Oil industry: Help wanted

Make Me Smart

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4.6 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

If you’re looking for a job in the oil and gas industry, chances are it’s yours. The jobless rate for the U.S. oil industry is at a historic low, and producers are scrambling for workers. We’ll explain what this means for President Joe Biden’s plan to ramp production and bring down gasoline prices. Plus, new revelations about Russian atrocities in Ukraine. On a lighter note, we’ll also play a round of Half Full/Half Empty! And, guest host Andy Uhler’s dog makes a surprise appearance.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

- “How Russian soldiers ran a ‘cleansing’ operation in Bucha” from AP News

- “Shale Patch Unemployment Plummets as US Explorers Vie for Crews” from Bloomberg

- “Deepfake videos on TikTok can be fun. They can also be malicious.” from Marketplace

- EV sales accelerate, but crucial graphite is in short supply from Marketplace

- “With prices rising on cheap beer, some consumers spend extra on premium” from Marketplace

- “Is the era of free returns for online purchases coming to an end?” from Marketplace

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0:00.0	I'm Tignotaro and despite my request that you stop asking me questions
0:04.8	We're back with new episodes of my podcast don't ask Tig. I can't promise good advice, but it will be a good time
0:12.6	Listen wherever you get podcasts
0:16.6	Yeah, we're in a good spot. I think we're good to go good
0:21.6	Yes, born ready right?
0:24.0	We're so dull. We're talking about the weather
0:26.0	Oh, no seriously. Hello. I'm Kimberly Adams. Welcome back to make me smart
0:31.1	Where we try to make today and the week and hopefully the month in life makes sense ideally maybe possibly
0:38.6	We'll figure it out right. I'm Andy Euler. I'm in for Chi Rizdal. Thank you so much for joining us for economics on tap
0:44.2	Whether you're listening on the podcast or you're watching us on the YouTube live stream
0:49.0	Yes, or participating in the fan run discord, which we always appreciate you all too
0:53.7	Today, we're gonna do our news fixes. We're going to do some half full half empty, which of course you all are welcome to join in
1:02.0	If you're on the YouTube live stream, we've got some live poll action at the end. So please do log on
1:08.4	People in the chat are asking where it's Jasper. He's behind me. He
1:12.7	We were talking about earlier right with with my mic positioning. I couldn't quite get him in the shot. I tried
1:18.8	He's not cooperating with my mic positioning today. Sorry
1:21.8	I told you Andy they were gonna ask
1:27.2	Let's talk about our drinks so you go first sure so I have
1:32.8	I'm gonna sound like a lush right I have four beers in front of me. I swear they're they're not full pours
1:38.5	But I was gonna push on we're gonna talk about these four beers that I'm drinking a little bit later and and we'll tell you all about sort of
1:45.5	Getting in on on something like these four beers. It's great
1:48.4	Yes, and I have four sort of cocktails um, but it was my attempt to I'm still trying to use up that
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