We can start exploring the current energy transition by first stepping back in time to look at the last big one – the one that gave millions of people around the world widespread access to electric power. Rural electrification remains an ongoing process today, particularly in rural and remote areas of the developing world. Getting electricity monumentally changed people’s lives. We'll go back to experience that transformation through the words and voices of those that were part of that struggle in rural Alaska.

Closing the Gap is hosted by Gwen Holdmann and produced by Jennifer Pemberton. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions.