The Atomic Exchange Podcast
Episodes
Is Nuclear’s Future Big Reactors, SMRs, or Microreactors? (ft. Colby Arsenault)
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the 60th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous are joined by Colby Arsenault, a master’s stude...
Can Nuclear Scaremongering End Up Creating Support for It? (ft. Willow Paraskevas)
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the 59th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous are joined by Willow Paraskevas, a McMaster Engin...
Why Tanker Insurance Matters More Than Missiles and Warships in Iran’s Oil War
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the 58th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous follow up on last week’s Iran discussion and re...
What Iran’s New Leader Under the Same Regime Could Mean for Oil Markets
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Why Iran’s War Matters More to China Than the West
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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, f...
Why Every Energy Source Is a Trade-Off
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the 55th installment of the Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous do a practical walkthrough of the energy landscap...
Is Trump Ending U.S. Climate Regulation and Can Elon Musk Really Put Data Centers in Space?
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the 54th installment of the Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous unpack reports that the Trump administration is m...
Was Carney’s Davos Speech Really About Trump?
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Can Solar and Wind Run a Country, Reliability Limits, Good Science vs Bad Science
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the 52nd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous break down a Nature Communications paper ask...
More and More and More, The Myth of the Energy Transition, and Energy Accumulation
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 an...
Mentorship, Fatherhood, and Building a Meaningful Career (ft. Dr. Mohit Bhandari)
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the 50th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous step away from nuclear for a milestone conversati...
Maduro Captured, Venezuela’s Oil Collapse, and the Management Case (ft. Prof. Andy Wu)
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the 49th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome back Professor Andy Wu of Harvard Busines...
Maduro Captured, Venezuela’s Oil Collapse, and the Management Case (ft. Prof. Andy Wu)
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the 49th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome back Professor Andy Wu of Harvard Busines...
EV Reality Check, Ford’s Pivot, and Europe’s Retreat from 2035
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 48th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous dig into Ford’s decision to end the all-electri...
AI Booms, Industry Shakeouts, and Smart Bets (ft. Prof. Paul Nary)
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 47th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome Professor Paul Nary of the Wharton School...
AI, Embeddings, and Why Regulatory Retrieval Fails
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 46th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous break down their new research on how large langua...
Radon, Real Risk, and Sensible Action
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 45th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous take a deep, practical look at radon. They explai...
Germany’s Phaseout, Clean Air, and a Rare Case of Good Science
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 44th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with quick campus notes and a milestone upda...
Musk on Solar, Kardashev Scales, and Why Nuclear Still Matters
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 43rd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with quick updates, a post-mortem on the gam...
Tariffs, Politics, and Canada’s Energy Future (ft. Dr. Henry Conter)
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 42nd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome Dr. Henry Conter, vice president of the ...
AI Power Hunger, Nuclear Adoption, and Big-Tech Strategy (ft. Prof. Andy Wu)
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 41st installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome Professor Andy Wu from Harvard Business S...
GE Vernova, NuScale, Oklo, and the Nuclear Investing Playbook
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 40th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with a quick debrief of McMaster’s Nuclear...
Data Centers, Fuel Cycles, and Who Powers the Next Fleet
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 39th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome back Matt to continue discussing Project ...
Project Phoenix, Reactor Vessels, and the Fourfold Buildout
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 38th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome lab teammate Matt Player to map the real ...
Cyber Intrusions, Admissions Dilemmas, and Rooftop Solar Reality
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 37th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with a check-in from a Toronto nuclear confe...
Quirks & Quarks, Door-to-Door Solar, and Net-Metering Math
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 36th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with a quick check-in: a producer from CBC’...
Flat-Pack Strategy, Castle Rock Solar, and Musk’s Colossus Play
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 35th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with a light check-in that turns into an un...
Birthdays, Free-Speech Jitters, and Nuclear's Fuel, Finance & Gas Reality
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 34th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with a personal check-in, global-events inso...
DIY Weekends, Offshore Wind Halts, and Risk-Adjusted LCOE
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 33rd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with light notes on grout, a new smart lock...
Warm Rivers, Cool Reactors, and What the Data Really Says
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 32nd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with weekend notes and then roll into anothe...
AI’s Power Diet, Canada’s Nuclear Upside, and the Picks and Shovels to Build It
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 31st installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with quick updates and note that "Cool...
AI Demos, Workforce Math, and Answering Nuclear’s Critics
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 30th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with lab updates: early demos of their custo...
Golf Cutbacks, Tabletop Therapy, and Dominion’s Offshore Wind Math
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 29th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous start with Goran's recent “less golf, more ...
Supply-Chain Bottlenecks, Codification Creep, and Mission-Driven Incentives
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 28th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome their first ever guest, Scott MacKinnon, ...
Airport Ammo, Meta’s Energy Dilemma, and Launching The Business of Nuclear
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 27th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co‑hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with two case‑method deep dives. Goran ...
Streamer and Poker Grinds, Canadian Steel Tariffs, and Nuclear Realpolitik
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 26th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co‑hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with a lighter detour on “al...
Cancun Workcations, Our 25th Episode Milestone, and a Self‑Interview
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 25th‑episode milestone of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co‑hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous set aside reactor talk to focus o...
Self-Driving Road Trips, European Travel Tangents, and a “Bad Science” Takedown
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 24th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with a summer catch-up: Goran’s solo Tesla...
Comment Backlash, Ontario’s Heat-Wave Strain, and the AI Gigawatt Challenge
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 23rd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous begin by wading into the unexpected torrent of cr...
Radon Reality Checks, Deep-Geological Doubts, and the Case for Keeping Waste On-Site
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 22nd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous open with a surprising PSA: radon gas is the dead...
System Costs, SMR Showdowns, and a Dispatch from D.C.
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 21st installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous debrief day one of MIT & CATF’s “Nuclear...
Europe’s Nuclear Pivot, Free‑Market Frictions, and the SMR Supply‑Chain Puzzle
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 20th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co‑hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous mark their double‑digit m...
Trump’s 18‑Month Clock, Pentagon Power Plays, and America’s New Nuclear Race
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 19th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co‑hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous dissect President Trump’s four M...
China’s 150‑Reactor Sprint, AI‑Era Power Needs, and the Race to Secure Uranium
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 18th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co‑hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous dissect China's headline plan t...
Air Quality Trade‑Offs, Birth‑Weight Impacts, and Regulatory Ripples
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 17th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co‑hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous unpack a 2017 Nature Energy study by Edson Se...
Apple’s AI Overpromise, Spain’s Blackout, and the Perils of Over‑Renewabilization
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 16th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co‑hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous unpack two seismic energy stories that reveal c...
Sovereign Wealth, Nuclear Transitions, and the Politics of Canadian Energy
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 15th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous reflect on a recent talk by Equinor’s Chief Ec...
Wind vs. Nuclear in Sweden and Why Your Politics Might Predict Your Energy Preferences
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 14th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous dive into a newly published paper in Energy Polic...
Atomic Rivers, Misleading Intermittency Claims, and Another Case of Bad Science
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 13th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous dissect a newly published paper in Energy Polic...
Negative Learning Curves, Codification Creep, and Colorado’s Rebrand of Nuclear as Green
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 12th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous dive into the surprising results of Goran’s rec...
South Korea’s Nuclear Success, Democratic Setbacks, and Centralized Energy Planning
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 11th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous turn their attention to South Korea—a country t...
Germany’s Nuclear Phaseout, France’s Bet on Nuclear, and the Future of European Energy
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 10th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous go deep into the nuclear split in Europe—how tw...
Trade Wars Continue, China's Thorium Discovery, and the Management Challenge in Nuclear Energy
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 9th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous break down three of the biggest stories shaping n...
Jordan Peterson Talks and Why Canada Needs Deeper U.S. Integration, Not Tariff Retaliation
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 8th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous unpack the latest tensions between Canada and the...
Bad Science, Misleading Studies, and the Truth About Nuclear vs. Renewables
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 7th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous take a critical look at a Nature Energy study tit...
Michael’s Path to Nuclear, Safety Misconceptions, and the Critical Thinking Problem
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 6th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous explore Michael’s journey into nuclear energy—...
The Globe and Mail Nuclear Conference, SMR Skepticism, and the Case for Faster Nuclear Construction
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 5th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous unpack key insights from the recent Globe and Mai...
Governor Greg Abbott’s Bill, Texas’ Nuclear Ambitions, and Elon Musk’s OpenAI Bid
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 4th installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous examine Governor Greg Abbott’s new legislation a...
Energy 101, Iqaluit’s Diesel Dilemma, and the Effort Problem
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 3rd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous shift focus from AI back to the core of this podca...
DeepSeek’s Disruption in AI, AI's Energy Demands, and the Implications for Nuclear
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 2nd installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous dive into the groundbreaking advancements of Deep...
The Stargate Project, Generative AI, and the Future of Nuclear Energy
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1st installment of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous discuss the groundbreaking announcement of the St...
Welcome to the Atomic Exchange Podcast
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this introductory episode, co-hosts Dr. Goran Calic and Michael Tadrous welcome listeners to The Atomic Exchange Podcast. They dive into their mot...