{"podcast":{"title":"John Stossel on Odysee","slug":"john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","podcast_index_feed_id":5955553,"rss_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/@johnstossel:7","website_url":"https://odysee.com/@johnstossel:7","image_url":"https://thumbnails.lbry.com/UCjo1uN-aM3rmBV46xj7l2KA","author":"John Stossel","episode_count":50,"summary":"After 40+ years of reporting, I now understand the importance of limited government and personal freedom. ------------------------------------------ Libertarian journalist John Stossel is a zealous advocate of free markets, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox, John co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show, 20/20. Stossel’s economic programs have been adapted into teaching kits by a non-profit organization, \"Stossel in the Classroom.\" High school teachers in American public schools now use the videos to help educate their students on economics and economic freedom. They are seen by more than 12 million students every year. Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Other honors include the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-07T16:19:05.682403+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553"},"episode":{"title":"Net Zero Is Dying: Blackouts, High Costs & the Politicians and CEOs Who Quietly Changed Their Minds.","slug":"net-zero-is-dying-blackouts-high-costs-the-politicians-and-ceos-who-quietly-changed-their-minds","published_at":"2026-08-25T11:30:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/net-zero-is-dying-blackouts-high-costs-the-politicians-and-ceos-who-quietly-changed-their-minds","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","url":"https://odysee.com/net-zero-is-dying-blackouts%2C-high-costs:377918e240b0c5b3d142694954269553a425107f","audio_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/media/net-zero-is-dying-blackouts%2C-high-costs/377918e240b0c5b3d142694954269553a425107f/fd713a.mp4","summary":"We were told climate change is an “existential” threat. So governments everywhere pledged to go net-zero and stop increasing emissions. It didn't work. --------- To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form ———— Net-zero was pushed again and again. President Biden pledged the USA would go net-zero by 2050. Obama bragged about how, “700 cities in more than 50 countries have pledged to reach net-zero.” For a while it seemed like that might happen. Some European countries claimed to get 60% of their power from renewables. But then they faced soaring energy costs and blackouts. “The power outages are the starkest illustration of bad electricity policy,” says energy expert Alex Epstein. “But you can avoid power outages with these bad policies. What you can't avoid is scarcity and rationing and poverty.” In the video above we break down those consequences, explain why net-zero fails, and cover the governments (and businesses) walking back their net-zero push. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj0r-huZlpY","meta_description":"We were told climate change is an “existential” threat. So governments everywhere pledged to go net-zero and stop increasing emissions. It didn't wor…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":392,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/episodes/net-zero-is-dying-blackouts-high-costs-the-politicians-and-ceos-who-quietly-changed-their-minds/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/net-zero-is-dying-blackouts-high-costs-the-politicians-and-ceos-who-quietly-changed-their-minds.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}