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Ep. 96 – Featuring Rob West

For our first COBT episode of 2022, we had the great pleasure of hosting Rob West, Founder and Lead Analyst at Thunder Said Energy. With the ongoing crisis in European gas markets and the tense uncertainties over Russian troop deployments along Ukraine’s border, it was rather fitting that Rob joined us live from Estonia for…

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Ep. 88 – “From Methane Leaks to Deal Leaks… with Employee Activism Along the Way”

We often wonder why and how deals leak… and I can imagine many of you wonder the same. Today, we were excited to host the Abernathy MacGregor team to hear their insights on a few topics including the predictability of deal leaks and employee activism. Joining us today are Sydney Isaacs, Managing Director and Head…

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Special Edition – On the Road: Brownsville, Texas – The Hub for Humanity’s Growth as an Interplanetary Species

With so much in the news recently about the private “Race to Space,” you may share a curiosity of ours, and that is “how far along are the commercial space businesses that have planted roots in Texas?” We have specifically been drawn to the exciting developments rapidly unfolding at Boca Chica, Texas just outside Brownsville….

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Ep. 71 – “And Now for a Rousing Halftime Show!” Featuring TPH Research

We have an exciting episode for you today! For the first time, representation from the entire TPH Research Team headlined this week’s session to share key observations from the first half of the year and key focus areas as we enter the second half of 2021. Our all-star TPH Research lineup and their respective topics…

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Ep. 70 – What If Putin Was Hit By A Bus: A Discussion with Dr. Angela Stent

A couple of weeks ago, President Biden met with Russian President Putin in Geneva for their first summit. To help us better understand where Russia has been and where it is going, we reached out to one of the world’s foremost Russia experts, Dr. Angela Stent. We were delighted when she agreed to visit with…

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Ep. 66 – Corporate Governance Featuring Les Csorba

We were thrilled to welcome Les Csorba, Partner in the CEO and Board of Directors Practice at Heidrick & Struggles for this week’s COBT session. Les is a highly experienced executive placement expert and his work focuses on senior-level assignments including CEO and board members across the entire energy value chain. Les began with providing…

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Ep. 61 – Discussion with Bill Farris of the National Renewable Energy Lab

Today we had the pleasure of hosting Bill Farris, Associate Laboratory Director for Innovation, Partnering, and Outreach at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). In his role, Bill focuses on the NREL’s partnership activity and accelerating commercialization and the transfer of laboratory technologies to the marketplace. He’s worked on some pretty fascinating projects and we…

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Ep. 57 – “Adapt and Be Adept” Featuring Terry Anderson

You never know who you might meet on the ski chairlift! As you’ll hear, today we had the pleasure of hosting Terry Anderson, a great friend, author and scholar. Terry is the John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and is the author or editor of nearly 40 books. Terry…

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Ep. 53 – Featuring Alex Pourbaix

For the last few weeks, we have been asking ourselves “what do all these US energy policy decisions (especially Keystone) look like from the Canadian vantage point?” We set out to find a guest that could help us feed that curiosity. Wow did we score! We found Alex Pourbaix, President and Chief Executive Officer of…

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