National Energy Talk: Recent Episodes
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America's energy dreams & global economic realties are in the forefront of economic security and development as discussed in this episode. Stu Turley & Mark Stansberry address several key challenges & opportunities facing the energy industry and its future. The involvement of crucial stakeholders is addressed.
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Federal, Oklahoma, regional & international energy updates with David A. Guest. David discusses with Mark his meeting with the EPA Administrator (Secretary), EPA news, Oklahoma legislation and other energy issues and views....
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In this special episode, Roger Ream, CEO & President, of The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) and Host, Mark A. Stansberry look back at Bicentennial (1976), celebrating this year's 250 years semi quincentennial and reflect on the 50th anniversary class of TFAS. They compare economics, politics and geopolitics of 1976 to 2026; looking at the past, present and future. Also, they recognize and welcome in over 300 interns that have begun the 2026 program this week in Washington D.C.
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From Houston, TX - April 29th, 2026 PPDM Annual Convention with Mark A. Stansberry, Host of National Energy Talk and featured guests: Trudy Curtis & Greg Foley of PPDM, Jon Brewton & Jeff Dalgliesh of Data², and Gordon Klundt of In Focus Data.
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Data² executives continue AI views and trends series with host Mark Stansberry.
Previous Episode: Jon Brewton, CEO of Data², Discusses Key Questions When Addressing AI
Newscape: Chancellor Sean Burrage of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
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In this episode, Jon Brewton, CEO of data², discusses with NET host Mark Stansberry, key questions when addressing AI in energy, higher education, and other disciplines...
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Mark Stansberry, Host of National Energy Talk, addresses state, national & international energy challenges & opportunities. Issues addressed include AI, robotics, education, and workforce...
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In this New Year 2026 episode, Jon Brewton, data² CEO, www.data2.ai, discusses how data² delivers trustworthy, explainable AI solutions with Mark Stansberry, Host of National Energy Talk Podcast. Data² provides their patented hallucination-resistant platform for optimizing results. For more info, contact Mark Stansberry at markastansberry@gmail.com.
Jose Beceiro, Director of site selection at Kroll & with Beceiro Consulting, discusses AI data center sites, the checklist for site selections, economic development, power, energy, water and other natural resources with Mark Stansberry, host of National Energy Talk....
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In this episode, David A. Guest, Mineral Manager & Energy Leader, discusses current energy issues & views along with trends & forecast with Mark Stansberry, Host of National Energy Talk.
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In this episode, Stu Turley, CEO & President of the Sandstone Group & cohost of national podcast "Energy News Beat" discusses current energy obstacles & challenges along with energy solutions & opportunities... recorded 10.29.25
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In this episode Todd Bailey of Ripcord discusses Ripcords robotics & data management in energy with Mark Stansberry, Host of National Energy Talk.
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Jon Brewton, CEO of Data², and Mark Stansberry, Host of National Energy Talk, discuss AI Energy Solutions...
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In this episode Sarah Cove, Managing Director, the Taligens Group, Houston TX, Vancouver, Canada, discusses talent & team development in the corporate energy sector with Mark Stansberry, National Energy Talk show Host. For more information, markastansberry@gmail.com
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In this episode David A. Guest talks about Oklahoma energy legislative actions, international energy overviews, national energy issues & upcoming events in Oklahoma with Mark Stansberry, Host of National Energy Talk. For further information,
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OEPA: 580-332-8659, okenergyproducers.org
NARO: 800-558-0557, naro-us.org
Data² CEO Jon Brewton announces AI patent & discusses innovation with Mark Stansberry, host of National Energy Talk. Reach out to Mark Stansberry, Data² Strategic Advisor to learn more: markastansberry@gmail.com
For more of Jon Brewton, listen to episode 37: Optimizing AI - Jon Brewton, CEO of Data²
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In this episode, Doug Sandridge, president of Fulcrum Capital Energy Funds and founder of Oil & Gas Executives for Nuclear Energy, Denver, CO. discusses global energy issues, policies and the future of nuclear energy with National Energy Talk host Mark Stansberry.
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In this episode, David Blackmon, Texas-based energy expert/analyst & Forbes Senior Contributor discusses energy trends & forecasts, infrastructure, workforce development, & other key energy issues & views with Mark Stansberry, host of National Energy Talk...
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In this episode, Mark Stansberry interviews nationally recognized co-host of Texas based Energy NewsBeat podcast, Michael Tanner. energynewsbeat.co They discuss current economics, events and trends...
David A. Guest, Energy Leader, discusses 2025; State of the State, nation, and international with Mark A. Stansberry, host of National Energy Talk. For information about upcoming conventions and associations regarding the National Association Royalty Owners visit www.naro-us.org. Also for more info on the Oklahoma Energy Producers Alliance go to www.okenergyproducers.org.
In this episode Mark Stansberry interviews Sarah Cove, Managing Partner of Taligens, Houston, TX
Andrew Ranson, director of the Wes Watkins Center for International Trade Development, Oklahoma State University, discusses with Mark Stansberry global energy issues, views, and trade development...
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In this episode Jon Brewton, CEO of Data², is interviewed by Mark A. Stansberry about optimizing AI.
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2024 & Beyond...
This episode is sponsored by David A. Guest, CMM & Oklahoma Energy Producers Alliance (OEPA)
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In this episode, Mark sat down with Sam Fahmy, President & CEO of Ripcord (www.ripcord.com), to discuss the groundbreaking work Ripcord is doing to digitize and optimize document management processes in the energy sector. Topics will include their pioneering robotics and document intelligence...
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Putin’s Oil Heist: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/putinsoilheist
The Big Empty podcast: https://compliancepodcastnetwork.net/the-big-empty-on-5-economic-issues-facing-texas-today-part-1-water/
Stoney Creek Publishing home page: https://stoneycreekpublishing.com/
George Mitchell book: https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781623498030/george-p-mitchell/
Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens: https://stoneycreekpublishing.com/last-trial-boone-pickens
The Big Empty: https://stoneycreekpublishing.com/the-big-empty
Drowning in Oil (audio book): https://www.audible.com/pd/Drowning-in-Oil-BP-the-Reckless-Pursuit-of-Profit-Audiobook/B08DZJLDJX?qid=1688668253&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=BJ5765BR9D9TBG35XHM9&pageLoadId=seWh6dcrYXYQc1zP&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c
David Lawler & Mark Stansberry talk about David's journey, observations about the past, present and future, energy views and issues. This episode is sponsored by David A. Guest, CMM
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Phil Rice / CEO of Align Energy Solutions
Sarah Cove / Managing Director at The Taligens Group
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Andrew Ranson is the director of the Wes Watkins Center for International Trade Development (CITD) at Oklahoma State University.
The Wes Watkins Center for International Trade Development was founded in 1990 and strives to bring the knowledge, network and resources of OSU to make Oklahoma more globally competitive, increasing trade and creating jobs to keep Oklahoma companies and students in the state to build their futures.
In addition, the CITD operates a fully accredited International Trade Center (ITC) that is part of the Oklahoma Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network. It assists entrepreneurs and businesses navigating the international trade journey.
Website: citd.okstate.edu Email: citd1@okstate.edu Email: andrewranson@okstate.edu
Stacey Huddleston returns to the podcast!
Stacey Huddleston serves as Vice President, Business Development Officer at Seacoast Business Funding. Mr. Huddleston is based in the Midwest and will focus on expanding the Seacoast portfolio in the region. He brings over twenty years of expertise in the financial and alternative lending space providing creative solutions for businesses with complex financial needs.
Huddleston is a US Army Veteran who holds a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University and an MBA from Baker University. He has held many distinguished positions throughout his career dedicated to providing businesses with financing to meet their strategic goals. Mr. Huddleston is a member of the SF Net, International Factoring Association, and Association for Corporate Growth.
Stacey Huddleston on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceyhuddleston Website: seacoastbusinessfunding.com stacey.huddleston@seacoastbf.com
Mark visits with David Guest, vice president of Guest Petroleum, Inc.
Websites mentioned in the interview: OEPA: okenergyproducers.org NARO: naru-us.org Oil Expo: okoilexpo.com
Stacey Huddleston serves as Vice President, Business Development Officer at Seacoast Business Funding. Mr. Huddleston is based in the Midwest and will focus on expanding the Seacoast portfolio in the region. He brings over twenty years of expertise in the financial and alternative lending space providing creative solutions for businesses with complex financial needs.
Huddleston is a US Army Veteran who holds a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University and an MBA from Baker University. He has held many distinguished positions throughout his career dedicated to providing businesses with financing to meet their strategic goals. Mr. Huddleston is a member of the SF Net, International Factoring Association, and Association for Corporate Growth.
Stacey Huddleston on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceyhuddleston
Email: stacey.huddleston@seacoastbf.com
Matt Carter is the President & CEO of Carter Wind Energy
As an industry leader with more than 50 years of wind energy experience, Carter has been a pioneer of the light-weight, self-erecting, two-blade wind turbine design.
Having installed more than 800 turbines worldwide and accumulating millions of operating hours, Carter’s technology and manufacturing know-how has proven to be a real game changer in the renewable energy industry.
Visit Carter Wind Energy's website: https://carterwind.com/
Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
Visit Oil & Gas Journal online: ogj.com
Bob also writes for RBN Energy. View his columns here: rbnenergy.com/users/bob-tippee
Part 2 of a 2-part interview
Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
Visit Oil & Gas Journal online: ogj.com/
Bob also writes for RBN Energy. View his columns here: https://rbnenergy.com/users/bob-tippee
Part 1 of a 2-part interview
Align Strategies helps companies attract amazing talent and outstanding clients through holistic alignment at the convergence of talent, client, and industry.
Phil Rice, CEO and Discovery Specialist at Align, is an accomplished entrepreneur, creator, alignment strategist, and certified yoga instructor. With his background in business, the arts, and yoga meditation practices, he approaches problem solving in a business context in a uniquely holistic way. As co-founder of Align, he helps companies be good by emphasizing holistic alignment as it relates to company engagement with employees, clients, and industries at large. Alongside this work, he is co-founder of the content agency, HUMNATIVE, and founder of a nonprofit prayer and meditation organization called Ember, creators of the meditative resource and software application, Slō. Motivated by a desire to see business as a partner in human thriving and environmental sustainability, he lives by the mantra, we must do this differently.
Ashley Nichols, COO and Discovery Specialist at Align, is a creative with a background in branding and design, leadership development, and strategic operations. She is passionate about utilizing these combined areas of focus to create cohesive brands with beautiful collateral, build thriving individuals and teams, and implement effective, sustainable processes. Ashley comes with a blend of entrepreneurial and corporate experience including her beginnings serving as Photo Shoot Producer for a clothing brand in Southern California, and later launching a boutique wedding photography company in her home state of Georgia. In 2017, Ashley relocated to Oklahoma City where she served as Operations Manager and Senior Consultant for GiANT Worldwide. In this role she facilitated global project management and coordinated with 100+ consultants in nine countries, while actively consulting individuals and teams across various sectors of industry on topics of leadership development, communication, self-awareness and maximized performance. For the last two years as Creative Manager at Hobby Lobby, Ashley has simultaneously led and mentored multiple teams with specialties in photography, craft design, styling, set design, copywriting and warehouse logistics. Her current entrepreneurial endeavors include working with multiple organizations in the for-profit and non-profit sectors providing services in branding, marketing, graphic design, content creation, and social media management.
Visit Align's website: wearealign.co
In this podcast Owen Plowman will talk about his software technology perspective on what he sees going on in the upstream industry, and some trends that are starting to take hold.
Operators are keen to use their capital as effectively and efficiently as possible, and so are always seeking ways to improve performance. Owen has seen significant gains achieved from a focus on the organization and how it works, and the software tools used for scheduling operations. By focusing on specific aspects of performance improvement as it applies to people, and putting an advanced scheduling tool in place, the energy and expertise of all disciplines may be focused on drilling execution and how it may be improved. Some examples from the real world will illustrate the benefits that result.
Visit Actenum online: actenum.com
Jason Spiess is an multi-award-winning journalist, entrepreneur and content consultant. Spiess has over 30 years of media experience in broadcasting, journalism, reporting and principal ownership in media companies.
Spiess is currently the host of several newsmagazine programs and podcasts that carry a radio network that spans five states and two countries, as well as worldwide through iTunes and other podcast platforms, as well as a social media audience of over 300K followers.
View Jason's website, The Crude Life: https://www.thecrudelife.com/
Gray Frederickson is an Academy Award-winning producer who won an Oscar as Co-Producer of The Godfather Part II and received an Academy Award nomination for his work as Co-Producer of Apocalypse Now, has won an Emmy for producing “Dream No Little Dream, The Life and Times of Robert S. Kerr”. He was the executive producer of “The Grand Energy Transition” a recently produced documentary about natural gas. Mr. Frederickson had been working as president of a motion picture production company, Graymark Productions Inc. (GRMK), publicly traded on NASDAQ, until it merged with a health care company, Graymark Healthcare (GRMH), in the spring of 2008.
Gray Frederickson is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Academy of Television Art and Sciences, The Directors Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild.
Read the recent article in The Oklahoman: "The Godfather of Oklahoma Film" (12/3/21: https://www.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2021/12/03/godfather-oklahoma-film-oscar-winner-gray-frederickson-keeps-working-home-state-the-outsiders/5548962001/
Mark reviews events in the energy industry and in his work from 2021, and he gives a preview of what's ahead in 2022.
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This episode is an excerpt of Mark's recent talk entitled "America's Energy Pathways: Natural Gas, Infrastructure & Digital Transformation" at the 2021 NARO (National Association of Royalty Owners) National Convention.
Mark LaCour has lived and worked in the oil and gas industry for over 25 years. Later he started his own market research company and has a well-earned reputation as an industry “insider” and independent 3rd party researcher. This led to him becoming a part of the new media, where he has the top oil and gas podcasts in the world. He is a sought after public speaker, author, sits on several oil & gas boards and has one of the top oil & gas presences in social media.
View Mark LaCour's full bio on his website: https://oggn.com/host/mark-lacour/ Follow Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mark_LaCour Check out all of OGGN's podcasts: https://oggn.com/podcasts/
José Beceiro is the founder and CEO of Beceiro Strategies. He has worked in the cleantech and high-tech industries for 15 years. His background and areas of expertise include clean energy project development, site selection, university research collaboration, economic development strategy, and corporate business development. As a fundraiser, José has raised over 1 million dollars per year in corporate support for university programs. As an economic developer, he helped grow Austin’s cleantech industry to over 250 companies and 20,000 jobs.
José serves as the Senior Director of the Global Energy 2.0 initiative for the Greater Houston Partnership.
View José's full bio on his website: https://www.beceirostrategies.com/about-jos-2
Listen to Mark's previous interview with José back in February 2012: https://soundcloud.com/theweeklyroundtable/weekly-roundtable-jose-beceiro
Robert W. Jordan is Diplomat in Residence and adjunct professor of political science in the John G. Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2002 to 2003 and as partner in the international law firm Baker Botts L.L.P. for many years where he headed the Middle East practice in Dubai.
View Ambassador Jordan's website: https://www.ambassadorjordan.com/
Read about Ambassador Jordan's book, "Desert Diplomat: Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9/11" :https://www.amazon.com/Desert-Diplomat-Inside-Arabia-Following/dp/1612346707/
Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. is the President of Keener Oil and served as the 39th Mayor of Tulsa, OK. Bartlett graduated from Regis College in Denver with a degree in Accounting. Afterwards, he obtained an MBA in Finance from SMU in Dallas.
From 1990 to 1994 Bartlett was a City Councillor for the city of Tulsa. In 2009, Bartlett ran for mayor and beat Democrat Tom Adelson. He assumed office on December 7th of 2009. Bartlett served a second term until 2016. During that time he was a champion for government reform, supported city-wide initiatives for education as well as promoted small businesses through economic development throughout Tulsa.
Bartlett’s father, Dewey F. Bartlett Senior served as governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971. He later represented Oklahoma as a United States Senator from 1973 to 1979. His mother, Ann Bartlett, was First Lady of Oklahoma.
Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. is currently the President of Keener Oil and Gas Company. Bartlett’s grandfather D. A. Bartlett started the company and brought operations to Tulsa in the early 1900s. Through generations of the Bartlett family, Keener has remained a leader in the oil and gas industry of Tulsa.
Bartlett Jr. has also served as the chairman of the Oklahoma Energy Resource Board, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, Tulsa Community College Foundation, the National Stripper Well Association, Tulsa Airport Authority, The American Red Cross, the Grand River Dam Authority and has served on the board of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.
Links: Dewey's website: https://www.deweybartlett.com/ OEPA: https://www.okenergyproducers.org/
Rebecca Ponton is a career journalist. Her work has always focused on women and their achievements. She lived abroad for 14 years and, while most of that time was spent in the Middle East, in the United Arab Emirates (both Dubai and Abu Dhabi), she also lived briefly in Azerbaijan, where she worked for the UN in a freelance capacity, and wrote two booklets about the UN's work there, and then lived in Kazakhstan for a short time. In 2011, she became a petroleum landman, working mainly in the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas. She combined her interest in the energy industry with her love of writing and in 2019, her first book, Breaking the GAS Ceiling: Women in the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry, was published by Modern History Press. She has been an energy contributor to Forbes.com and currently is the editor-in-chief of Oilwoman Magazine.
Links: Order the book Breaking the Gas Ceiling: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Gas-Ceiling-Offshore-Industry/dp/1615994432/ Rebecca's writing for Oilwoman Magazine: https://oilwomanmagazine.com/author/rebecca-ponton/ Rebecca's writing at Forbes.com: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaponton/ Rebecca on Twitter: https://twitter.com/breakgasceiling Rebecca's email: editor@oilwomanmagazine.com Emmanuel Sullivan's email: publisher@oilmanmagazine.com
Mark Stansberry kicks off the National Energy Podcast! Check out what to expect as Mark talks to leaders in the energy business.