Boomtown: Inside West Texas's Oil Boom

A podcast exploring the human stories behind the Permian Basin's 21st-century energy rush

Texas Monthly's Boomtown podcast launched in December 2019 to chronicle the oil boom transforming the Permian Basin in West Texas. Hosted by Christian Wallace, a former roughneck turned staff writer, the series examines the billionaires, workers, and communities caught in the region's rapid economic upheaval.