Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author. His latest book, Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future, is a globe-trotting investigation into how the materials we need for digital technology and renewable energy are causing environmental havoc, political upheaval, mayhem and murder—and how we can do better. The book has been featured on The Daily Show and in the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and many other outlets. It won Canada’s Balsillie Prize for Public Policy and was a finalist for a New York Public Library award and Europe’s Fetisov Journalism Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism.

Vince has reported from over 100 countries, states, kingdoms, occupied territories, no man’s lands and disaster zones for publications including Wired, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Economist, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. His work has been honored by many institutions, and he has shared in winning three National Magazine Awards and an Emmy. Vince’s first book, The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization, was a finalist for a PEN America award and a California Book Award, and spawned a TEDx talk. Follow his work at powermetal.substack.com.