Molly Wood Media

Quilt update: three months of heat pump living

Air conditioning is amazing; fancy mood lighting on an HVAC unit is awesome; it’s not great to need the Internet to turn on the air conditioning, and…

Aug 18 • Molly Wood

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June 2026

Who's standing between you and the sun?

Balcony solar is having a serious moment, and it's waking a lot of us up to the fact that it doesn't have to be this hard to DIY your own power.

Jun 9 • Molly Wood

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The missing shovel in the nuclear energy gold rush

If you're not talking about enriched lithium isotopes, are you even doing your dinner party right? The latest from EITP, and oh by the way, keep talkign…

Jun 1 • Molly Wood

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May 2026

Get checks from your utility with a Lunar battery

I took a field trip to Mountain View to check out Lunar's battery and home energy control system.

May 19 • Molly Wood

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The climate power of cities, and the people in them

On the pod this week, the Denver Office of Climate Action as a model for community engagement; plus, why does the US refrigerate eggs?

May 11 • Molly Wood

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The! Heat! Pump! Is! Going! In!

This week, the Quilt installation is a big MacGyver adventure, and, on the podcast, truck tracking with Tive.

May 4 • Molly Wood

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April 2026

Hey, so, data centers don't have to be so bad

Existing data centers can operate dramatically more efficiently, and this week's podcast features one such solution. And they can be built better, too…

Apr 28 • Molly Wood

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Don't wait for billionaires to save us, climate philanthropy is for everyone!

Anyone with extra means can donate to projects that fight climate change or help us be more resilient. This week's podcast guest is taking the "Shark…

Apr 20

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Mill goes commercial and happy Heat Pump Week (to me!)

Mill co-founder Harry Tannenbaum joins the show to talk about Mill's major commercial expansion to Whole Foods and beyond. Plus, join me on my heat pump…

Apr 13

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AI for the grid, and when Big Tech ruins climate tech

Making sure you don't miss Gridmatic, and, a rant that's NOT about Gridmatic! But which is about how messaging and values matter, whether you're…

Apr 11 • Molly Wood

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How to talk about the climate crisis in a time of climate crisis

Josh Garrett of Redwood Climate Communications joins the pod to talk about climate messaging that works, and how to fight the infinity-money…

Apr 6

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March 2026

Use the force, Luke: there's power all around us

A simple three-step strategy for saving money that also happens to apply to maximizing our energy infrastructure and incentivizing the energy…

Mar 24 • Molly Wood

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