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Backyard Oil Podcasting

July 11th, 2011 by SmokeyMaverick

As I’ve mentioned before on here – podcasts keep me company on my weekly drives to/from my client site in Charleston, WV. One of my favorites, suggested by Julie, is This American Life. I got Liz hooked on a few of these episodes this past weekend on our drive up and back from New York.

I was pretty pumped with their most recent episode earlier this morning, entitled “Game Changer.” It covers the concept of fracking, and more specifically fracking in my backyard of Pennsylvania, in 2 acts.

Gross looking drinking water

The house I grew up in had, in my biased opinion, amazing well water that tasted great. Will that continue to be the case?

As usual, American Life does a decent job of providing both sides (Natural Gas companies v. the common people’s best interests) as fairly as they can. Can you guess which side comes out not exactly smelling like roses?

Give it a listen for yourself on your next long drive, hardcore cleaning session or long walk and let me know your thoughts.

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