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Thank you for joining us for episode 358.

You're not, Paige Wilson?

No, I'm not.

This is Ben. Ben's been a part of OGGN for a very long time. I don't even remember how. Oh, I remember how we met. You tried to sell me something at one of our mixers, and it almost worked. I was successful. Yeah, it was successful. I thought so. It was great. But you know what's even greater than that, Ben?

What's that?

You're getting ready to have your own podcasts on our network.

That's right. I thought so. It was great. But you know what's even greater than that, Ben?

What's that?

You're getting ready to have your own podcast on our network. That's right. Talk a little bit about it. I'm so excited. We're going to be launching the Energy Trade Show podcast, myself and Rina Friedman-Waltz. It's going to be an opportunity for us to go around to energy trade shows all over the world, specifically though in Houston, Texas, too.

We'll talk about anything from the energy transitions, for us to go around to energy trade shows all over the world, specifically, though, in Houston,

Texas, too. I will talk about anything from the energy transition to oil and gas, to anything that revolves around energy and working trade shows. We'll be interviewing organizers,

attendees, figuring out technology, talking about technology, its deployment, its use,

and how things are progressing

in the trade show energy sphere. So we're really excited. And Mark, thank you so much for bringing us on board for that. Mark actually had the idea for this. And I thought it was fantastic. So we talked about it for a couple times and then we decided to remember that. Actually, weren't you on an airplane when you came up with this? 100% I was in the air going to Colorado when the idea popped in my head.

And what I love about this is you're now going to be our boots on the ground for all the conferences in the world. So OGGN attends a lot of conference, a lot of trade shows. But once we get this show launch, it's going to be Ben and Rina, who will be there at the booth, setting everything up. been in Reno controlling, the scheduling, all that sort of stuff. It's almost like a new piece of OGN in that we've established ourselves in the conference trade show world, and now we want to take it to the next level. And in order to take it to next level, Ben and Rina are going to have a podcast specifically focused on the trade shows. And I want to let people know, anything that touches energy, they're going to cover. So it's not just renewables and oil gas. We're going to get them out to CES, probably Oracle's Cloud World. We'll get them out to IBM's Think. Because when you talk about energy, it's naturally tie into technology because those two go together. So we're really looking forward to this. It's going to be great. However, we do need to get this show produced and get it out there. Before we go there, Ben, you want to read the review? Sure, sure thing. So support the show. Make sure you go and leave your comments. We'd love to hear them. Love to talk about them on the air. So the first review comes from Assyrio. Am I saying that correctly? I have no idea. That's you did better than I would have done. Serio gives us a five-star review in Apple Podcasts and he says, great source of news, updates, and analytics. Well done. And enjoy listening every week. Great weekly summaries, updates on the industry key trends, analysis, and all with a sense of humor. Thanks for sharing. Keep it up.

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What's the first news story, Ben?

This is a real important one, especially in the show notes. If you're listening to this Apple Podcast, you can also just scroll down and click on leave a review. What's the first new story, Ben? This is a real important one, especially in the Houston region. The U.S. Stockworker Strike halting the nation's ocean shipping, but there's been an update to that, and I believe that they have come to an agreement. Is that correct? That's 100% correct. And thank goodness they did. This is going to affect logistics in the entire country. Actually,

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