Episode 48: Inside the Pickens Plan with Peter McCollum and Jason Huntsberry

Nine years ago today, we launched the Pickens Plan. We knew we had a great idea, and people across the country agreed. We'd held focus groups and foun...

Episode 47: Inside the Pickens Plan with Amy Weiss and Rich Galen

Washington, D.C. is as divided as it has ever been, and it has become difficult to set politics aside and get things done. But fortunately the Pickens...

Episode 46: Inside the Pickens Plan with Tammy Haddad and Heather Lauer

Tammy Haddad and Heather Lauer have helped get out the word about the Pickens Plan since I was drawing it up on whiteboards and restaurant napkins. No...

Episode 45: Inside the Pickens Plan with Tom Synhorst and Jay Rosser

T. Boone Pickens is joined by Jay Rosser, his right hand man for 15 years who serves as his VP of Public Affairs, and seasoned political expert Tom Sy...

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Episode 44: Natural Gas Advancements

As I have been telling you for almost a decade, the benefits of natural gas as a transportation fuel are: It’s cheaper than diesel, it’s cleaner than...

Episode 43: Inauguration Special

We went back to several of the most interesting conversations T. Boone Pickens had for the Pickens Podcast series in 2016 and distilled those visits t...

Episode 42: Joe Nocera

New York Times reporter Joe Nocera and I taped an interesting podcast shortly after our joint appearance at the Texas Tribune Festival. This is a wide...

Episode 41: Jack DeGioia and Eduardo Padrón

Higher Education: Why is it important and who should pay for it? I went into this discussion with Jack DeGioia, President of Georgetown University, a...

Episode 40: Tom Brokaw and Michael Crow

Legendary journalist Tom Brokaw and Michael Crow, President of Arizona State University, are my guests on this episode of the Pickens Podcast.
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Episode 39: Jane Harman

Who can fix our broken Congress? That’s one of the key questions that Jane Harman will be trying to answer as she watches Monday night’s presidential...

Episode 38: Lou Holtz

Lou Holtz - a great friend of mine and a legendary football coach - joins me in a conversation to kick off college football season. I pressed and he g...

Episode 37: Washington Post political reporter Karen Tumulty

Karen Tumulty is a senior political reporter for the Washington Post. She also moderated one of the few debates between Hillary Clinton and Bernie San...

Episode 36: Dr. Neil Bressler

This week’s Pickens Podcast is an interview with Dr. Neil Bressler, MD, a Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief of the Retinal Division at Johns Hopkin...

Episode 34: John Hofmeister

One of the giants of the energy business, John Hofmeister, sat down with T. Boone Pickens for this week's episode of the Pickens Podcast. A proven lea...

Episode 33: Walter Isaacson of The Aspen Institute

One of the most important biographers in America, Walter Isaacson, sat down with T. Boone Pickens for this week’s episode of the Pickens Podcast. Wal...

Episode 32: General James Conway

Retired four-star General James Conway tells Boone that if we want to get rid of ISIS, we need to arm and train the Sunni Tribes and the Kurds, but th...

Episode 31: General David Petraeus

General David Petraeus tells T. Boone Pickens during this episode of the Pickens Podcast: “We have a vital national interest in maintaining our relati...

Episode 30: Haley Barbour

T. Boone Pickens talks with a man who started his career working for Richard Nixon in rural Mississippi and ended up being one of the most influential...

Episode 29: Tony Robbins interviews T. Boone Pickens (Part 2)

Have a seat and enjoy this Q&A featuring best-selling author and entrepreneur, Tony Robbins, and the Oracle of Oil, T. Boone Pickens. These two though...

Episode 28: Motivational Speaker and Philanthropist, Tony Robbins (Part 1)

Tony Robbins interviewed T. Boone Pickens for a special episode of the Pickens Podcast. Boone talks about growing up in Oklahoma, founding Mesa Petrol...

Episode 27: Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer

This wide-ranging discussion between Andy Serwer, Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo! Finance, and T. Boone Pickens covers everything from the changing news bus...

Episode 26: RealClearPolitics’ Carl Cannon

This weekend, all of Washington will be celebrating the White House Correspondents' Association at their annual dinner. To honor the work of journalis...

Episode 25: Economic Advisor Larry Lindsey

Larry Lindsey, one of the greatest economic minds in the nation and author of “Conspiracies of the Ruling Class,” a New York Times bestseller, said on...

Episode 24: Political Operative Ed Rollins

T. Boone Pickens chats with Ed Rollins, one of the most interesting and accomplished political operatives of the past three decades. Rollins began his...

Episode 23: Leif Wenar, Author of "Blood Oil"

This week’s Pickens Podcast features T. Boone Pickens' conversation with Leif Wenar, author of "Blood Oil". In his book, Wenar takes a serious look a...

Episode 22: Former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Trent Lott and Tom Daschle

This week’s Pickens Podcast features two men who served as Majority Leaders of the United States Senate: Trent Lott (R) and Tom Daschle (D). They spok...

Episode 21: New York Times columnist Joe Nocera

As the NCAA March Madness Tournament kicks off, this week’s Pickens Podcast features a spirited discussion with Joe Nocera, New York Times sports/busi...

Episode 20: Former Governor of Pennsylvania Tom Ridge

Prior to being elected Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge was a Republican Congressman from Erie. He left the Governor’s mansion at the call of Presi...

Episode 19: Former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn

Former U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, Dr. Tom Coburn, talks with Boone Pickens about his plan to invoke Article V of the U.S. Constitution: "On the appli...

Episode 18: Karl Rove

T. Boone Pickens has known Karl Rove since the 1980s. Whether you agree with his politics or not, he is one of the best strategic political thinkers i...

Episode 17: Free enterprise guardian, Steve Forbes

This discussion between Steve Forbes and T. Boone Pickens covers the candidates who are running for President (including the Donald Trump phenomenon),...

Episode 16: Financial Legend Carl Icahn

T. Boone Pickens, in his continuing podcast series, sat down with legendary businessman and activist shareholder, Carl Icahn. The two men discussed en...

Episode 15: Former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates

Secretary Bob Gates was Director of Central Intelligence under President George W. Bush, then Defense Secretary under both George W. Bush and Barack O...

Episode 14: Economist Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore is one of the most respected economists in the nation. And he has hands-on experience dealing with both the Executive and Legislative br...

Episode 13: Laura Ingraham and T. Boone Pickens talk politics at Mesa Vista Ranch

T. Boone Pickens and radio talk show host, best-selling author, and conservative political commentator, Laura Ingraham, discussed the upcoming electio...

Episode 12: Dinesh D'Souza and T. Boone Pickens discuss the upcoming election

During a retreat at his Mesa Vista Ranch, T. Boone Pickens sat down with NYT best selling author, speaker, and director, Dinesh D'Souza, to talk about...

Episode 11: Alex Castellanos of Purple Strategies

T. Boone Pickens talks energy and politics with long-time political analyst and campaign expert, Alex Castellanos. Alex is a Republican who has teame...

Episode 10: Dr. Arthur Herman of the Hudson Institute

T. Boone Pickens and the Hudson Institute's Dr. Arthur Herman talk about the enormous impact hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have had on...

Episode 9: Former U.S. National Security Advisor Bud McFarlane

Boone discusses America's latest energy challenges and advances with former U.S. National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane. @boonepickens @pickenspla...