What The Funk?

Should the industry stop using BOE and switch to BOV? Dwayne Purvis thinks so. Nerd alert: We dig deep into the science of Oil & Gas...but we also got into the man, Big Perv: Dwayne grew up the son of a preacher, with no interest in working in Oil & Gas...but fate and scholarship money led him to it. Also, Dwayne educates TLo and the Funkmeister on what life is like as a consultant in Oil...

Remember when you were rejected from the University of Colorado, but accepted to Colorado School of Mines?! No? Well, our guy Eric Marshall does. A small town kid from Western CO. dubbed the "Pride of the Poudre" and the "Dude from Delta", Eric fled his small town roots and made his mark in International Oil & Gas, then Houston, before settling in Denver. Eric takes us through some CRAZY stori...

Some people just have "it". Bradford Remley? Dude's got "it". Some people say they do gas compression. Bradford calls it "moving money". Some people went to High School. Others (ahem, Brad) did the morning announcements every day. A dynamic speaker who dove into being a miltary brat (Tim can relate), an Accountant, A business leader, and member of the Midland Chamber of Commerce. An easy listen wi...

Lawyers. Landman. Tribal land experts. Technologists. Okies. In this episode of TOTB, Monica Smith Griffin and Scott St. John dive deep into the many businesses that they run, how they stay sane, and talk about how lawyers do it in their briefs. Ok, maybe not the last part. A couple of energetic high achievers take the mic to rap with the fellas and make fun of longtime podcast listener Trent Stok...

Matt Harriman likes making work suck less. He even says it on his company, Pod2's, website. But he also specifically mentions that Al Pacino does not work at his company, so we never know with this wild card. Anyhow, Matt walks us through his history, what he enjoys doing, his consulting company and technology ideas. Bonus: Dr. Funkenstein records this episode from the confines of another DW podca...

From Rigs and Real Estate to #TOTB. Collin Placke, #gigem joins the fellas to talk about his methods behind creating financial freedom, "side hustling", and how he hedges against being "all in" with his oil career - and teaches others how to do the same. Collin takes us through working at companies big and small...the differences between working in Midland and Denver...and how to balance raising a...

From Midland Lee High and Friday Night Lights (as a highly decorated football state champion) to Lee-ving Midland for D-1 Football at Texas Tech...to foregoing amateur eligibility to be in football movies (Friday Night Lights, Invincible, etc.) with Mark Wahlberg and The Rock....to eventually coming back to West Texas and long days in the oilfield. Joe Norman takes us on this wild ride as the fell...

Podcasters. Fieldhands. Crossfitters. IPA Drinkers. Football players. Some of these apply to Justin Gauthier...but not necessarily the ones you might think. The Bearded Beast from Canada takes us from his path from the gridiron, to the oilfield, to the energy capital of the world, to, of course, the podcast studio. Come on in to hear three dudes who never intended to have a podcast talk about havi...

Elizabeth DeStephens is Amazing ... For the uber talented Elizabeth DeStephens, life is about learning, helping people, and contributing to society. One might even call her the Mother Teresa of the oil & gas industry. I did once. We learn about going from Ohio to Florida to Houston to California (CRC)...From Upstream A & D to Tech Startups and Nonprofits, Elizabeth's versatility and overal...

Yale. MIT. Speechwriting for the Secretary of the US Treasury. New Hampshire vacations. Tripping Over the Barrel. Folks, when Josh Adler goes in...he goes ALL in. Only the best of the best for the CEO of one of the hottest Energy Tech startups, "Sourcewater". Josh joins the fellas to talk about growing up in DC, working at tech startups in the 90s, entrepreneurship, summer homes, technology evolut...

Pardon us the political references, but Chris Robart is our first of back to back guests from the Washington, DC area. The dynamic Chief Customer officer of Ambyint takes us down a number of paths including: building incredible technology, views on Production optimization, and Working with your twin brother. PS: Video now. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the communit...

California: Big state, Big consumer. Big reserves. Big importer of Oil. Huh? Mike Umbro, investor, entrepreneur, and now aspiring energy producer joins TOTB to talk all things California, Oil & Gas, virtue-signaling vs greenwashing and his Big opinions. A San Diego native who went to Pepperdine, Mike enjoys ocean views, palm trees, "Anchorman", and his oil locally produced. Super lively episod...

This week we were joined by our soviet compadres, Michael Maltsev and Nikolai Korniyuk from RigER. The guys were forced to hear Jeremy’s passport sob story (not fun), talk about their passion for Religion (hockey, fun), and dive into how a couple of Russian dudes ended up in Calgary, helping automate the way North American field rental companies do business. A unique episode with the leaders of a...

Chad Spencer is a true renaissance man, guy does it all, including...waving knives around on LinkedIn?! Hanging with Chad, we learned about his deep Houston roots, his approach to investments, his passion for recruiting, his expertise in all social media...and that cold calling is live and well...Bonus: Remember that time when you were golfing, and lmost qualified for the US Open? Oh, that was Cha...

Becky and Sanjay sitting in a tree e-v-o-l-v-i-n-g. The Evolve Collective is a new age idea that will spawn many copycats. The collective is a worldwide “village” made up of a group of accomplished professionals, energy industry veterans, and somehow, Dr. Funkenstein. The goal is to help startups get the most out of their company. The variety of skillsets amongst the villagers has created a Swiss...

Curating genuine, relatable, and hilarious content is essential to building your brand on social media. In the Oil & Gas industry, two and funniest are Steph and Donnie Davis. The Davis clan came on to talk about working in the same industry, from the same office, and raising the same kid. Also might be married. We pose questions such as: "who is the funnier of you two?"..."what is it like to...

TOTB is a little over a year old. So is Round the Rotary podcast. We made 50 episodes in year 1. The man, JP Warren? 110! Dude is the Lou Gehrig of Podcasts. Thanks for big timing us like that!! JP, the long-haired wonder who is 6'5" and never played sports joined the guys to do a retrospective on "The first year of Podcasting '' in a close knit oil and gas content space. We handed out superlative...

Two months ago, Kyle Golden, P2 executive and a good friend of TOTB had a simple message: “you guys need to have Thomas Feighny on your podcast, the guy is electric”. And boy, was he right. Thomas was born with the gift of gab, a passion for storytelling, and a desire to march to the beat of his own drum. Buying a used police cruiser at an Amarillo, TX auction? Sure! Starting a new company in the...

Did you move your family from Houston to Montana in the middle of the pandemic with your 5 children? John Ferrell did! The CEO and Founder of Well Database (and friend of the DW family) joins the guys to rap about all things Oil & Gas Data, running a startup software company, balancing family, and why taking on investor funding isn't always the answer. John is a seasoned podcast veteran, and t...

Luke Wallace dreams of having a vineyard on the coast of Italy. Or living in Malaysia. Or snowshoeing in the foothills of the Rockies. Or owning a fleet of trucks. But for now? He enjoys being the King of artificial lift. In this episode of TOTB, Luke gives us his history - working at companies large and small, being mentored by artificial lift experts, and gives us a crash course on the seven typ...

A Cajun. A Yankees fan. A man who is quite certain that #PaperIsTheProblem. Steven Toups joins the guys this week to talk about the digitization of documents in oil and gas, and how we have just scratched the surface of the industry’s digital transformation. Steven is an optimist with high energy and a unique perspective on where our industry is headed...a fun listen! Join the conversation shaping...

Whitney Wickes ROCKS. While our opinions may or may not be credible...would you believe Forbes Magazine? After all, they awarded her "30 under 30" in Energy last year. Whitney walked us through growing up in Aspen (yes, people are actually born and grow up there, apparently), to professional skiing to being a competitive equestrian. Now? WW has co-founded her own company and moved to Sheridan, WY,...

Bringing the Energy, Jeremy Gottlieb aka“Young Gotti” joins TOTB this week to let the fellas Inside the mind of a Petroleum expert, and startup leader. Jeremy G. has passion, confidence, and a burning desire to bring digital transformation to the Energy Tech world. We dive into his desire to emulate Robinhood, Amazon, and why 10x better than the status quo is the minimum. Bonus: Insights on how to...

Wisdom: noun: The quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; The quality of being wise. Also known as " something the hosts of this Podcast lack, but The Saga Wisdom executives have in spades." Mike Hwozdecki and John Thompson came on to discuss the shared experience of the glory days at Fekete (now part of IHS Markit), the wisdom gained from Mark Bahorich and the crew that built...

Ever think back fondly to a place you once worked? Amanda Stevens (now at Whiting) and Jason Olbekson (now at Salesforce) come on and shared their favorite stories from their time at BOLO. For those of you who don't know BOLO, it is Oil & Gas Accounting Software. For those that do? Well, before P2 acquired them, it was a personality-filled, fun-loving, and fast-growing company. What made it su...