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Lieutenant Colonel Mike Foss, President of the Warrior Bonfire Program, discuss how the organization supports Purple Heart recipients with therapeutic outdoor activities to foster healing and build supportive relationships among veterans. As described by Mike, the Warrior Bonfire Program is primarily designed to provide continuous support and relief to combat-wounded veterans, Purple [...]

 Kara Glenn, Trades Powered by Her, is helping women change tires, get back into industry after having a baby and assisting with FR Clothing costs too.  Glenn also celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month. Trades Powered By Her is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Watford City, North Dakota, with a mission to [...]

Trades Powered By Her is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Watford City, North Dakota, with a mission to empower and support women in trades. Founded by Kara Glenn, this organization aims to break barriers and open opportunities for women to excel in traditionally male-dominated fields such as construction, welding, electrical [...]

The Kansas State Fair has long been a showcase of the state's rich cultural heritage, agricultural prowess, and local industries. In 2024, Kansas Strong, The Kansas Oil & Gas Resources Fund (KOGRF), is taking center stage at the fair to educate visitors about the vital role that oil and gas [...]

Executive Coach Joe Sinnott, Witting Partners, and the host of The Energy Detox Podcast joins Jason Spiess on This Week In Energy for a movie review on Friday Night Lights. “Friday Night Lights,” directed by Peter Berg, is more than just a football movie—it's a poignant reflection of the socio-economic realities of West Texas, where the oil and [...]

Actor and Author Drew Allen has penned a book detailing his concerns about the path the United States of America is currently on. “From one of America's rising conservative stars comes a brutally honest account of the historic failures of the Biden administration and the most critical and urgent arguments [...]

Andrew Dittmar, Enverus joined The Crude Life to discuss some of the recent M&A activity in the energy sector. “So power, hydrogen, carbon capture and sequestration really run the gamut. And then my team within the broader Inveris universe is the research team,” Dittmar said. “We're comprised of Over 100 [...]

  Executive coach Joe Sinnott and The Crude Life founder Jason Spiess discuss the Brian Flores and Tua Tagovailoa situation that has many in the sports world buzzing. According to many reports, the two have had a strained relationship since their time together with the Miami Dolphins. Tagovailoa recently stated [...]

Kunal Patel, Dallas Federal Reserve, joins Jason Spiess, founder, The Crude Life to review the latest energy survey and discuss their upcoming Energy and the Economy: Meeting Rising Energy Demand in November. The Dallas Fed conducts a quarterly survey of about 200 oil and gas firms located or headquartered in the Eleventh District—Texas, southern New [...]

Warren Martin, Kansas Strong, joins Jason Spiess on This Week In Energy to give a movie review on how the movie series Mad Max reinforces the need for oil and gas in a modern civilization. The Mad Max series, starting with George Miller's original 1979 film, is a stark portrayal of a dystopian future where the scarcity [...]

Warren Martin believes everyone should understand oil a little bit more. Gas too. Even Carbon and Helium. Martin is a man on a mission to educate the masses on natural resources and how they are critical to our lifestyle and quality of life. “Our job is to teach people what [...]

One-third of humanity prepares meals over open fires or polluting stoves, contributing to premature death and limiting human potential. Anne Hyre of the Bettering Human Lives Foundation joins The Crude Life to discuss this important energy poverty issue. “The Bettering Human Lives Foundation aims to increase access to clean cooking fuels by [...]

Tom Shepstone, Energy Security and Freedom joins Jason Spiess to talk about a variety of energy issues, capitalism concerns and sustainable solutions. Shepstone, who is located on the eastern side of Pennsylvania, gives an update on natural gas and former President Donald Trump's assassination attempt. “I'm 73 years old. I lived at [...]

Richard Welch, former political candidate for US House and current lobbyist for the oil, gas, coal and carbon industries talks about many of the changes happening and that have happened within the oil, gas and coal industries. Specifically, the oil and gas industry has experienced significant transformations over the past [...]

Executive coach Joe Sinnott drops by The Crude Life to discuss operational failures and organization communication using Saturday's assassination attempt as talking points and examples. Sinnott, CEO of Witting Partners, lives about 45 minutes from the Butler, PA, site. On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, a former president of the United States and [...]

Warren Martin, Kansas Strong, joins The Crude Life to discuss the realities of Energy Poverty. A philosophy graduate of Texas Tech University, Warren is an author, teacher, minister, artist, quasi-philosopher and speaker known for his unique teaching style. His passion is to inspire & invest in the next generation of [...]

Stacy Schaffer, founder of the 31:8 Project joins Jason Spiess and two Social Media Sleuths to discuss the Mica Francis JP Miller investigation in relation to the domestic violence and human trafficking elements of the case. The 31:8 Project provides informative seminars, conduct research, and create curriculum applicable to all levels of education [...]

Jason Isaac, founder and CEO of the American Energy Institute and a Senior Fellow for Life:Powered, a national initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, joined Jason Spiess and Steve Bakken to discuss the impacts of the Supreme Court Decision or Deference regarding the 1984 Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense [...]

David LaGreca, Managing Director of Voluntary Carbon Markets Services, EcoEngineers, joins Jason Spiess and Steve Bakken on Townsquare Media's SuperTalk 1270 Talk of the Town to share his experience working on the first voluntary carbon sequestration for ethanol in the nation. Voluntary carbon sequestration involves the capture and storage of [...]

  Joe Sinnott, Witting Partners, and host of The Energy Detox Podcast, breaks down the ConocoPhillips Marathon merger for $17.1 billion dollars. Sinnott was part of one of largest mergers in history, at the time, and explains what some of the employees, shareholders and company executives might be thinking. First [...]

  In the heart of Oklahoma, Red Dirt Energy, LLC is spearheading a transformative approach to the oil and gas industry. Founded on the principles of superior service, cutting-edge technology, and a commitment to environmental sustainability, this company is making significant strides in revitalizing legacy oil and gas fields. Scott St. John of Red [...]

Adam Davis, Paddington County Emergency Management and Clint Kling of Shepherd VR talk about their recent virtual reality training session for fire management. “We were trying to go through a VR simulation of the fire extinguisher systems that are handheld,” Kling said. “Adam and his team they do trainings here in Pennington County with fire [...]

Blockchain for Energy (B4E), is the energy industry's first comprehensive emissions management solution, leveraging blockchain, artificial intelligence, and IoT systems. Camilo Mejia, Enovate and Rebecca Hofmann, Blockchain for Energy, joins The Crude Life to discuss how Blockchain for Energy is integrating into the industrial sector through a variety of ways. “Blockchain [...]

Warren Martin, executive director, Kansas Strong, talks about the industry's newest awareness and education campaign “Do Your Own Research”. “Kansas Strong encourages people to do their own research on oil and natural gas before making informed decisions,” Martin said. “The campaign title is Do Your Own Research. And the idea [...]

Jodi Johnson, CEO, Red Trail Energy, joins The Crude Life to discuss their pioneering project involving carbon capture and storage. Red Trail Energy, LLC (RTE), an ethanol producer near Richardton, North Dakota, is currently operating a CO2 capture facility adjacent to the RTE ethanol facility, to ultimately inject about 180,000 tonnes [...]

Stuart Turley, CEO, Podcast Host, Elimination of Energy Poverty, joins The Crude Life to discuss some recent energy issues and activities. After some friendly banter, the interview dives into the evolution of politics being injected into energy. “So my research started 15 years ago. the energy industry was not political. [...]

Joe Sinnott, Witting Partners and the host of The Energy Detox Podcast joins The Crude Life to discuss how the season of change can impact your bottom line and workplace culture. The interview centered around the themes of sports with Major League Baseball's Spring Training and Opening Day fresh in the minds [...]

The interview with filmmaker and National Energy Talk host Mark Stansberry started off discussing a shared petro-powered experience involving motion pictures and media. The Crude Life's founder Jason Spiess had the privileged to be invited on to the production studio and set of Sherwood Forest, a docufilm about a historic time in American [...]

Human trafficking remains a pervasive and deeply troubling issue that plagues societies worldwide. Despite concerted efforts to combat it, numerous challenges persist, hindering progress towards its eradication. Stacy Schaffer, Founder and Executive Director of 31:8 Project, discusses the realities behind human trafficking, pornography, identifying signals and what are some resources people [...]

Clint Kling of Shepherd VR joins TownSquare Media KLXX 1270AM's Talk of the Town with Steve Bakken and special guest co=host Jason Spiess. The interview stems around a discussion on how Toyota and several police departments are integrating VR Training into their HR, safety and overall culture. “I mean a lot of my university research [...]

Warren Martin, executive director, Kansas Strong, joins The Crude Life with an update on the Jayhawk State. Martin has been very active educating and promoting the benefits of oil and gas, including tax revenues, community development projects and everyday uses for petroleum products. “Informing the public about the many ways [...]

When supply chains run smoothly, the economies they support do too. But when even the smallest disruption occurs, supply chains can quickly turn into the equivalent of a daisy chain — where one event sets off a cascading impact down the entire logistics value chain. Experts fear that this is [...]

Kunal Patel, Dallas Federal Reserve, joins The Crude Life to breakdown the recent Energy Survey. This quarter's survey also includes for the first time a set of questions regarding price expectations for oil and natural gas over six-month, one-year, two-year and five-year horizons. According to Patel, activity in the oil [...]

Terry Etam, author of The End of the Fossil Fuel Insanity: Clearing the Air Before Cleaning the Air'; columnist for the BOE Report and blogger for Public Energy Number One; gives an update from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Etam talks about how natural gas continues to be a wild card, yet foundational energy source [...]

Energy transition and industry engagement were the Talk of the Town this week on Townsquare Media's KLXX SuperTalk 1270AM. Specifically the positive work Chris Wright and the team at Liberty Energy are doing for the oil and gas industry. Talk of the Town host Steve Bakken asked The Crude Life's founder Jason Spiess about his [...]

  Dr. Loren Scott joined Jason Spiess to discuss the EPA's decision to award Louisiana the power to approve carbon capture projects. Louisiana is the third state—after North Dakota and Wyoming—given primary authority by EPA to issue permits for the Class VI wells used in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). North Dakota approved [...]

Energy expert, author and public speaker Robert Bryce joins The Crude Life founder Jason Spiess and The Word Merchant Stephen Heins to discuss his new docuseries Juice, nuclear energy, corporate greed and how the environment impacts energy. Last week, Bryce released a new docuseries that highlights how bad energy policy [...]

Monte Besler, FRACN8R, joins TownSquare Media's Talk of the Town with Steve Bakken and guest co-host Jason Spiess with a boots-on-the-ground update from the Bakken oil fields. “Well, one thing is we're significantly more mature than a lot of the other areas,” Besler said. When asked to define the term [...]

Kelly Marshall, Creative Director in the oil and gas industry as well as an Energy Ambassador, joins The Crude Life to talk about Energy Day at the Capitol in Colorado. Representatives of Colorado's oil and gas industry, along with hundreds of supporters, gathered on the west steps of the state [...]

Mark Workman, RMI Supply, gives an update from the supply chain logistical point of view as well as an update on his observations in the market. Folding in the amount of uncertainty in industry, coming from leadership, the media and politicians regarding oil and gas, Workman dives deep into service and [...]

Joe Sinnott, Witting Partners and the host of The Energy Detox Podcast joins The Crude Life to discuss how March Madness coaching is like managing a business. The interview starts off with a discussion of how the overall culture in business has changed. In sports the comparison is made with the NIL [...]

The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 556 is currently airing across a 5-state radio network. Here are the industry experts, community leaders and special guests for The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 556: WOMEN IN ENERGY: Kelly Marshall gives an update from Colorado and their Energy Day at the Capitol. [...]

  Every March since 1987, Congress and U.S. Presidents have designated March as Women's History Month. This year, The Crude Life celebrates and honors their accomplishments and contributions in history with interviews and stories that center around women's experiences in industry. The Crude Life believes woman are vital in energy.  Today more than [...]

Clint Kling of Shepherd VR joins Jason Spiess to talk about the rise of virtual reality training and technology. The interview starts off with a discussion on how Toyota and several police departments are integrating VR Training into their HR, safety and overall culture. “I mean a lot of my [...]

Who is on your Mount Rushmore of Energy Enemies? How about your Final Four of Energy Agitators? Tom Shepstone, Energy Security and Freedom, Stephen Heins, The Word Merchant, and Jason Spiess, founder of The Crude Life, discuss who is on their Mount Rushmore of enemies of energy. Tom Shepstone 1. Nathaniel Simon 2. [...]

Carolina Ortega, vice president of sustainability, Milestone Environmental Services, talks about the integration of energy, environment and carbon. The conversation begins with separating Sustainability and ESG (Environmental Social Governance). “Think about when you go to the doctor, and the doctor takes your cholesterol level, and they take your blood pressure, [...]

The Crude Life founder Jason Spiess interviews former North Dakota governor and then-current Continental Resources board member Ed Schafer about how important technology is in the Bakken oil boom. His answer prompted us to ask other industry experts whether the Bakken was a tech boom. Schafer said the current technology is [...]

The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 551 is currently airing across a 5-state radio network. Here are the industry experts, community leaders and special guests for The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 551: ENERGY UPDATE:  Tom Shepstone, Energy Security and Freedom, Stephen Heins, The Word Merchant and The Crude Life [...]

In the final week of National Mentoring Month, Joe Sinnott, CEO, Witting Partners and host of The Energy Detox Podcast, joins the founder of The Crude Life, Jason Spiess, to discuss a few mentoring stories. Sinnott shares a story about a mentor who told him to strive for mediocrity. “This [...]

Jake Milne, president and founder, ReviablEnergy, has a passion and conviction to stop communities from being on the news when real viable solutions are available. This passion was heard on Townsquare Media KLXX SuperTalk 1270AM's Talk of the Town with Steve Bakken and guest co-host Jason Spiess. “Our team is [...]

“It definitely started as an eminent domain concern. I thought it was an absolutely unjustifiable use of eminent domain,” US House of Representatives Candidate Ryan Melton (IA-4th District) said. Melton continued his sharing the genesis of his passion. “When I first campaigned against these back in early 22, they (GOP) [...]