What Is The Atomic Show Podcast on Atomic Insights?

The Atomic Show is Atomic Insights' podcast: a series of interviews and roundtable discussions, described on the site as “atomic geeks all centered around the idea that nuclear energy is an amazing boon for human society.” Episodes are hosted by Rod Adams, a former US nuclear submarine engineer officer, and typically run as one-on-one conversations with people building, testing, regulating, or researching nuclear technology. If you want first-person detail on advanced reactor designs and the institutions behind them rather than news summaries, this format is the draw; if you need a quick news digest, the interview length and depth will feel like more than you need.

Format and host

The show mixes two formats, both listed in the site's own description of the podcast:

• Interviews — a single guest, usually a founder, executive, or laboratory leader, walking through what their organization is doing and why.
• Roundtable discussions — multiple participants talking through a topic together.

Episodes are published as numbered shows (the site's latest posts page lists #350 through #354), and the full back catalog is reachable through the “Atomic Insights Archive” link and the podcast category pages.

Who appears as a guest

The recent episode list shows the guest range clearly: company founders and CEOs, national laboratory directors, and state energy research executives. A sample from the site:

That mix is the useful signal: the show books decision-makers rather than commentators, so episodes tend to contain specifics about programs, designs, and timelines that are hard to get from press coverage.

Common themes

Based on the episode descriptions and category tags on the site, recurring subjects include:

• Advanced and small reactor designs. Apollo Atomics, per its episode description, is developing integral pressurized water reactors that build on decades of operational experience in materials, chemistry, fuels, supply chains, and training.
• Microreactor transport and deployment. Radiant Nuclear has designed, built, and transported a complete microreactor, the Kaleidos, that fits on the back of a truck; the episode covers its path toward fueling.
• National laboratory capacity. The INL episode discusses the lab's busiest period since the 1950s–1960s, when it hosted construction of 52 test, special purpose, and demonstration reactors.
• State-level energy R&D and policy. The NYSERDA episode ties into New York's nuclear history, including Nine Mile Point and three other units that together produce more than 20% of the state's electricity.
• Adjacent energy research. INL's work beyond nuclear, including wind and hydrogen, appears in episode #350.

How to use the archive

Start with the “Atomic Insights Latest Posts” section on the homepage for current episodes, then use the archive link for older shows. Because episodes are organized by number and tagged by topic (for example “The Atomic Show Podcast,” “New Nuclear,” “Micro Reactors”), browsing by tag is the fastest way to find a guest or technology you already care about. Expect interview-length listening; the value is in the guest's own account of the work, not in a produced news segment.