The Price of Oil w/ Alex Stapleton

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

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Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by filmmaker and documentarian, Alex Stapleton. Stapleton directed one part of the HBO documentary trilogy GOD SAVE TEXAS. We discuss her installment, GOD SAVE TEXAS: THE PRICE OF OIL which chronicles the energy industry’s impact on the African American community told through her own personal lens. The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and is released on HBO and Max. Follow Alex: @hellostapleton

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to TalkNurdy. Today is Monday, May 6th, 2024 and I'm the host of the show
0:19.7	Garrisanta Maria and as always I want to thank those of you who make TalkNurdy possible.
0:25.2	Remember TalkNurdy is and will always be 100% free to download and the way we make that
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0:36.8	We've just finished 500 episodes.
0:39.8	Here's to 500 more.
0:41.8	I want to thank all of you for your wonderful comments, questions for the
0:46.3	last episode, which was that 500th AMA, but also for the lovely comments and notes that I've received since it aired.
0:54.6	They've been really, really heartwarming and I'm just so, so grateful.
0:57.8	So yeah, let's give a big thank you to my top patrons this week.
1:02.2	They include Anu Baravaj, Daniel Lange, David J. E. Smith, Mary
1:08.0	Niva, Brian Holden, David Compton, Gabrielle F. Harmillo, Joe Wilkinson, Pasquale-Gilati, Ulrika Keith,
1:16.7	oo, no, said that backward, Riva Keith and Ulrika Hagman.
1:20.9	Thank you all so so so very much.
1:24.0	All right, so this is a fun one for you
1:27.1	because this is an old friend of mine
1:29.9	who I was able to convince to come on my show. Her name is Alex Stapleton and she's an
1:36.2	Emmy Award winning director and producer. She founded the production company House of Non Fiction
1:43.3	to develop and produce film television
1:45.7	and other storytelling and experimental formats.
1:48.6	And she's made all sorts of really, really wonderful films, a prime video documentary called Reggie
1:56.7	about baseball player Reggie Jackson, an A&E documentary,
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