CC Pod

About CC Pod

Our weekly podcast where we interview founders who are solving the most difficult and important decarbonization problems in the world. Climate Capital, across our funds and our syndicate, is one of the most active funders of early stage climate tech in the world. climatecap.substack.com (https://climatecap.substack.com/s/climate-capital-podcast?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Climate Capital

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Sept 2023

Latest episode

10 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

9 of 64 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Turning CO₂ Into Critical Chemicals (with Aaron Fitzgerald, Kristian Gubsch and Trey Sheridan of Mars Materials)

   Host Noah Margo-Dermer interviews Mars Materials co-founders Aaron Fitzgerald, Kristian Gubsch, and Trey Sheridan about turning CO₂ into critical chemicals for a sustainable future.

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   1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Building the Future of Emerging-Market Mobility (with Michael Spencer of Zeno)

   Noah Margo-Dermer interviews Michael Spencer, Founder and CEO of Zeno, about building affordable electric mobility solutions for emerging markets.

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   15 Jul 2026

   Manufacturing the Nuclear Future (with Yasir Arafat of Aalo Atomics)

   This is CC Pod - the Climate Capital Podcast. You are receiving this because you have subscribed to our Substack. If you’d like to manage your Climate Capital Substack subscription, click here. (https://climatecap.substack.com/account) Disclaimer: For full disclosure, Aalo Atomics (https://www.aalo.com/) is a portfolio company at Climate Capital. Our host is Noah Margo-Dermer, General Manager of Climate Capital’s Climate Angels program. CC Pod is not investment advice and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any investment decision. But first: Network Fund & Climate Angels →Invest in the Network Fund (https://www.climatecapital.co/#invest-section). Large fund access with micro-fund minimums. →Join Climate Angels (https://www.climateangels.vc/). Sessions w/ top investors, discounted carry, community & more. Don’t miss an episode from Climate Capital! On the latest episode of CC Pod, Noah Margo-Dermer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-margo-dermer/) joins Yasir Arafat (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasiraalo/), co-founder, CTO and President of Aalo Atomics (https://www.aalo.com/), to explore the future of nuclear energy and Aalo’s vision for making reactors faster to build, easier to deploy, and ready to meet growing demand from AI and data centers. Arafat’s journey began in Bangladesh, where frequent power outages and firsthand exposure to the impacts of climate change sparked a lifelong interest in solving the world’s energy challenges. After spending more than 15 years in the nuclear industry, working on everything from large-scale reactors to pioneering microreactor programs, he became convinced that nuclear power needed a fundamentally different approach. That insight led Arafat and co-founder and CEO Matt Loszak (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-loszak/) to launch Aalo Atomics. Rather than building massive, custom-designed power plants, Aalo is developing compact, advanced reactors that can be manufactured, deployed, and scaled far more efficiently than traditional nuclear systems. The company’s approach focuses on simplifying reactor design, increasing power density, and leveraging proven technologies that can be built repeatedly at scale. At the core of Aalo’s strategy is a belief that nuclear energy must be built differently. By pairing compact, high-power-density reactors with an assembly-line production model, the company aims to move nuclear beyond bespoke infrastructure projects and toward a scalable energy platform capable of meeting growing demand from AI, data centers, and industrial customers. With AI infrastructure driving unprecedented electricity demand, Aalo believes advanced nuclear power can play a critical role in powering the next generation of computing. The conversation highlights the company’s vision for transforming nuclear energy from a slow, bespoke industry into a scalable manufacturing platform capable of delivering abundant, reliable clean power wherever it’s needed. To learn more about Aalo Atomics, visit (https://swaythefuture.com/)https://www.aalo.com/ (https://www.aalo.com/). Get full access to Climate Capital at climatecap.substack.com/subscribe (https://climatecap.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

Inside a recent episode

Turning CO₂ Into Critical Chemicals (with Aaron Fitzgerald, Kristian Gubsch and Trey Sheridan of Mars Materials)

Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So think the carbon fiber that you use for your bicycles that's going increasingly into transmission lines as steel replacements. that's used in other applications like racing cars, all the way to other applications like polyacrylamide, which is used in water treatment, to products that we all know and love from carpets to keyboard keys to vacuum parts. This market itself, highly emissions intensive. The sole feedstock is now coming from adversarial geographies and wrapped up into challenging geopolitical risks. So what we're doing is we make this chemical, call it Huygen C, but the chemical itself is called acrylonitrile. […]

Who has been a guest on CC Pod

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Aaron Fitzgerald
• Kristian Gubsch
• Trey Sheridan
• Michael Spencer
• Cole Ashman

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Books guests

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