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Welcome to Energy 101 with Julie McLelland and Jacob Stiller. Join us on our mission to help raise the world's energy IQ.

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Think First. Prompt Second. How To Stay Creative With AI

AI can write your resume, your LinkedIn post, and your birthday flyer, but should it? Shiva Swaminathan, an AI product management leader doing fractional work across mini

Oct 21
49 min

How One Mapping Tool Powers Oil Rigs, Armies, and Starbucks

Maps quietly run the entire oil and gas world, you just never noticed. This one breaks down GIS without the jargon, from Google Earth doodles to the software that decides

Jun 29
52 min

The Tiny Material That Could Replace Sand In Fracking

Those giant pyramids of sand at every frac site exist for one reason, and it turns out the industry might be quietly running short on the good stuff. Curtis Wilie and Jos

Jun 15
50 min

The NASA Technology Now Tracking Oilfield Methane

Methane is invisible, odorless, and far more potent than CO2 in the short term, so how do you actually catch it leaking? Brendan Smith, CEO of SeekOps Inc., explains how

Jun 5
53 min

The Secret to Surviving Every Oilfield Downturn

Getting laid off twice taught Yogashri Pradhan, founder of IronLady Energy Advisors, that staying visible matters as much as staying technical. She traces a career runnin

May 29
1 h 04 min

Why AI and Oil Are Fighting Over the Same Turbines

Micro turbines hitting 83% efficiency could replace flares and turn stranded wells into tiny neighborhood power plants. Mark Ronkin of Grid Energy Solutions came down fro

May 18
1 h 08 min

The Path to Autonomous Frac

Building software inside a frac and wireline giant is a different beast than doing it at a startup. Ben Dickinson and Raleigh Bumpers from NexTier Completion Solutions ge

May 13
53 min

The Renewable Energy Hiding 4,000 Feet Below The Ocean

Dan Grech, Founder and CEO of Global OTEC, swung by from London to break down ocean thermal energy conversion, a technology that turns the ocean's heat into 24/7 baseload

May 6
43 min

The World Can’t Quit Oil (No Matter What They Say)

Three decades of front-row energy seats and takes you genuinely can't argue with. Mark Meyer gets into the Strait of Hormuz mess, Heathrow's jet fuel shortage, countries

Apr 27
1 h 37 min

Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs… But Not How You Think

Andrew Richard, CEO and Co-Founder of Automated Rig Technologies, flies in from Calgary to break down why the oilfield spent 70 years optimizing brute force instead of re

Apr 24
46 min

The Most Important Chemical You've Never Thought About

Chlorine is in your pipes, your microchips, your drinking water and somehow nobody talks about it. Roxanna Delima, Co-founder and CBO at Rushnu, breaks down why this over

Apr 13
38 min

The Country With the Most Energy in the World Can't Keep Up With Its Own Grid

David Holt, President of Consumer Energy Alliance, sits down to unpack 20 years of fighting for affordable, reliable energy for regular Americans. From NIMBYism and lazy

Apr 7
52 min

The Hidden Energy Crisis Powering Your ChatGPT Search

Shawn Cutter, Founder & CEO of EnergiAcres, went from sixth-generation Ohio farmer to Discovery Channel reality TV star to selling his oil and gas software startup to Quo

Mar 30
49 min

Australia Is About to Become the Most Important Energy Suppliers on Earth

The Beetaloo Basin in Australia's Northern Territory is one of the most exciting shale plays nobody is talking about yet. Jason Finlay and Aiden Anderson-Barr from Vantag

Mar 23
1 h 01 min

Inside the Most Advanced Offshore Drillship on Earth

Offshore driller Justin Forrest of Valaris Limited joins Jacob and Mark Meyer to break down what it actually means to sit in the driller's chair on a seventh-gen drillshi

Mar 16
53 min

How Social Media Changed Oil & Gas Forever

Pressure testing, cold calls from Wendy's parking lots, and a family logo that goes back generations. Clint Wagner, Owner of Wagner Energy Services, Juan Macias Jr, Opera

Mar 2
55 min

He Worked Global Oil & Gas, Then Built a Brewery

Sean Hanrahan, Founder and Managing Partner of Platypus Brewing in Houston, spent 25 years in global minerals and oil and gas before trading the corporate world for a bre

Feb 24
54 min

How Dead Oil Fields Became Clean Energy Goldmines

Prabhdeep Sekhon, CEO of Eclipse Energy, breaks down the hydrogen rainbow and why it doesn't tell the whole story about cost, carbon intensity, and water use. From farm b

Feb 16
45 min

The Insane Engineering of Deepwater Oil Production

Austin Draughon spent nine years at BP keeping Gulf of Mexico wells producing tens of thousands of barrels per day from floating platforms in 6,000+ feet of water. He bre

Feb 12
47 min

The Real Reason Your Electric Bill Is Absurdly High

Texas electricity is way more complicated than flipping a switch. Brittany Devlin from DOB Ai breaks down the deregulated energy market where customers can actually choos

Feb 4
56 min

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