The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout Podcast
1) The Disconnect in the Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin Readers Poll!
The Disconnect has been nominated for Best Podcast in the Politics and Media section of the Austin Chronicle’s 35th Annual Best of Austin Readers Poll. You can vote for the podcast, and for your other...Show More
2) Introducing Fumed
Fumed is a new podcast from Public Health Watch that takes place in Channelview, an unincorporated community outside Houston in the heart of America's petrochemical industry. It follows two stubborn T...Show More
3) Introducing the Energy Capital Podcast
The Energy Capital Podcast focuses on Texas energy and power grid issues, featuring interviews with energy professionals, academics, policymakers, and advocates.
4) Introducing Sea Change
Sea Change, from WWNO and WRKF, is a podcast that dives deep into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond.
5) The Choice
Texas leaders would have you believe there are two options: a reliable grid or a sustainable grid. In our season finale, we explore how those two things aren’t mutually exclusive. And how — if left al...Show More
6) The Greater Force: A Spaghetti Bowl Story
When the 2021 blackout struck, the finger-pointing began. Electric utilities versus pipeline companies. But finding out exactly what happened is one of the most frustrating parts oil and gas regulatio...Show More
7) The Bull of the Brazos
As the Texas Railroad Commission falls from global oil dominance, the energy crisis of the 1970s strikes and one gas company cuts power to millions. What comes next brings plenty of political intrigue...Show More
8) The Bar Fight That Changed the World
We tell the story of how the National Guard descended on the East Texas oilfield, the chaos that followed, and how a bar fight in Austin helped establish a new system of energy regulation.
9) The Long Con
Hear the story of a con man and a group of hardscrabble East Texas farmers who uncovered the biggest oilfield in U.S. history — and how that discovery forced an obscure state agency to confront the de...Show More
10) The Disconnect Season 3: Coming Feb 12
n this season of The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout, we explore the history of Texas oil and gas regulation, how the industry — with the help of state officials— became largely sel...Show More