The T. Boone Pickens Channel

T. Boone Pickens
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The T. Boone Pickens Channel

Energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens is the founder and CEO at BP Capital, an energy-focused investment firm. He’s made billions of dollars and isn’t timid about spreading it around. His philanthropy supports medical research, athletics, and academics. Never shy about expressing his beliefs, Pickens shares his unique, thoughtful and, often provocative, insights on energy and other topics right here on the T. Boone Pickens Channel.

  1. Episode 48: Inside the Pickens Plan with Peter McCollum and Jason Huntsberry

    07/08/2017

    Episode 48: Inside the Pickens Plan with Peter McCollum and Jason Huntsberry

    Nine years ago today, we launched the Pickens Plan. We knew we had a great idea, and people across the country agreed. We'd held focus groups and found that Americans knew about the problem, but saw that the country lacked an energy plan. They were hungry for something that would work, a specific energy plan that included a little bit of everything -- solar, wind, and natural gas. For the final podcast on the history of the Pickens Plan, I talk with Peter McCollum, strategic communicator and Partner at Whistle Lake Public Affairs, and Jason Huntsberry, President & CEO of Schenck Foods Co. Although they referred to themselves as "little cogs in a big machine," they were a major part of the tight-knit team that makes the Pickens Plan tick.

    17 min
  2. Episode 47: Inside the Pickens Plan with Amy Weiss and Rich Galen

    06/06/2017

    Episode 47: Inside the Pickens Plan with Amy Weiss and Rich Galen

    Washington, D.C. is as divided as it has ever been, and it has become difficult to set politics aside and get things done. But fortunately the Pickens Plan benefited from a bipartisan team that came together to promote a plan that has our nation’s best interests in mind. For the latest episode of the Pickens Podcast, I sat down with Rich Galen, a columnist and former press secretary for U.S. Senators Dan Quayle (R-IN) and Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX), and Amy Weiss, former White House Deputy Press Secretary to President Bill Clinton and press secretary and campaign manager for U.S. Rep Mike Synar (D-OK). These two have reached across the aisle to help make the Pickens Plan work. It just goes to show how successful you can be when you can look past personal politics to focus on a mission.

    14 min
  3. Episode 46: Inside the Pickens Plan with Tammy Haddad and Heather Lauer

    05/11/2017

    Episode 46: Inside the Pickens Plan with Tammy Haddad and Heather Lauer

    Tammy Haddad and Heather Lauer have helped get out the word about the Pickens Plan since I was drawing it up on whiteboards and restaurant napkins. Now, they’ve moved out from behind the scenes to tell stories from nine years of the plan and to discuss the success we’ve had since my idea in the summer of 2008. We recall meetings with Gov. Sarah Palin, Gov. George Pataki and Mike Bloomberg in New York. We discuss how the plan has grown and become a success, thanks to support from all ages and both sides of the aisle.

    22 min
  4. Episode 45: Inside the Pickens Plan with Tom Synhorst and Jay Rosser

    04/27/2017

    Episode 45: Inside the Pickens Plan with Tom Synhorst and Jay Rosser

    T. Boone Pickens is joined by Jay Rosser, his right hand man for 15 years who serves as his VP of Public Affairs, and seasoned political expert Tom Synhorst, who served as the Campaign Manager of the Pickens Plan. They reminisce about the beginnings of the Plan in the summer of 2008, how we were importing $1 billion of foreign oil (it’s about half that today), how we had no energy plan and no prospects for one from either Obama or McCain, and how the campaign focused on converting heavy-duty trucks from diesel to natural gas right from the get-go.

    23 min

  5. 01/31/2017

    Episode 44: Natural Gas Advancements

    As I have been telling you for almost a decade, the benefits of natural gas as a transportation fuel are: It’s cheaper than diesel, it’s cleaner than diesel, it’s abundant, and it’s ours. Listen to this conversation between Fred Smith of FedEx, Chris Spear of American Trucking Associations, and me as we move into a new era of the way our Federal government looks at energy and environment.

    35 min

  6. 01/19/2017

    Episode 43: Inauguration Special

    We went back to several of the most interesting conversations T. Boone Pickens had for the Pickens Podcast series in 2016 and distilled those visits to our discussions of PEOTUS Donald J. Trump. This "greatest hits" episode features Laura Ingraham, Steve Forbes, Carl Icahn, Tom Daschle & Trent Lott, and Haley Barbour. You'll find these conversations fascinating during this Inauguration Season.

    25 min
  7. Episode 42: Joe Nocera

    12/01/2016

    Episode 42: Joe Nocera

    New York Times reporter Joe Nocera and I taped an interesting podcast shortly after our joint appearance at the Texas Tribune Festival. This is a wide-ranging conversation with a little focus on natural gas. I think you’ll find this conversation interesting and fun. It’s also a good summary on where we have been and where we are now on energy.

    23 min
  8. Episode 41: Jack DeGioia and Eduardo Padrón

    10/27/2016

    Episode 41: Jack DeGioia and Eduardo Padrón

    Higher Education: Why is it important and who should pay for it? I went into this discussion with Jack DeGioia, President of Georgetown University, and Eduardo Padrón, President of Miami-Dade College. These two college presidents had the tough task of trying to convince me that a college education should be available to any student that wants one. They came pretty close.

    22 min
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Energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens is the founder and CEO at BP Capital, an energy-focused investment firm. He’s made billions of dollars and isn’t timid about spreading it around. His philanthropy supports medical research, athletics, and academics. Never shy about expressing his beliefs, Pickens shares his unique, thoughtful and, often provocative, insights on energy and other topics right here on the T. Boone Pickens Channel.

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