⚡ “1st Pod in a Nuclear Reactor” — Inside Oklo’s Cancer-Fighting, Waste-Recycling Reactor
episodePreviously titled “⚡ “1st Pod in a Nuclear Reactor” — Inside Oklo’s Cancer-Fighting, Waste-Killing Reactor” — renamed by the publisher on Sep 18, 2026
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What makes this podcast the first ever recorded inside a nuclear reactor?
Yetis, Nick and Jack here from the T-Boy Studio. This is our best interview yet, by far. And not just because we're the first podcast to record inside of a nuclear reactor. And we survived to tell the tale. Yeah,
we do.
The way this interview came to be is also really interesting. Oh totally, because the team at Oaklo Nuclear, they're fans of the show. So they flew us down to Texas to visit their record-setting nuclear reactor and they sponsored this episode to do it. We sat down with their co-founder and CEO in the reactor to explore this wild new technology and covered Oaklo just like we would any other company. We actually had a whole camera crew with us the whole time. It's our most visual episode yet, so you can watch it on YouTube or Apple. If you can. But in the meantime, Jack. Should we put on our lab coats? Turn the key, flip the switch, press the button. Actually do we both need to turn the key? I think we need two to turn the key, right?
I'm turning my key, you're turning yours. Three, two, one now. Two feet behind us, atoms are getting split. This is the first podcast ever recorded inside a nuclear reactor. And we're gonna interview the guy who did it in record time. Because 11 months ago, this was all prairie dust. But now it's the smallest, tidiest, sexiest nuclear reactor you've ever seen. And it's built by a publicly traded company that you can trade. We'll tell you how Oakla pulled it off. Now this place doesn't create nuclear waste. It eliminates it. By the end of this episode, nuclear will be officially uncancelled. Yetis, put down the Stanley mugs and pick up the Geiger counters. Because today's guest is bringing back the most canceled technology in America: nuclear power.
We're hanging with Jacob DeWitt, the MIT educated co-founder and CEO of Oaklow. And former Florida Gator football player. Walk-on football player. And right now we are live at Oakla's brand new nuclear reactor in Lockhart, Texas. Oaklaw is an $8 billion. Publicly traded stock. That's one lift, but we'd call it the first ever nuclear brand. Not just because the power plants look like luxury ski shops. Uh, architectural digest. Did Frank Lloyd Wright do the blueprints of this thing? And Nick, Oaklo is not just powering the US military. Their profit puppy is artificial intelligence. Because they've got to deal with Zuck, fueling a metadata center with nuclear juice. And a relationship with Sam Altman, an early Oakla investor.
And former chairman of the board. But today, Jake's going to reveal why nuclear is having a moment and why his reactors are different. And how nuclear is not gonna cause a catastrophe, but could actually cure cancer. So if we're having a nuclear renaissance, then Jake is Leonardo da Vinci and this facility is his Mona Lisa. So please welcome the Sultan of Splitting Adams, the chairman of Chain Reactions, the missionary. Visionary. He didn't choose the Nuke Life, the Nuke Life chose him. Our guest today is Jake DeWitt, the co-founder and CEO of Aqua. And today's interview with Jake, next to his nuclear reactor, is the best one yet. It's a T-Boy. They work. There we go. That's pretty
legit. That was really good. So awesome be
with you. The door actually said US Department of Energy as we walk in. It did. So it's our nuclear reactor. We actually had to show our passports to get it. Yeah, we drew so much.
Did you
too?
Yeah. Uh I did when I had to get facility access, but and you own the place. Yeah. It's it's protocols.
So Jake, you have the hottest meat cute ever. Literally literally radioactive. It's radioactive. Because your co-founder of this nuclear startup is also your wife. You met her at MIT and then you bonded like hydrogen and oxygen. Yeah, the electrons were firing. But the reason we're here today is because of a tiny pellet the size of a pencil eraser. that when you saw as a kid basically set the path for the rest of your life. Because that little pellet of fuel energy was equivalent to a ton of coal or 149 gallons of oil. A year's worth of household electricity in a tiny pellet, and it's all thanks to the possibility of nuclear energy.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What makes this podcast the first ever recorded inside a nuclear reactor?
0:00–9:40
2
How do fast‑reactor designs like Oklo’s make nuclear power tiny, tidy and safe?
9:40–20:37
3
Why does Oklo claim its reactors produce no waste and can recycle fuel?
20:37–29:42
4
What is ‘criticality’ and why did the reactor glow blue on its own?
29:42–39:05
5
How does Oklo’s business model combine power sales, fuel recycling and medical isotopes?
39:05–48:59
6
Why is Oklo valued at $8 billion despite reporting a loss?
48:59–58:46
7
What’s the long‑term vision for nuclear‑powered ‘lifestyle campuses’ and AI data centers?
58:46–1:07:49
8
What quick‑fire answers did Jake give about Texas BBQ, favorite books and a ticker symbol?
1:07:49–1:18:09
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