On the Big Digital Energy show, Chuck Yates and guest co-host Kirk Coburn riff on Biden's call for a windfall profits tax, Elon's take over of Twitter, the diesel "drought", can trees and whales save the climate, a wrap-up on FUZE, and of course, finger of the week. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest ...
Nov 02, 2022•34 min•Ep. 96
Chuck chats with Houston restaurateur Chris Shepherd who the Robb Report called the Best Chef on the planet in 2019: his career, the great chefs of Houston, food, wine….and his amazing charitable efforts for the people of the food service industry through the Southern Smoke Foundation. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Colli...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 95
Trashy comes on the podcast and brings it about management-worker relations and the Canadian government. Classic trashy. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions.
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 94
Chuck chats all things carbon emissions and offsets with long-time energy veteran David Heikkinen. Also some tangents on David's time at Tudor Pickering Holt, music, and Chuck's Eddie Van Halen plane. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at https://collide.io Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. 00:00 - How Chuck got involved with Dig...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 93
Chuck chats with Sydney, Julie, Misty, and Jules about their new podcast Energy 101, the basics of the Inflation Reduction Act, being starstruck by Bret Michaels, and Chuck's most embarrassing story (it's a good one). Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video ...
Sep 21, 2022•38 min•Ep. 92
Chuck and Jake Corley chat with Chris about the founding of EnergyNet, the current state of the oil and gas property M&A market, as well as the future. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00...
Sep 14, 2022•57 min•Ep. 91
Chuck chats with Jaime about his conversion from being a Democrat to a Libertarian, why the hell he would want to Railroad Commission, and how we can save the energy business. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the ep...
Sep 09, 2022•56 min•Ep. 90
Chuck and Sean talk about the electric markets - forecasting demand, home energy efficiency, ERCOT, and Australia. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 01:19 - What does Amperon do ...
Aug 31, 2022•54 min•Ep. 89
Chuck chats all things Railroad Commission with the Democratic Nominee, Luke Warford. And, as stupid as it sounds, the Railroad Commission regulates the oil and gas business in Texas. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to vie...
Aug 24, 2022•48 min•Ep. 88
On July 6, 1988, the Piper Alpha offshore platform in the North Sea exploded and sank, killing 165 men onboard. Sixty-one workers escaped and survived. Joe Meanen was one of them...but only after he jumped from the heliport into the North Sea 175 feet below. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technica...
Aug 17, 2022•44 min•Ep. 87
The carbon trading and offsets market is exploding so Chuck and Mike chat all things emission trading - it’s history, what’s cap and trade, how does it work? Plus who doesn’t love a great Sinbad and Microsoft story. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of...
Aug 10, 2022•52 min•Ep. 86
Chuck and Brad discuss all things energy stocks - the recent fall and the future. Brad’s take is that energy stocks will hold up well through the coming recession just like they have over all of the recessions of the past seventy-five years. And that pesky inflation stuff…won't go away until we “drill baby drill”. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level ...
Jul 27, 2022•54 min•Ep. 85
Chuck and Campbell chat all things ERCOT - what is it, how does it work, why did we have blackouts during the winter storm, Uri, and why the grid is on the verge of blackouts again. A perfect primer for those who want to learn the basics about the electrical system in Texas. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your ...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 83
Chuck chats with James Casey, the tight ends coach for the Cincinnati Bengals about going to the Super Bowl, the NFL Draft, his NFL playing days, and his playing seven positions in a game while at Rice University. However, the most powerful part of the podcast is when James shares his personal story - overcoming poverty, his mother’s tragic death, and his commitment to succeed. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 82
Chuck and Bryan discuss the energy trading markets and the cool stuff Aegis is up to on the technology front. For the record, oil was at $125 / bbl and natural gas was at $9.40 / mcf when this podcast was recorded. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of ...
Jun 29, 2022•57 min•Ep. 81
Collin recently witnessed an encounter with a young man who had autism and the police. The situation highlighted just how uneducated folks are about interacting with people who have autism, so Chuck had an expert on to chat about it. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here t...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 80
Chuck chats with Jane about energy transition and why Houston’s the best place to business. Added bonus: Jane was in charge of and discusses compliance for BP under their settlement for Macondo. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click ...
Jun 15, 2022•52 min•Ep. 79
Energy conferences historically have really sucked when it comes to having a diverse speaker lineup. Yeah, it's always Old White Guys. So Chuck chats with Liz and Kayla about it. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions....
Jun 08, 2022•44 min•Ep. 78
Brian spent 20 years as a die hard “greenie” in the energy sustainability industry and well….he's now jaded and now believes nuclear and natural gas are the keys to powering the world and saving the planet. Fascinating discussion. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to w...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 77
Chuck lets Railroad Commissioner candidate Sarah Stogner refute recent political attacks made by her opponent. He also asks the big question, "do you have any additional nudity planned for the runoff election?" Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this...
May 18, 2022•36 min•Ep. 76
Chuck sits down with Parker Lewis - one of the leading voices in the Bitcoin ecosystem. He explains Bitcoin Mining so that Chuck's mother can understand it and then they deep dive into why Texas will be the Bitcoin capital of the world. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click her...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 75
Chuck went on Ed Morrissey's podcast to talk energy policy. Actually the conversation starts with: What is our energy policy? And ends with Chuck naming his favorite energy policy prescriptions. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions....
May 04, 2022•30 min•Ep. 74
Oil is above $100, natural gas above $7, we have a ground war in Europe over energy, dogs and cats sleeping together, mass hysteria. What do we do? A "draft" of energy policies, of course. Stacey McDonald and Chuck have seven energy veterans "draft" their best energy policy ideas to save the world. With Mark Meyer, Mark Rossano, Kyri Baker, Paul Sankey, Rory Johnston, David Ramdsen-Wood and Brad Olsen. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content,...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 73
After winter storm Uri nearly crashed ERCOT in February 2021, the Texas Legislature passed the "fix" to the grid. Or did they? While well intended, the legislation has a significant second order effect that may crash the grid during the next crisis. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questio...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 72
Chuck and long-time energy investor / executive (Exxon, Goldman, Simmons, TPH, Apache) Mark Meyer chat the history of energy investing and get drawn into a deep discussion of the importance of data and its analysis to the future of the energy business. Yeah, and of course, they start with sports analogies. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your ...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 59
Chuck went all "social media influencer" on us and did an AMA (ask me anything for you boomers) at the Energy Leadership Series Breakfast. And yes, he really answered questions from his Twitter audience in front of a distinguished group at the Petroleum Club in Dallas. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughe...
Apr 13, 2022•54 min•Ep. 71
Chuck chats with Josh about energy investing, beefing with Energy Cynic and how do we spread the good word. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Who is Josh Young 01:56 - Ed...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 70
Go on vacation to Paris with Chuck. You'll hear some deep thoughts, laugh a little and see some amazing scenery from Normandy, Versailles, the Louvre, Jim Morrison's grave, and the Eiffel Tower. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. 00:00 ...
Mar 23, 2022•13 min•Ep. 69
What’s the first thing a London journalist writing a book on North Sea oil workers should do…have a torrid affair with her first interview subject! Her book Sea State is a gripping tale of her break up, move to Scotland, the AFFAIR…all within the framework of interviewing the men of the rigs of the North Sea. And she’s cool enough to chat with Chuck about it all. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online com...
Mar 16, 2022•44 min•Ep. 68
Chuck and Collin discuss the convergence of energy and Bitcoin mining – Texas is the future, E&P’s will reign (at least the thoughtful ones) and the value is in the network. Digital Wildcatters brings the energy community together through events, cutting-edge content, and powerful tools. Join our online community at collide.io . Engage with experts, level up your career, and ask Collide AI your toughest technical questions. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to view the ...
Mar 09, 2022•42 min•Ep. 67
