Kimberly Adams

And I know we've been mainly talking about oil and natural gas, but you mentioned that there is a big presence for folks in the renewables industry there.

Like, do they all get along at the conference and stuff?

Oh, that's fascinating.

What was the most interesting solution that you saw at the conference?

The smackover?

What is the smackover?

That's super fascinating.

I know whenever I go to these conferences, I always leave with a million story ideas.

So what are you going to be working on next?

Well, that is Marketplace's Elizabeth Troval, who's our senior reporter covering energy and immigration.

We are going to have plenty of links to Elizabeth's reporting in our show notes.

Thank you so much, Elizabeth.

Yeah, thanks for having me, Kimberly.

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