Transcripts and a live event

Hey Voltrons! I’ve got no guest today, just a couple of little
announcements.


First: At long last, we have gotten serious about transcripts
around here. I hired a company called Fanfare and they are
methodically going back through the Volts catalogue and
transcribing everything. I believe they’re back to May 2022.
Before too long, every pod will have transcripts.


Also, they are transcribing new episodes quickly — usually within
a day or two of posting.


Each transcript comes in three forms. The first is full text on
the episode page; the second is a downloadable PDF, in case you
want to print it out or send it to someone; and the third is an
“active transcript,” where you can play the sound file and it
will follow along in the text for you. The active transcripts are
really cool, especially for hearing-challenged subscribers; I
encourage you to check them out.


(As an example, here's the geothermal pod: text transcript; PDF;
active transcript. Once transcripts are done, I add links to the
different versions at the top of each episode page.)


I considered making the active transcripts available to paid
subscribers only, but ultimately, I came back around to the same
reasoning I've used thus far: I want this content to be as
available to as many people as possible. So they are free to
everyonel


Which I guess is a good time to remind everyone that the only way
I can keep doing this, keep adding features like this, is through
the generosity of my paid subscribers. My gratitude to each and
every one of you remains unbounded. (If you’d like to make a
one-time donation, you can do so here.)


The other thing I wanted to note is for listeners in the Seattle
area. On June 28th, Canary Media will be holding a live event in
Seattle, at the headquarters of the radio station KEXP. In
addition to some other speakers and some mixing and mingling, the
main event will be my onstage discussion with Ramez Naam, a
well-known clean energy analyst, about the state of the clean
energy industry.


For those who can't make it, the conversation will be recorded
and released as a podcast. But if you are in the area, I
encourage you to drop by and say hi. Tickets are $49, which will
help raise money for Canary, the best thing to happen to clean
energy journalism in ages.


I’m cooking up some other cool stuff here in the Volts kitchen,
but that’s probably enough for now. As always, to all you
listeners, paid and unpaid, thank you so much for your time and
attention. I know there's lots of content out there, new outlets
clamoring for your subscription dollars, so rest assured that I
never take that time for granted.


Onward and upward.


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