Max Gagliardi

Always Be Building

Business EN ↓ 223 episodes

The Always Be Building Podcast explores business, entrepreneurship, markets, and current events with insightful commentary and engaging conversations. Whether it's building a company, expanding your knowledge, or creating a better life, we’re all building something. Hosted by entrepreneur Max Gagliardi—who has founded companies across Energy, Real Estate, Tech, Hospitality, and Media—the show brings unique perspectives on the forces shaping our world. Originally launched as Talk Energy , the podcast ran for 160 episodes focused on the energy sector before evolving into Always Be Building . New...

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Max Gagliardi

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Business

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www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Apr 29, 2025

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Episodes

#73: TE Insights - Thanksgiving Market Craziness 27.11.2021

We are live for this week's episode of Talk. Energy Insights with co-host David Heikkinen!  The date is 11/26/21.  -Crazy energy markets (new variant!)  -What we are thankful for -Alt Coins as securities?  -Deliverability as a constraint for commodities growth Hope you enjoy the show! Talk. Energy Podcast: https://talk.energy / Twitter: https://lnkd.in/guUwXJf Twitter: https://lnkd.in/gnQsRAu...

#72: Colorado Oil & Gas 22.11.2021

This episode’s guest is Dan Haley, the President and CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association. Dan has been in this position since 2015 and it has put him on the frontlines of the policy discussion for oil & gas regulations in Colorado.  I’d been paying attention to Dan’s content that he puts out on LinkedIn and knew that he would be a great spokesperson for the industry to have on the po...

#71: TE Insights - Danny Brown, CEO Oasis Petroleum 19.11.2021

We recorded this week's episode of TE Insights earlier this week. This episode we had Danny Brown the CEO of Oasis Petroleum on the podcast. Was great to have Danny on and hear about all the things they have been working on over at Oasis since he joined on earlier this year. Hope you enjoy the show! Talk. Energy Podcast: https://talk.energy / Twitter: https://lnkd.in/guUwXJf Twitter: https://...

#70: Riding the New Wave 16.11.2021

This episode’s guest is Jake Corley, one of the co-founders of the Digital Wildcatters. Jake is someone that reached out to connect very early when I started making content, in fact I think he was the very first person to follow me on Twitter. So Jake I just want to say thank you, you bought the stock when it was really low.  We filmed this episode after Jake and I moderated the TXOGA Tech showcas...

#69: TE Insights 11-14-21 15.11.2021

Heik and I did a Sunday night livestream for TE Insights #20.  We covered a variety of topics in an open riff format, including:  -Recent business happenings -Carbon credits -The price of carbon -Goals for the future of the podcast -Monthly Book Club Hope you enjoy the show!

#68: Riot 09.11.2021

This episode’s guest is Jason Les, the CEO of Riot Blockchain. Riot is one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies in the US.   Utilizing disadvantaged energy located in rural West Texas, Riot is currently building out their Whinstone facility, which when complete will be one of the largest Bitcoin mining sites in the world. When I look at the pictures of Riot’s operations, I can’t...

#67: TE Insights 11/4/21 06.11.2021

We are live for this week's Talk. Energy Insights. This week we are going to talk about E&P earnings, the Continental Resources / Pioneer Acquisition, and do a recap of the TXOGA annual conference.   Hope you enjoy the show!  Talk. Energy Podcast: https://talk.energy/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/max_gagliardi  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkenergy  YouTube: https://www.y...

#66: Legends Dinner 02.11.2021

This episode is a special one because we have multiple guests as well as a guest host, my Dad, Frank Gagliardi. This episode we sat down after the Oklahoma Geological Foundation board meeting and interviewed three of the foundation’s board members, Lanny Holman, Mark Lester, and Tom Cronin.  This first half of the episode Frank sits in as guest host to discuss the Oklahoma Geological Foundation an...

#65: TE Insights - Inflation & The Energy Transition 29.10.2021

We recorded this week's episode of TE Insights with guest MacKenzie Davis, a Managing Director of SailingStone Capital Partners.  This episode we talk about a recent white paper SailingStone wrote in partnership with Pickering Energy Partners titled "Inconvenient Truths", an analysis of the real-world implications of the Energy Transition with a focus on the opportunities and challe...

#63: Bizzaro World 20.10.2021

This episode’s guest is David Ramsden-Wood, the Host of the Hot Take of the Day podcast.  DRW is a guy that I’ve wanted to have on the podcast for a while now and is someone that is outspoken in the energy content space, and he’s also not afraid to speak his mind about pretty much any controversial topic there is.  I’ve often posted about how there are few people left in this world that have princ...

#62: TE Spaces - Mineral Royalties & Bitcoin Mining 19.10.2021

This episode is another live recording of a Twitter spaces conversation about mineral royalties and bitcoin mining. This is a topic that always seems to have a lot of interest and also seems to have a fairly polarizing effect on people.  We start the conversation with a Twitter user that asked to come on the podcast and is viewing the topic from a landman/mineral owner perspective. The conversatio...

#61: TE Spaces - Oil & Gas Speakeasy 17.10.2021

This last Wednesday I did a recorded Twitter spaces that was titled "Oil & Gas Speakeasy" where random Twitter people hoped up on stage and we discussed a variety of different energy topics including: -Oil field supply chain issues -Oil field services -OPEC -Inflation -Specific shale plays -Nat gas and Bitcoin -Lots of other random topics Hope you enjoy the show! Talk. Energy Podcast...

#60: Canada OG 12.10.2021

This episode's guest is Stacey McDonald. Stacey has a 15 year background working in capital markets with expertise focused on Energy, Natural Resources, and growth companies.  Stacey also runs her own consulting firm and sits on the board of Bonterra Energy and Birtchcliff Energy, one of Canada's leading natural gas producers.    This episode is filled with discussions about the current...

#59: TE Insights - 10/8/21 09.10.2021

We did a live recording of this week's talk energy insights. This was a short twitter spaces episode where Heik and I hit on some topical events and riff for 30 minutes.  Enjoy!  Talk. Energy Podcast: https://talk.energy/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/max_gagliardi  Twitter: https://twitter.com/heik_energy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkenergy  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com...

#58: Midstream & Bitcoin Mining w/ Adam Ortolf & Twitter Guests 06.10.2021

Went live on Twitter Spaces with Adam Oftolf  (@denverbitcoin) from Upstream Data to talk natural gas bitcoin mining and specifically the implications for midstream companies. Had some good guest speakers hop on like Ryan Leachman with Jai Energy and Mario Andres Gutierrez with Unchained Capital.  Hope you enjoy the show!

#57: Hotdogoil 05.10.2021

This episode’s guest is Jon Ptashnik , founder and managing member of Hound Resources. Jon is also. been making oil and gas operator content and posting it to Twitter under his account name HotDogOil.  Jon’s content is some of my favorite content to consume. I love watching videos out on the lease seeing his tanks fill up with oil or watching him start up his gas treating plants. He is a great fol...

#56: TE Insights 10/1/21 Twitter Spaces Rip 02.10.2021

We went live for this week's episode of Talk Energy Insights. This week we mixed it up and did a Twitter spaces at the same time as the live stream and I think we are going to continue this format into the future because we had over 70 live listeners tune in.  This week we did an open mic session and had members come up from the studio and ask questions. I thought this one turned out really g...

#55: ADBB 28.09.2021

This episode’s guest is Kyle Peters, the founder of Bluestem Energy. Kyle is also known in the EFT Twitter world as ADBB.  Kyle has a land background and has spent his career hustling up lease and mineral deals. He’s recently stepped out to start his own mineral buying company. Kyle also has a background raising and showing prized show goats, which is a world that I didn’t know existed and has bee...

#54: TE Insights 9/25/21 25.09.2021

We went live for this week’s episode of Talk. Energy Insights.  Topics: -ConocoPhillips acquisition of Shell’s Permian Assets -The war of ideas between the green side and the legacy energy producers -Other stream of consciousness ramblings Hope you enjoy the show! Talk. Energy Podcast: https://talk.energy/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/max_gagliardi  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talk...

#53: Gas-to-Hash 21.09.2021

This episode’s guest is Ryan Leachman, the Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of JAI Energy. Ryan was born and raised in the Canadian oil fields and started his career as a petroleum engineer.  After a well that his company drilled didn’t have access to a pipeline Ryan got his first experience with Bitcoin mining as a way to mitigate flared gas at the well site.  After seeing Bitcoin mining fi...

#52: TE Insights - Max Germin 18.09.2021

We went live for Talk. Energy Insights on September 17th, 2021 with guest Max Germin.  Max is the CFO of Dara Energy and his company is active in the E&P acquisition space.  This episode we cover:  -Upstream oil & gas deal market and current trends -Challenges facing oil and gas dealmakers -Potential for a looming energy crisis from lack of investment? Hope you enjoy the show!  Talk. Energ...

#51: The Sax 14.09.2021

This episode's guest Saxby Stradinger. Saxby is the founder of Blackffin Exploration, and an old friend of mine from back to the very early days of my career. Saxby was one of the first friends I made in the energy industry out of college and we both worked in Chesapeake Energy Marketing across with offices across the hall from each other.  When Saxby is not busy training for triathlons he is...

#50: TE Insights - Being a Founder 13.09.2021

We were live on Friday 9/10/21 for Talk. Energy Insights!  This episode we talk about our personal experience of being a founder.   Hope you enjoy the show! Talk. Energy Podcast: https://talk.energy/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/max_gagliardi  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkenergy  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkEnergyPodcast

#49: Inside the Mine 07.09.2021

This episode’s guest is Daniel Frumkin, the head of research and content for Braiins / Slushpool.  Slushpool is one of the oldest Bitcoin mining pools still in existence and has been a pioneer in the space since the early days of Bitcoin.  Daniel started out his career researching and writing content about Bitcoin and eventually landed with Braiins back in 2019. Working for one the O.G. Bitcoin mi...

#48: TE Insights - Chef Dee & Hurricane Ida Relief - 9/3/21 03.09.2021

We were live for this week's episode of Talk. Energy Insights with special guest Chef Dee Lavigne to hear her story of being a New Orleans Entrepreneur and the challenges faced during COVID and Hurricane Ida. We also talk about ways that people can help those who have been impacted. Hope you enjoy the show! Talk. Energy Podcast: https://talk.energy / Twitter: https://lnkd.in/guUwXJf LinkedIn:...

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