{"podcast":{"title":"The Business","slug":"the-business-969727","podcast_index_feed_id":969727,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/db63e563-1a27-4446-8f4a-06473a5b69a2","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/thepivot","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0e491a8cbe627d3cf13d/1759312595037-032244e8-5999-460e-9142-fe459adcef57.jpeg","author":"Anna Covell","episode_count":51,"summary":"Hannah Prevett and Dominic O’Connell bring you one big business story you need to know every week. Uncovering the personalities, power plays, boardroom dramas and sheer ambition that drive the world of business, Hannah and Dominic get the inside story from the people who are in the room when the deal goes down - from start-ups to tech titans, market movers to City CEOs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T06:18:30.155735+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727"},"episode":{"title":"Nuclear fusion, holy grail of clean energy","slug":"nuclear-fusion-holy-grail-of-clean-energy","published_at":"2026-05-29T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727/nuclear-fusion-holy-grail-of-clean-energy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thepivot/episodes/nuclear-fusion-holy-grail-of-clean-energy","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thepivot/e/6a18455b71443cf04aa500ad/media.mp3","summary":"Nuclear fusion proponents believe their technology will supply power through the grid by the 2030s. These hopes come at a time when private investment in the commercial industry exceeds $10bn globally.  Is the industry on the cusp of greatness? What companies are getting in early?  Presenter: Dominic O’Connell, columnist at The Times and business correspondent at Times Radio Guests: Warrick Matthews, CEO of Tokamak Energy Dr Melanie Windridge, founder of Fusion Energy Insights,  Producer: Hope Federico Executive Producer: Miriam Hall Photo credit: Tokamak Energy Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Nuclear fusion proponents believe their technology will supply power through the grid by the 2030s. These hopes come at a time when private investment in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1802,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-business-969727/episodes/nuclear-fusion-holy-grail-of-clean-energy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727/nuclear-fusion-holy-grail-of-clean-energy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}