Beta Briefing

A Beta Briefing desk

The Charging Station

Electric vehicles, clean energy, and the road ahead

An EV industry analyst tracking the electrification of everything

Set up your own desk

or listen to today's show·see how it works

How to subscribe in your podcast app
Apple Podcasts
Library tab → ••• menu → Follow a Show by URL → paste
Overcast
+ button → Add URL → paste
Pocket Casts
Search bar → paste URL
Castro, AntennaPod, Podcast Addict, Castbox, Podverse, Fountain
Look for Add by URL or paste into search

Spotify isn't supported yet — it only lists shows from its own directory. Let us know if you need it there.

Recent briefings below

Recent Briefings

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 19 stories

The stakes for tomorrow's White House summit are crystallizing, with a potential $6 billion LNG revival and a fast-approaching tariff deadline anchoring the Trump-Xi agenda. In the infrastructure spac…

Monday, September 21, 2026 20 stories

Chinese President Xi Jinping touches down in Washington this morning with the November tariff clock ticking loudly in the background. We are also breaking down a $68 billion quantification of the nati…

Sunday, September 20, 2026 19 stories

Today on The Charging Station: the US-China trade truce has four days to run before the Washington summit, Nvidia just doubled its chip-demand forecast at an AI safety conference, and New York became …

Saturday, September 19, 2026 20 stories

Today on The Charging Station: the Russia sanctions law is already reshaping energy geopolitics hours before Trump meets Xi, Virginia's data center crackdown is rewriting the rules for the nation's de…

Friday, September 18, 2026 20 stories

The geopolitical shockwaves from Washington's latest tariff moves are rippling through global trade this morning, with India caught in the crosshairs over Russian crude and the EU drawing a hard line …

Thursday, September 17, 2026 20 stories

Congress just handed the White House unprecedented tariff leverage over Russian oil buyers, arriving on the same day the Federal Reserve finalized its first rate hike since 2023. As those dual policy …

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 19 stories

The Federal Reserve just executed its first rate hike since 2023, colliding directly with Saudi Arabia's forced rerouting of all crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz. We're also breaking down Sa…

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 20 stories

The physical chokehold on Middle East oil exports has officially metastasized, with Houthi forces seizing the Bab el-Mandeb strait and shutting down a second primary artery for global crude. As Goldma…

Monday, September 14, 2026 19 stories

The synchronized move by frontier AI labs to halt advanced model development is immediately repricing the tech sector this morning, with SoftBank plunging 13% as OpenAI officially pulls its 2026 IPO. …

Sunday, September 13, 2026 19 stories

Today on The Charging Station: Saudi Arabia has simultaneously lost its two primary oil export routes following a drone strike on the East-West pipeline and a vessel attack in Hormuz, pushing Brent cr…