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Boomtown
Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
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Highway To Hell | Chapter 1
Boomtown
12/10/19 • 47 min
Host Christian Wallace takes us back to his hometown in the Permian Basin, which is nearly unrecognizable to him today. We meet a few of the people whose lives have been upended by the biggest oil boom in U.S. history.
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Boobtown | Chapter 5
Boomtown
01/07/20 • 36 min

Rise of the Permian | Chapter 2
Boomtown
12/17/19 • 39 min
We go back to 1923, and the Santa Rita No. 1, the well that put West Texas oil on the map. We recount the beginnings of rowdy boomtowns and the swaggering wildcatters whose influence would eventually lead all the way to the White House.
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Life and Death on the Rig | Chapter 4
Boomtown
12/31/19 • 34 min

Dust to Dust | Chapter 3
Boomtown
12/24/19 • 41 min

A Thin Line | Chapter 6
Boomtown
01/14/20 • 34 min
During booms, the Permian Basin sees a rise in prostitution charges. But misperceptions and stereotypes about sex work have led to policies that may actually harm the women involved.
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New Series: The Paddlefish Caviar Heist
Boomtown
11/10/22 • 5 min
Warsaw, Missouri, is a small, rural town of just over 2,000 people in the American Midwest. Locally it’s known as the “quiet end of the Lake of the Ozarks.” Very few realize that it’s the paddlefish capital of the world. But when a new group arrived driving flashy, imported cars and dropping hundreds of dollars on bait and tackle, the town became the setting for an undercover federal sting operation tasked with bringing down a suspected international caviar poaching ring.
Financial Times says Paddlefish is an "intriguing crime caper" and "a Hollywood thriller begging to be made"
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Mojo Magic | Chapter 7
Boomtown
01/21/20 • 43 min

Trailer: Boomtown
Boomtown
12/02/19 • 3 min
In a rugged corner of West Texas, billionaire wildcatters and roughnecks are fueling an oil boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics.
Boomtown is a 10-part podcast series, with new episodes publishing every Tuesday starting December 10, 2019.
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A Dark Horizon | Chapter 9
Boomtown
02/04/20 • 40 min