The lowdown on our backup oil - a podcast by Marketplace

As energy prices soar due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. is drawing on government petroleum reserves. But getting the oil flowing and to market isn’t easy. We’ll explain the realities of tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Plus, an hourslong gap in former President Donald Trump’s phone log on Jan. 6, 2021, is drawing scrutiny from Democrats in Congress. In Texas, parents of transgender kids are weighing the costs of staying or leaving the state, given new anti-trans orders. And finally, some very clever basketball-loving law students in North Carolina made us smile.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• “Biden Oil Plan Hinges on 1970s Reserve With Troubled History” from Bloomberg Green


• “White House records turned over to House show 7-hour gap in Trump phone log on Jan. 6” from CBS News


• “Revealed: Trump used White House phone for call on January 6 that was not on official log” from The Guardian


• “Parents of transgender children in Texas face a hard choice: stay or go” from Marketplace


• Lawyer Ken White on Trump’s RICO complaint


• “Trump’s New Lawyer Has Been Fawning Over Him Since High School” from the Daily Beast


• Law professor receives a “motion” to extend an assignment deadline before UNC vs. Duke Final Four


• TikTok: Motion granted!

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