I hope President Barack Obama, in his State of the Union Address, announces an energy plan that will help restart the world’s economies in 2016.

The agony of the oil patch continued Wednesday when crude fell to levels not seen since December 2008 — leading Jim Cramer to ask when the pain would finally come to an end.

Our recent discussion for the Pickens Podcast covers the candidates who are running for President (including the Donald Trump phenomenon), oil markets and capitalism, global politics, and the issues that will be at the forefront of the upcoming election.

In a nearly 30-minute episode released this week, the 87-year-old Mr. Pickens and nearly-80-year old Mr. Icahn sat in front of a camera and a microphone and just talked. About the old days. About famed lawyer Joe Flom. About oil prices. And how they don’t ever want to retire.

This week’s Pickens Podcast is a conversation with Carl Icahn. Carl and Boone were pioneers in the corporate restructuring and shareholder rights movement dating back to the 1980s.

The latest Pickens Podcast features one of the most dedicated public servants of the past 40 years: Former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates.

T. Boone Pickens uses the power of social media to spread the gospel according to Boone on energy, politics and his alma mater, Oklahoma State University — and not necessarily in that order.

If we are to succeed in achieving energy independence in North America, I strongly believe that co-operation between Canada and the United States is vital.