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Today's guest is Taylor Kirkland, a partner at Mockingbird Energy. Taylor is a reservoir engineer with a background of working for oil and gas operators. This episode we are going to break down how he evaluates the investment decision to buy producing properties.

Returning guest Rory Johnston from Commodity Context is giving his recap on the wild year of 2022 in the energy and commodity markets.

This episode’s guest is Grace Stanke, the 2023 Miss America. Grace is also nuclear engineering student and is a passionate advocate for the nuclear energy industry. This episode we discuss the path that led Grace to majoring in nuclear engineering.

This episode’s guest is Jeff Krimmel the Chief Strategy Officer for Pinnacle. Jeff consistently puts out awesome research notes on his LinkedIn page covering everything from macroeconomic trends to oil and gas market commentary. This episode we discuss the current macro environment and the forces that are impacting the economy.

This episode’s guests are Russell English and Ty Zieman. Russel is the CEO and Ty is the CFO of Trailhead Exploration. They have put together an impressive company with Trailhead, building a leading position in Oklahoma’s Marietta Basin. This episode we discuss challenges of building an oil & gas company from the ground up.

This episode’s guest is Nathaniel Harmon, the co-founder of OceanBit Energy. Nate is a scientist that studied Chemical Oceanography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and he has a passion for energy and nature. This episode we discuss Nate’s energy company OceanBit and the ocean thermal energy conversion process they are piloting for power generation.

This episode’s guest is Tom Masiero the founder of Standard Bitcoin, a Bitcoin mining company that focuses on a blend of off-grid and on-grid hosting solutions for their clients. Tom is someone I have learned a lot from in the Bitcoin space. He drops a ton of knowledge in this episode around the current state of the mining industry.

This episode’s guest is Jamie Heard, the Manager of Capital Markets at Tourmaline Oil Corporation. This episode we discuss investing in energy right now and what Jamie paying attention to in the oil & gas equities space. We talk natural gas fundamentals and the future views on supply and demand growth.

This episode’s guest is Austin Mitchell, the CEO of Synota, where he is using the power of the Bitcoin lightning network to change the way that energy payments are made. Austin has a background in the traditional energy world and has worked for a variety of energy companies during his career.

This episode’s guest is Isaac Orr. Isaac is a Policy Fellow at the Center of the American Experiment. I came across his work by reading a recent white paper he co-authored titled “The High Cost of 100% Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040.”

This episode’s guest is Margot Paez. Margot is a PhD candidate in the civil engineering department at Georgia Institute of Technology. She has an MS in physics from GT and works on climate change statistical-based modeling, primarily in relation to water resources.

This episode’s guest is Dr. Chris Keefer, the host of the Decouple Podcast and President of Canadians for Nuclear Energy. This episode we discuss his recent trip to advocate nuclear with top Canadian politicians, including the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

This episode’s guest is Joe Brevetti the founder of Charter Oak Production. Joe is a long-time veteran of the oil and gas industry and spent the early part of his career working for Schlumberger and later went on to form his own exploration and production company, Charter Oak Production.

This episode's guest is Collin McLelland the co-founder of Digital Wildcatters. Collin was early to the energy industry content creation space and he is someone I have looked to for advice during the Talk Energy journey.

This episode’s guest is Mark Mills. Mark is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a strategic partner with Montrose Lane (an energy-tech venture fund). This episode we discuss the issue energy misinformation that is being spread in the media and by politicians.

This episode’s guest is Zion Lights, the founder of Emergency React. Zion is a climate activist and was once a member of Extinction Rebellion. I have been accused of having a bit of an echo chamber on the podcast, which is probably fair criticism, so I wanted to have Zion on the pod to get her perspective on Energy and climate.

This episode’s guest is Michael Gayed, the publisher of the Lead Lag Report and the founder of Toroso Investments where he has launched a mutual fund and multiple ETFs. We discuss the current state of the equity and bond markets, and how the risk on / risk off dynamic is completely disconnected from historical trends.

This episode we had two guests on, Calvin Froedge the founder of Marhelm, a shipping analytics company, and Kumar aka @datatrade on Twitter. This episode we discuss the global economy and what Calvin is seeing going on in the world of shipping.

We went live for this episode with returning guest Daniel Turner of Power the Future to talk about all the crazy energy policies going on in California.