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Boomtown

In a rugged corner of West Texas, billionaire wildcatters and roughnecks are fueling an oil boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics. This modern-day gold rush has sent... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Highway To Hell | Chapter 1

Highway To Hell | Chapter 1

Host Christian Wallace takes us back to his hometown in the Permian Basin, which is nearly unrecognizable to him today. ... Read more

10 Dec 2019

47mins

Ranked #2

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Rise of the Permian | Chapter 2

Rise of the Permian | Chapter 2

We go back to 1923, and the Santa Rita No. 1, the well that put West Texas oil on the map. We recount the beginnings of ... Read more

17 Dec 2019

39mins

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Ranked #3

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Dust to Dust | Chapter 3

Dust to Dust | Chapter 3

A devastating bust transforms the Permian from a promised land into a wasteland. Then, thanks to a quiet, unassuming Tex... Read more

24 Dec 2019

41mins

Ranked #4

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Boobtown | Chapter 5

Boobtown | Chapter 5

We explore a different kind of boom in the Permian Basin. Meet the women working at a lingerie coffee shop, a “breastaur... Read more

7 Jan 2020

36mins

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Life and Death on the Rig | Chapter 4

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 ... Read more

31 Dec 2019

34mins

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