Off Plan.
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the Off Plan hosts on oilfield life, money, football, and everything they were supposed to stop talking about twenty minutes ago.
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Are You Smarter Than an Oilfield Hand?
Education, money, careers, football and three men who should never be trusted with boiling water.
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Listen 10The Other 10 HoursSep 3, 2026 · 54:48The long stretches between rig-floor action, command-center life, isolation, friendship and mental health.
Listen 09The People vs. HollywoodAug 27, 2026 · 31:29What Hollywood gets right and completely wrong about the oilfield, plus career luck and useless expenses.
Listen 08Enron: Big Checks, Bad Math & the Smartest Guys in the RoomAug 20, 2026 · 26:58A guest joins the show to examine Enron, bad incentives, yes-men and the pressure to stay quiet.
Listen 07Everybody Knows a Guy Like ThisAug 13, 2026 · 30:46Unforgettable oilfield characters, dangerous roads, strange brotherhood and whether MWD hands are overpaid.
Listen 06The Oilfield Follows You HomeAug 6, 2026 · 35:48Juan Macias joins for an honest conversation about field schedules, marriage, parenting, guilt and coming home.
Listen 05Poutine, Pinedale & the Most Underappreciated Jobs in Oil & GasJul 29, 2026 · 33:47Oilfield towns, survival food, overlooked crews and the drilling superintendent nobody has seen in six months.
Listen 04Trapped on a Rig With People You HateJul 22, 2026 · 34:35Command-center hierarchy, crew chemistry, disappearing field positions, automation and stagnant pay.
Listen 03The Oilfield Diversity MeetingJul 14, 2026 · 31:24Women in the field, ageism, automation and an industry talent pipeline that needs an honest examination.
Listen 02Theft in the OilfieldJul 7, 2026 · 33:58Vendor lunches, field pay, holidays away, chain-shack etiquette and one unforgivable Crockpot betrayal.
Listen 01Money, Sales, and Company MenJun 29, 2026 · 34:30Big checks, bad spending, rig-life burnout, steak-dinner sales and the company men who run the show.
ListenThree microphones.
There goes the agenda.
We’re the Off Plan hosts. We’ve worked in the field, and apparently spending that much time talking at work wasn’t enough. So now there are microphones.
Some weeks it’s the money. Some weeks it’s the people you’re stuck on a rig with, or what the schedule does to life at home. Then somebody brings up football and there goes the outline.
Someone should probably take the microphones away. Until then, we’re recording.