{"podcast":{"title":"Chuck Yates Got A Job","slug":"chuck-yates-got-a-job-1369602","podcast_index_feed_id":1369602,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/chuck-yates-needs-a-job","website_url":"https://collide.io","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ILrpo6HuDh83Q6ofNq2FICbntPpQ9o5F5dCELPCa484/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ODIw/NmQyYjMwOTI3MTcw/NjU3ZTI2NDViYTlk/M2NkNi5qcGc.jpg","author":"collide.","episode_count":243,"summary":"Welcome to Chuck Yates Got A Job with Chuck Yates. You've now found your dysfunctional life coach, the Investor Formerly known as Prominent Businessman Chuck Yates. What's not to learn from the self-proclaimed Galactic Viceroy, who was publicly canned from a prominent private equity firm, has had enough therapy to quote Brene Brown chapter and verse and spends most days embarrassing himself on Energy Finance Twitter as @Nimblephatty.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-05T06:17:02.362069+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chuck-yates-got-a-job-1369602"},"episode":{"title":"The Best Oil Investment Most People Don’t Understand","slug":"the-best-oil-investment-most-people-don-t-understand","published_at":"2026-06-30T16:55:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chuck-yates-got-a-job-1369602/the-best-oil-investment-most-people-don-t-understand","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chuck-yates-got-a-job-1369602","url":"https://cynaj.collide.io/episodes/the-best-oil-investment-most-people-don-t-understand","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/554c3564/2e01fc86.mp3","summary":"You can own the dirt under someone's ranch without ever setting foot on it and still collect a check every month while an oil company does all the work. Karl Brensike of Harvest Mineral & Royalty Partners calls minerals the single greatest asset class on the planet, and he makes a pretty convincing case for it. Chuck digs into how regular folks can finally get a piece, why people really decide to sell, and the apple pie scheme that squeezed a million bucks out of Chevron. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward. Apply today at collide.io Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 - Mineral versus royalty, explained for mom 1:23 - Why US mineral ownership is uniquely American 4:28 - The first oil lease and the Far and Away land rush 8:11 - Splitting estates and why mineral owners keep multiplying 9:25 - Karl and Chuck's history and the 2014 Thanksgiving crash 10:43 - Why people actually decide to sell 11:55 - The early days of investing in minerals 14:46 - The Caritas run and the perfectly timed 2008 hedges 22:17 - Buying ahead of the drill bit with Haymaker 23:33 - Why everyone should own some as an energy hedge 26:08 - The four kinds of buyers and the grassroots game 27:22 - The thesis behind Harvest 44:46 - Crazy mineral stories from the field 48:09 - The Toby Bean apple pie story https://twitter.com/collide_ai https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social https://ww…","meta_description":"You can own the dirt under someone's ranch without ever setting foot on it and still collect a check every month while an oil company does all the work. K…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3052,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/chuck-yates-got-a-job-1369602/episodes/the-best-oil-investment-most-people-don-t-understand/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chuck-yates-got-a-job-1369602/the-best-oil-investment-most-people-don-t-understand.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}