Episode Grid

[Marietta Bleasdale]

Thisepisode list covers the original episode list for the series. Episodes 1-206 were made and broadcast in 4:3 fullscreen, while Episodes 207 onward were made and broadcast in 16:9 widescreen. The American localized version of One Piece by 4Kids Entertainment omitted and merged certain episodes due to editorial and censorship purposes. Funimation has licensed the series since and uncut DVD boxsets were first released on May 27, 2008, beginning with Episode 1. Funimation continues to maintain the English titles of the episodes as close as possible to its authentic Japanese meaning. The anime is still actively ongoing, and is both subbed and dubbed by official sponsors.

I live in a suburb just south of Houston and this brought back so many memories. Being without power for days with a 2 year old was nothing short of a nightmare. No amount of clothes/blankets could keep us warm. I remember seeing office buildings in downtown having power which was so frustrating. I know a few people that never lost power some of whom were on a hospital grid. We were fortunate enough to find a hotel for 1 night but even they lost power in the middle of the night.

Mose Buchele:

Right. Texas was anti-regulation, even back then. So the oversight of our power companies here remained pretty light. But as the grid grew elsewhere in the country, and especially as it started crossing state lines, regulation became a bigger issue.

ARCHIVAL TAPE / JIMMY CARTER:

Many of these proposals will be unpopular. Some will cause you to put up with inconveniences and to make sacrifices. The most important thing about these proposals is that the alternative may be a national catastrophe.

Mose Buchele:

The idea was that deregulation would spur oil production in the US by encouraging investment. And at the same time, they argued, it would drive down energy prices by creating competition.

Mose Buchele:

Right, and deregulation really gained steam in the 80s under Reagan. So by the 1990s, politicians were talking about deregulating the electricity market which, like we said, was always kind of run by monopolies. So, again, this is where Texas comes back into the picture. In the 1990s, deregulation came to Texas in a huge way.

Alison Silverstein:

Enron was going around the country, trying to persuade all of these legislatures and policy makers that full tilt electric competition is a wonderful thing and here are all the benefits that it will bring.

Roman Mars:

So people are under distress and they need heat in their homes. They cannot regulate their power the way that ERCOT wants them to. But like, it seems to me the other way to solve this is to get power plants to produce more power.

AUDIO TAPE OF MOSE BUCHELE / TEXAS WINTER STORM:

To get a sense of how icy things are now, I went to get this cooler in. And I realized I have to get this thick layer of ice off of it before I can even get it back to the house. (sound of smashing ice)

Roman Mars:

You had played us some tape from Carolyn Rivera where the pipes broke in her house. She sounded like it was extremely stressful and extremely difficult for her. How did she fare? How did she end up?

Mose Buchele:

For all to talk about markets and efficiency and profits and risk, the thing that really matters, helping the people that the system failed, that has yet to really enter the conversation here in Texas.

Mose Buchele:

Yeah, I mean, especially when it came to ERCOT, there were other people that would come forward and say, like, these are just kind of the technocrats, you know, these are the people that are running the machine that someone else built. In fact, Bill Magness, the former head of ERCOT, said exactly as much when justifying their decision to to cut power the first night of the blackout.

Roman Mars:

99% Invisible was produced this week by Mose Buchele. Edited by Jayson De Leon. Mix and tech production by Martn Gonzalez. Music by our director of sound Swan Real. Fact checker is Graham Hacia. Delaney Hall is the executive producer. Kurt Kohlstedt is the digital director. The rest of the team includes Emmett FitzGerald, Vivian Le, Joe Rosenberg, Chris Berube, Christopher Johnson, Lasha Madan, Sofia Klatzker, and me, Roman Mars.

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I think it was episode 290 or something like that. Really impressive stuff. And a really important show put together by two incredible people. So in this episode of my show, I just want to pay tribute to the incredible show that was The Story Grid podcast.

Eventually, The Story Grid book came out. He finished blogging it, and the hard copy was released. Of course, I grabbed that book, and I devoured it, and I just loved it. I started implementing some of the methodologies and my own coaching. I definitely ran my third novel M School through the story grid spreadsheet, and I started using it with some clients of mine as well.

But the opposite end of that is in the late 90s I was a huge punk rock fan. And again I drove not to Toronto but to outside of Toronto to attend Lollapalooza because my favourite punk band Rancid was playing. I had to see them.

I really liked his approach to marketing. He had a definition of marketing, that was something like connecting with people and then being relentlessly helpful, which I thought was a really cool way to think about marketing.

I love finding new and upcoming companies that are out there doing good things. For a while now I've been following the Off Grid Food Company located in Washington State and decided it was time to reach out to have them on for a conversation.

Spencer has a pretty awesome story about how he came to create his backpacking/hunting food company. Not only is a great story, but Spencer has a way about him that makes approaching the topic of food logical and not at all confusing.

If you're like me, you sometimes struggle finding new foods to bring with you and often find your appetite changing once you're out in the mountains. You might also wonder what the heck backpacking food is all about and why it looks like something from outer space.

On this episode, Spencer and I talk about his company, how it started, why it started, and what it offers consumers. It's a great conversation with a great guy and I was honored to have him on the podcast.

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After finishing our first documentary in 2019, I told myself I was done making films. The process of making documentaries takes too long, costs too much, and involves too much friction, particularly when it comes to distribution.

But in February 2021, Lorin and I lost power at our home here in Austin for 48 hours. My colleague, Tyson Culver, who directed our first film, Juice: How Electricity Explains The World, also lost power. That blackout and the fact that the ERCOT grid nearly collapsed, convinced us that we had to do another film. And now, three years later, we accomplished what we set out to do. Our five-part docuseries, Juice: Power, Politics & The Grid, is now available for free on YouTube.

You can help us by sharing these episodes with your friends, family, and colleagues. Our goal is to get millions of views. You can help by subscribing to our YouTube channel. You can follow us on Twitter and share our content by referring people to our trailer and our website, juicetheseries.com.

Before closing, I must give a sincere shout-out to my colleague, Tyson, who directed the docuseries. He did a fantastic job editing dozens of hours of video, stitching the interviews together, creating the trailer, managing the crews, coordinating the travel, and integrating all of the content with original animations (by Jacob Kern) and an original score (by Curtis Heath.) I also must acknowledge our executive producer, Ray Rothrock, and our co-producer, Ted Powers. Without Ray and Ted, this docuseries might not have happened.

While these were interesting... to be perfectly frank I thought Robert's previous documentary "Juice: How Electricity Explains The World" was much more informative and engaging. In this new series I find the soundtrack too long and distracting, and there seem to be many visual scenes that don't appear to have anything to do with the narration. In any event this doesn't change my opinion of Robert who I think is fantastic and is a tremendous resource. Furthermore, this latest video series is an admirable effort to try and educate the public who will be more informed after watching this documentary. I also highly recommend going back and watching the previous documentary that I mentioned earlier in this comment.

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