(October 22, 2012) Admiral Gary Roughead explores the military's -- specifically the Navy's -- attempts at conserving the energy that they use during conflicts through both efficiency improvements and exploration of alternative energy sources.

(October 29, 2012) Representatives from Stanford's Office of Land, Buildings & Real Estate introduce the SESIP project and provide an overview on the technology being used and it's implementation in the upcoming years.

(November 5, 2012) Mark McClure summarizes the fundamental physical processes of induced seismicity, provide an overview of the history of the field, and reviews some of the dominant ideas in induced seismicity hazard analysis.

(December 3, 2012) Chris Somerville discusses his research involving the research and development of alternative liquid fuels like ethanol that could help to decrease the world's current reliance on oil.

(October 1, 2012) Arun Majumdar provides a broad overview of the current energy landscape and discusses several research and development opportunities that could help the world confront future challenges and spur a new industrial revolution.

(November 12, 2012) Mark Lerdal presents Hydrogen Energy California (HECA), a project for converting fossil fuels to hydrogen in order to generate clean power and manufacture low-carbon fertilizer products. He talks about the current state of the project as well as several of the challenges it is encountering.

(October 8, 2012) Producer Scott Tinker talks about his film "Switch" and responds to critiques from Stanford professors Margot Gerritsen and Mark Jacobson about the film's content and it's style of presentation.

(November 26, 2012) Doug Arent explains the Renewable Electricity Futures Study and its goal of finding a renewable energy supply that can meet the electricity demands of the contiguous United States.

(October 15, 2012) Jochen Harnisch talks about the financing that is involved in the development of alternative energy sources and comments on the outlook for this process in the future.