# Vince Beiser

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Episode 1: Vince Beiser - Power Metals

The imperative to stop burning fossil fuels and a proliferation of new tech gadgets like cell phones and smart everything has businesses and governments scrambling to procure the metals that make the magic happen. Mining, refining and even recycling these components comes with a heavy environmental…

Did you know there’s a black market for sand?

Did you know there’s a black market for sand? Guest: Vince Beiser, award-winning American-Canadian journalist and author specializing in investigative reporting on global resource extraction

Full Show: Accountability comes to Metro Van, Seeing isn't believing & Black market sand

Metro Vancouver Accountability Charter Guest: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City Councillor & Kash Heed, Richmond City Councillor Why do eye witnesses see different things? Guest: Sandra Ristovska, assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder Did you know there’…

Lil Sips: Boats

The theme for our March Lil Sips episode is Boats! Inspired by our Book Club Book (The World in a Grain by Vince Beiser), we picked something that went well with sand. We talk old boats, small boats, Laos boat culture, and frozen boats. Video episode available on Youtube.   Books discussed in Epi…

'There's no such thing as clean energy'

If journalist Vince Beiser had his way the term 'clean energy' wouldn't exist — it's a misnomer. He argues green energy comes with cost. Sure, solar power or wind power are both better than power from fossil fuels but Beiser points out they are still harmful to the planet and people. "There's no ma…

How Energy Built Civilization, and Could Destroy It

We've never had more power at our fingertips, yet we're constantly anxious about running out of it — in our phones, our grids, our planet. From the first fires that built civilization to the mineral supply chains fueling the next industrial era, Roland Ennos and Vince Beiser reveal that the story o…

Silicon Planet

Like a typecast actor who can’t escape the blockbuster franchise they’re known for, the element of silicon is inescapably associated with Silicon Valley. But that association undersells just how important, how foundational silicon is for human civilization. It’s another edition of “The Element of …

Sand: The most important commodity in the modern world with Vince Beiser (Summer Repeat)

Sand has transformed modern civilization. It is the ubiquitous commodity; in our infrastructure, in our industry and even in our personal care products.  Yet due to its characteristics, the supply chain is fragmented, disastrous for our environment and often corrupt. And by a tragic quirk of geomet…

Trump Blames Plane Crash on DEI, Lewis Black on Dry January | Vince Beiser

Michael Kosta on the tragic Washington D.C. plane crash and Trump's baseless blame of DEI for the catastrophe. Plus, the Best F**kin' News team breaks down which of Trump's nominees was least qualified at their Senate hearings.  Lewis Black Celebrates the End of Dry January and Other Ridiculous Dr…