The Crude Life Morning Show Play Hard Work Hard is a daily (Mon-Fri) lifestyle program to start your day. Play Hard Work Hard will air every weekday morning at 7am CT. Each daily program will air for 90-120 minutes, with the first hour playing hard before working hard in hour number two.
This pilot program is intended to show listeners, future guests and potential sponsors what the “look and feel” of the program will be like starting January 2021.
HOUR ONE: Energy News, Sports, Pop Culture, Events, Money, Music, Live Guests and more. It’s Play Hard time!
HOUR TWO: Time to Work Hard. Industry experts, newsmaker interviews and other relevant energy related discussions.
Play Hard Portion (Hour One)
Host Jason Spiess and Co-Host Sterling start the show off by explaining how it will have a “built-in” International audience once episode 1 is “dropped”. Sterling spent close to a decade living, going to school and growing up in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. His father worked for Ramco, which became Aramco, which became Saudi Aramco.
He shares a few stories about what life was like going to elementary school there, reaching drinking age and what the “compound” was like.
Sterling also describes what an AramcoBrat is.
The two also interview Jeff Roach, president, Houston International Equipment, USA Operations during The Crude Life Morning Show: Play Hard Work Hard, Thursday edition of the pilot recording.
Roach talks about his decision to go public on LinkedIn about his frustration with The North Face and Bulwark FR’s. He cites passion and ethics as a foundation for his activism.
Shortly after posting his opinion on LinkedIn and pointing out the hypocrisy, LinkedIn pulled the post for “bullying and harassment”.
Jason Spiess cited an interview he did with Dayton Marze in November of 2019 how his order for bulk Patagonia backpacks was rejected due to his company’s affiliation with the oil and gas industry.
In the Morning Grab Bag segment (new name being considered), caffeine facts are shared, discussed and pontificated between Jason and Sterling. Threads include Frasier and Friends’ propaganda, Jolt’s unbelievable in-your-face-marketing to drinking coffee to your literal death.
Work Hard Portion (Hour Two)
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer gives an outlook for energy companies as they prepare for 2021. Cramer discusses in detail one of the main issue upfront is federal leases.
Cramer explains how the western states will be hit hard by a federal ban with North Dakota getting hit hard. He says that the unique nature of mineral ownership involve private, state, tribal, and federal minerals often within the same section or spacing unit.
Cramer talks about working with president-elect Joe Biden what to expect with a Biden/Kamala presidency. He says that so far many of the announced members of leadership seem to be the same faces from Barack Obama’s presidency.
He also comments on small business owners and what challenges they have seen in 2020. Host Jason Spiess asked Cramer if the industry was at a cross roads with access to leadership and government intervention into the market. Spiess cited API president Mike Sommers’ comments last March animatedly against government-controlled production, and juxtaposed with then-Parsley Energy’s CEO Matt Gallagher’s appearance in CBNC asking for government intervention with the market, only to be sold to Pioneer Natural Resources months later.
Cramer said it is hard to find a free market in today’s world, but America still has the pieces in place to capture capitalism and domestic economic security. He continued saying if the oil and gas industry continues down the direction its heading, there will only be “only four companies” making all the decisions for the globe.
Cramer transitioned to the global market, citing his work with Saudi Arabia over the past year. He said he has been working very hard to ensure there are no more shenanigans with Russia and OPEC.
New leadership in energy, the New Green Deal and Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse are also interview topics.
Sponsors, Music and Other Show Notes
Sponsor of the Day: Elite Energy Services 701.572.9380
Phone Line Sponsor: Swan Energy, Inc. 866.539.0860
Featured Music: Moody River Band
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