An Account of the Cultures of Energy Podcast as Collaboration—Offered in Podcast Form, of Course

This chapter covers the cultures of energy podcast as collaboration, which delves into the aspect of the listener experience that demonstrates how much expert knowledge and trade talk a person is willing to absorb and familiarize. It describes podcasts as listening to an entertaining serialized conversation and the ante is a willingness to learn something about the social world. It also emphasizes that the real pleasure of a podcast is imagining oneself as part of an interesting conversation among voices one likes wherein the content of the conversation can be anything. The chapter focuses on the Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences (CENHS) at Rice University, which does a podcast on energy or environment issues. It discusses the in-person connection as a compelling way of knowing the voice or the pen beyond the page, and beyond the text that one reads.

Mexico ratings blows ramp up trade talk pressure

Headline MEXICO: Ratings blows ramp up trade talk pressure

US-China trade talk will edge away from ‘war’ outcomes

Headline US-CHINA: Trade talk will edge away from ‘war’ outcome

US-Vietnam trade talk trouble is possible next week

Headline US/VIETNAM: Trade talk trouble is possible next week

Price and politics will pressure Canada’s oil sands

Significance Output from Canada’s oil sands is on the rise thanks to large investments made over the last decade. However, the extended price downturn has many companies rethinking their oil sands business, and the outlook for the next decade has dimmed. Oil prices in the 50-dollar range and the emergence of the US shale industry have undercut the economics of producing Alberta’s costly heavy oil reserves. Impacts Alberta’s oil-dependent economy could continue to struggle in the coming years as investment drops, putting pressure on Ottawa to intervene. The construction of new pipelines will reduce demand for hitherto-booming rail transport for crude. Canada will remain heavily reliant on the US market for its crude, a potential risk if Washington follows through on its trade talk.