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Andy Uhler

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Andy Uhler is the former Texas-based reporter for Marketplace, based in Austin.

He joined Marketplace team from the Texas Standard, an hour-long news program produced at KUT in Austin, Texas. Prior to that, he was a natural resources policy analyst at the Texas Legislature as part of a global policy studies master’s program at the University of Texas at Austin. He was also the senior producer for the music journalism program Texas Music Matters, and he worked as a co-host for NPR Music’s festival coverage.

Andy's reporting tended to focus on the energy industry and agriculture in Texas. Every now and again, though, he got to report on sports. When that happened, don't be surprised if the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers or Dallas Mavericks entered the conversation.

Episodes by Andy (100)

Make Me Smart | Episode 814

It's time to talk about climate reparations

Nov 11, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 813

Crypto world is reeling

Nov 10, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 809

Oil industry: Help wanted

Nov 4, 2022
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Marketplace Morning Report

The specter of inflation haunts this week's Fed meeting

Oct 31, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 804

Gambling on politics?

Oct 28, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 803

The climate crisis vs. the energy crisis

Oct 27, 2022
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Marketplace Morning Report

The U.K. has a new prime minister

Oct 24, 2022
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How the "anxiety economy" has shifted tastes toward non-alcoholic beverages

Oct 24, 2022
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Marketplace Morning Report

Farmers of color were promised relief money. Where is it?

Aug 22, 2022
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Marketplace Morning Report

Local news, brought to you by your friendly neighborhood oil company

Aug 22, 2022
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Frackers face labor, equipment and materials shortages as they try to capitalize on high oil prices

by Andy Uhler
Mar 11, 2022
The people and equipment they need are already hard at work.
Fracking for oil is a two-stage process. First, you drill the well. Then you complete it by injecting sand and water to force the oil out. Above, fracking equipment at a well in Culberson County, Texas.
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Domestic oil could increase supply, but it won't be cheap — or quick

by Andy Uhler
Mar 9, 2022
"The harsh reality for U.S. oil markets is that there is no switch that anyone can flip to suddenly turn on oil production overnight," one expert told us.
It might take six to nine months for domestic oil producers to substantially ramp up production.
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Why do we import Russian (and other foreign) oil when we have a lot of it in the U.S.?

by Andy Uhler
Mar 7, 2022
The way U.S. oil refineries are set up has a lot to do with it.
A pump jack operates in New Mexico. Though the U.S. has oil-producing regions, it would take a hefty investment to retrofit refineries to process light sweet crude.
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The other oil market that's being disrupted by the conflict in Ukraine: the oils we eat

by Andy Uhler
Mar 2, 2022
Ukraine and Russia are big producers of sunflower oil, so turmoil in that market is roiling the edible oil markets.
The Black Sea region accounts for more than half of the world's sunflower oil output and more than three quarters of sunflower oil exports.
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As oil companies divest from Russian oil and gas, what happens to their assets?

by Andy Uhler
Mar 1, 2022
The decision by big oil companies like BP and Royal Dutch Shell to walk away from Russian energy puts the industry into uncharted territory.
Royal Dutch Shell, BP and other energy companies are shunning Russian oil and gas in what experts are calling an unprecedented stance.
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Why it's tough to wean the West off Russian oil and gas

by Andy Uhler
Feb 24, 2022
For 15 years the EU has been talking about decreasing its dependence on Russia's gas and oil, but it didn't do it intime.
Russia is the main supplier of natural gas and oil to the European Union. Above, oil tank cars on rail tracks near the Siberian town of Tobolsk.
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Sanctions on Russia could be costly for Western economies

by Andy Uhler
Feb 22, 2022
Russia, a major energy producer, could use oil and gas supplies as a political weapon against the governments of its customers.
A receiving station in Germany for Nord Stream 2, a natural gas line that would link Germany with Russia.
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Sustainable fuel for planes is closer than you may think

by Andy Uhler
Feb 17, 2022
Still, it will take greater regulation to popularize its use. "Voluntary goals don't work," one expert told us.
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How expensive will fuel get before Americans buy less of it?

by Andy Uhler
Feb 15, 2022
The price of oil is approaching $100 a barrel for the first time in years.
Though higher gas prices might discourage people in the U.S. to cut back on driving, global demand for oil is still high.
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The NFL's hiring practices are biased against Black coaches, a former coach's lawsuit alleges

by Andy Uhler
Feb 14, 2022
The vast majority of the league's head coaches don't look like the vast majority of its players.
Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores claims in a lawsuit against the NFL that the Rooney Rule — which requires that one nonwhite candidate be interviewed for head coach positions — is all show.
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