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Texas Monthly Talks

T. Boone Pickens, Entrepeneur and Activist

Texas Monthly Talks ran from 2003-2010. You could always expect a lively dialogue about politics, the arts, sports, the media, and more with some of the biggest names in Texas and the U.S., hosted by Evan Smith, who was back then the editor of TEXAS MONTHLY magazine. Currently, he hosts the Austin PBS talk show Overheard with Evan Smith (check your local listings).

T. Boone Pickens, Entrepeneur and Activist

Season 7 Episode 6 | 26m 47s

T. Boone Pickens is a Texan's Texan, known best for huge success in the oil and gas industry. But there's far more to the story than that. Pickens has also given more than 600 million of his dollars away. And he has become, in his words, "a surprising environmentalist," working to push the US away from independence on foreign oil by developing new sources of power at home.

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