
Zero: The Climate Race
Hosted by Akshat Rathi and Rebecca Jones · Bloomberg
4.9from 729 ratings
- 262
- Episodes
- 169
- Transcribed
- 729
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 419M
- YouTube views
About Zero: The Climate Race
Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate change – a venture capitalist hunting for the best cleantech investment, scientists starting companies, politicians who have successfully created climate laws, and CEOs who have completely transformed their businesses. The road to zero emissions has many paths and everyone’s got an opinion about the best route. Listen in.
- Publisher
- Bloomberg
- Category
- business · science · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 12 Aug 2022
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
169 of 262 episodes have a transcript.

5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Australia gives its citizens free electricity

29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The big questions over European electrification

22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
First cars, now trains: Batteries are coming for everything
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How Australia gives its citizens free electricity
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But really, the implementation part is much more complicated and the policy doesn't always succeed unless you have all these other ingredients coming through. One aspect of this that is already showing up is you are now allowing in some states an option, a tariff for anybody to to have free electricity between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Zero: The Climate Race
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Chris Bowen
- Kristian Ruby
- James O'Sullivan
- Justin Mankin
- David Stringer
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 419,108,275
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 248 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 481 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 97 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Zero: The Climate Race?
Akshat Rathi and Rebecca Jones host the show. Published by Bloomberg.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Zero: The Climate Race take guests?
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