate for her home, a remote Alaskan town called Igiugig. As village council president, she's working to pres...
Our series highlighting workers in clean energy continues! Gaby Ibarra, a first-generation college student and daughter of immigrants, share...
In the latest episode of "People Powered," our new series on clean energy careers, wind technician Michael Flores shares what it's like to t...
Presenting "People Powered," a new series on clean energy careers! There are millions of good-paying jobs in energy, and we'll be introducin...
Contained within a single glass of beer is hundreds of hours of labor and vast amounts of resources. Join us as we go inside a popular craft...
Stretching nearly two miles under a freeway in Palo Alto, CA, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is a huge X-ray laser with the power to...
With $40 billion in lending authority, the Loan Programs Office is one of the Energy Department's most powerful clean energy investment tool...
The nation's 16th Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, sat down with Direct Current to talk clean energy, climate, her "obsession" with c...
Developed by Los Alamos National Lab, SuperCam is the scientific “Swiss Army Knife” for NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover. In this episode, we...
NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover is loaded with technology developed by the Department of Energy, including a nuclear battery fueled by pluton...
Artificial intelligence is all around us — even if we don’t realize it — and the rapid spread of AI technologies into our lives raises big q...
COVID-19 is dominating the headlines, but the pandemic isn’t the only threat to human health. Water is an essential part of life, but change...
An interview with Dr. Chris Fall, Director of the Department of Energy Office of Science, about the agency’s response to COVID-19.
For hundreds of Indian tribes and native communities across the United States, energy represents many things: a lifeline, a source of income...
Artificial intelligence is all over the news, but what's all the hype really about? We travel to Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee to find...
50 years after Apollo 11 made history, NASA is getting ready to send astronauts back to the Moon, then on to Mars. We're going to need a pow...
Join Direct Current on a subatomic sojourn into the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a massive international research project ai...
Direct Current - An Energy.gov Podcast talks to the women who are leading a clean energy revolution, with a little help from C3E. It's part...
There's an invisible world of microbes living all around us that we're only just beginning to understand. We talked to two DOE scientists at...
Grease. Gunk. Sludge. Where most people see a nasty nuisance, these scientists see powerful potential. Join us as we wade into the world of...
Nuclear energy gets a bad rap on "The Simpsons," but there's a lot more to the story. In this episode of Direct Current, we separate fact fr...
This episode of Direct Current is dedicated to the makers at the Energy Department — the engineers, researchers and artisans whose creations...
You know Rick Perry as the current Secretary of Energy and former Texas governor, but did you know he once played drums with ZZ Top? On the...
A pair of energy detectives is hunting down waste and saving money at two big U.S. manufacturing companies. Hear their story, and learn how...
We're keeping the season merry and bright with a show about data and holiday lights!
One of the most ubiquitous items in the world is an item you can probably see from wherever you’re listening… the light bulb. The story of h...
From the real science behind the Upside Down in Netflix's "Stranger Things" to the mysterious death of a U.S. president, Direct Current is p...
Energy is 40 and we're celebrating with a look back at four decades of #ScienceForThePeople. We talk to the Department's longest-serving emp...
Earth, the cosmos, everything we can see with our eyes and our instruments is made up of normal matter. But all that doesn’t add up to a who...
Solar power is booming in the U.S. So what happens when the sun disappears during the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017? We talk to the...
And now, for something completely different… Take a drive with Direct Current as we mash up three slightly off-kilter energy stories. It mig...
The Department of Energy’s National Labs are the crown jewels of science in America. But their work is so diverse that it’s hard to cover al...
As we head into July 4, enjoy "This Lab Is Your Lab." A song meant to highlight some of the amazing work being done across the Energy Depart...
The conclusion to our two part series on the Manhattan Project -- an unprecedented, U.S. government effort to beat Nazi Germany in the race...
Ruth Huddleston was 18 when she took a job at a secret Army facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during World War II. It was so highly classifi...
The first of two episodes that tell the story of an unprecedented, U.S. government effort to beat Nazi Germany in the race to construct a nu...