Boomtown

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Boomtown

  • 3 minutes 52 seconds
    Wondery Presents: Frozen Head

    Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid.


    When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because Laurence and others like him have signed up to be frozen and brought back to life in the future. And that belief will pull multiple generations of the Pilgeram family into a cryonics soap opera filled with dead pets, gold coins, grenades, fist fights, mysterious packages, family feuds, Hall of Fame baseball legends, and frozen heads — lots of frozen heads. From Wondery, comes a story about life, death, and what comes next.


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    23 January 2023, 9:00 am
  • 32 minutes 23 seconds
    Special Preview Episode: Elizabeth the First. The Early Years

    Here’s your special preview episode of the new series Elizabeth the First – about the remarkable life of Elizabeth Taylor.


    In this preview, we learn how Elizabeth’s ambitious spirit was unmistakable early in life. The relationship with her parents and the push into the glamour and prestige of Hollywood collided with the reality of a male-dominated business – one that was more interested in making Taylor a product, than the person she knew herself to be.


    Headline News says ‘I love Elizabeth the First’ and the Toronto Star says the podcast is ‘sumptuously produced’. Find out what all the buzz is about by listening to the full series right now:


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    30 November 2022, 10:00 am
  • 42 minutes 54 seconds
    Boomtown Follow-up: The One-Two Punch | Chapter 12

    Christian Wallace talks to some familiar faces from the Boomtown series in an attempt to understand what happened on April 20, 2020—when oil prices went negative for the first time in history.

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    30 April 2020, 7:40 am
  • 56 minutes 9 seconds
    The Last Frontier | Chapter 11

    Record-breaking oil production in the Permian Basin has brought the boom to the doorstep of the Big Bend for the first time. Is it too late to save this pristine landscape?


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    18 February 2020, 8:20 am
  • 48 minutes 21 seconds
    The Mitchell Paradox | Chapter 10

    No oil and gas baron since John D. Rockefeller has made more of an impact on society than George P. Mitchell. But this son of poor Greek immigrants who died a billionaire wanted to leave a legacy beyond oil and gas.


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    11 February 2020, 8:20 am
  • 40 minutes 16 seconds
    A Dark Horizon | Chapter 9

    Christian talks with renowned business writer Bethany McLean about how the finances of fracking aren't what they're cracked up to be.


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    4 February 2020, 8:20 am
  • 57 minutes 55 seconds
    Wild West Texas | Chapter 8

    The uneasy alliance between ranchers and the oil industry goes all the way back to the early wildcatting days in West Texas. But today, that relationship is more fraught than ever.

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    28 January 2020, 8:20 am
  • 43 minutes 59 seconds
    Mojo Magic | Chapter 7

    The Permian Basin is the birthplace of Friday Night Lights. But the historic oil boom threatens beloved high school football traditions.

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    21 January 2020, 8:20 am
  • 34 minutes 18 seconds
    A Thin Line | Chapter 6

    During booms, the Permian Basin sees a rise in prostitution charges. But misperceptions and stereotypes about sex work have led to policies that may actually harm the women involved.


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    14 January 2020, 8:20 am
  • 36 minutes 32 seconds
    Boobtown | Chapter 5

    We explore a different kind of boom in the Permian Basin. Meet the women working at a lingerie coffee shop, a “breastaurant,” and two area strip clubs.


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    7 January 2020, 7:31 pm
  • 34 minutes 17 seconds
    Life and Death on the Rig | Chapter 4

    In the Permian Basin, the rewards of roughnecking come with incredible risk. For one Andrews family, that danger became a true nightmare.

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    31 December 2019, 8:20 am
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