In the 57th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous build on last week’s Iran discussion by looking at the country’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. They walk through who he is, why his appointment likely signals continuity rather than change, and what that could mean for Iran’s posture in the war. The conversation then shifts back to energy, focusing on Iran’s oil exports, the Strait of Hormuz, and several scenarios for how the conflict could affect global oil prices in the weeks ahead.

In the 56th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous look at the Iran crisis through an energy lens, focusing less on headlines and more on oil flows. They walk through how disruptions tied to Iran and Venezuela could tighten China’s crude supply, what that means for prices and refineries, and why energy shocks cascade into the broader economy. They close with what China is likely to do next: build more nuclear, electrify faster, and reduce dependence on vulnerable oil routes.

In the 55th installment of the Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous do a practical walkthrough of the energy landscape. They compare nuclear, natural gas, coal, oil, solar, wind, and hydro in plain terms, focusing on what each source is genuinely good at and where the trade-offs get ignored. The conversation also digs into the less-discussed side of “energy” beyond electricity, like the role of fuels in food, steel, cement, and plastics, and why that matters for real policy and real living standards.

In the 54th installment of the Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous unpack reports that the Trump administration is moving to repeal the EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding,” the legal backbone for major federal greenhouse-gas rules. They then pivot to SpaceX’s FCC filing for “orbital data centers” and the bigger question behind all the hype: is AI-in-space technically and economically realistic?

In the 53rd installment of the Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous break down Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. They unpack his claim that the rules-based order is breaking down, why “going along to get along” no longer works, and what value-based realism should mean in practice for Canada. They also discuss why the speech is being read as a “stick it to Trump” moment, what parts of that miss the point, and what Canada’s path forward could look like on trade, energy, and strategic autonomy.

In the 52nd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous break down a Nature Communications paper asking a simple question: can wind and solar reliably power an entire country year-round? They walk through what the study finds when you add storage, overbuild, and bigger grid connections, then explain why key real-world constraints like transmission and practicality change the policy story. The takeaway is straightforward: renewables can cover a lot, but reliability still needs firm power like nuclear, hydro, or gas.

In the 51st installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous break down Jean-Baptiste Fressoz’s book More and More and More and its core claim: societies do not “transition” neatly from one fuel to another, they stack new energy sources on top of old ones. They explain why common transition narratives can be misleading, why “clean” shifts often just move the material and emissions burden elsewhere, and what that means for real-world policy. Tune in for a clear, practical conversation on how energy actually changes, and why the details policymakers miss matter.

In the 50th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous step away from nuclear for a milestone conversation with Dr. Mohit Bhandari, Chair of Surgery at McMaster University. They talk about why mentorship matters (especially for young men), how strong careers are actually built over decades, and why persistence beats talent more often than people think. They also dig into practical ideas you can use right now: creating a clear personal vision, learning when to say no, and choosing principles that keep you grounded as life gets busier. Tune in for an honest conversation about success, meaning, and becoming the kind of person others can rely on.

In the 49th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome back Professor Andy Wu of Harvard Business School to break down the reported U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro and what it could mean for Venezuela’s future. Rather than reading it as a pure geopolitical matter, they take an interesting management lens: analyzing how PDVSA was misrun, why output collapsed despite massive reserves, and how that failure fed sanctions, foreign dependence, and instability. They also wrestle with the hardest part of the operation: who takes over next, what a realistic “turnaround plan” would look like, and what the U.S. should prioritize if it wants a more stable outcome. Tune in for a focused conversation on Venezuela, oil, and the management choices that shape geopolitics.

In the 49th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome back Professor Andy Wu of Harvard Business School to break down the reported U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro and what it could mean for Venezuela’s future. Rather than reading it as pure geopolitical matter, they take an interesting management lens: analyzing how PDVSA was misrun, why output collapsed despite massive reserves, and how that failure fed sanctions, foreign dependence, and instability. They also wrestle with the hardest part of the operation: who takes over next, what a realistic “turnaround plan” would look like, and what the U.S. should prioritize if it wants a more stable outcome. Tune in for a focused conversation on Venezuela, oil, and the management choices that shape geopolitics.