BidOut co-founders and former High School classmates, Tyler Cherry and Rodney Giles join guest co-host, John Kalfayan and Funk at the Digital Wildcatters Worldwide Headquarters to talk all things procurement, fraud, starting and growing a business during a pandemic, and disruption in Oil & Gas purchasing. A fun in-person podcast that serves valuable lessons in maintaining strong connections and how cost savings are more readily available for Operators than they may realize.

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Alyssa Arnold is one of those people whose energy you can feel. A natural-born leader with compassion, empathy, and above all, passion. Alyssa and Funk dig deep into how to balance marriage, raising 3 kids, investing in and advising startups, entrepreneurship, and much more. A fun and wide-ranging discussion life from the Digital Wildcatters Houston studios.

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An apple a day keeps climate change away...or something like that. 

A couple of PhDs, Andrew Parker of SPL and Karthik Balakrishnan of Actual come on the Pod to chat about climate change, sustainability, ESG, and the future of Oil & Gas. Dr. Parker, like Funk, is from New Hampshire...a rarity in the Oil & Gas industry. The fellas discuss their upbringing and greenwashing, and provide expert-level commentary while removing bias on what is a divisive topic in Upstream. A unique episode with some of the brightest minds in the game.

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Old friend Soroosh Seyhoon joins Funk to interview his boss and legendary Sales leader Lindsey Herndon Goodgion, the CRO at Quorum. Quorum is one of the world's largest Energy Tech firms and has grown organically and through acquisition. Lindsey tells us about her path from the San Diego surf to the Texas turf, navigating change at work, managing international growth, and not accepting no for an answer. A super fun listen featuring two of the best at their craft.

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Steven Hatcher, aka Minerals Guy, comes on this episode of What the Funk to discuss all things minerals, building a brand from scratch, and moving to Colorado from Louisiana. Also, on a meaningful personal note, Funk and Hatcher discuss sobriety and all that entails. Tune in!

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A.K.A. the "IDK the IRA" episode. Karthik Balakrishnan of Actual and David Stewart of Greenfield Environmental school up Funk on the "Inflation Reduction Act" - breaking down a bill that affects more than just energy producers. The IRA is long, complicated, and multi-faceted, but these two brainiacs have studied the contents and provided the cliff notes in this three-man weave edition of What the Funk?!

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One of the best and most accomplished sales leaders in Energy Tech, Chris Dinkler, Chief Revenue Officer at Enverus joins me and the esteemed Chase Nall on this episode of "What the Funk?" Chris was an early career mentor for me, a mid-career mentor for Chase, and talks about how to balance family, a high-pressure job, integrating acquisitions, flying planes, bouncing back from losing deals, and making the transition from the sales guy to executive. A must-listen for anyone in sales!

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Andrew De La Rosa joins me and his old friend and former colleague, Collin McLelland on episode 3 of What the Funk. Also known as Tejano Brown, the wireline king of West Texas schools us up on what happens 25,000 feet below the earth's surface, what Wireline actually is, Religion, and more Oil and Gas terms than you knew existed on this lively episode of "What the Funk?"

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Bear Givhan joins special guest co-host Matt Loser (Tim's little brother) and Funk to rap about flying airplanes, reducing methane emissions, college days at CU, starting his company, Earthview, during COVID, and the incredible opportunity that lies ahead in continuous methane emissions monitoring. While he is Bearly Famous today, the young CEO is ready for take off.

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On our inaugural episode of "What the Funk?" Podcast, Pennsylvania legend, and President of the Marcellus Shale Coalition joins Funk and special guest Co-Host and Golden Domer Joe Sinnott to talk all things Natural Gas, Food, the future of energy, and the keys to prosperity in the Keystone state. Enjoy!!"

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