Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Heart of the Lookout: Part I
Episode 38
We go on the front lines of a drought from a unique vantage point—a fire tower. Tim Cash, a retired career public servant with the Georgia Environmen…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Fight with Flushable Wipes
Episode 37
In this episode, we continue the flushable wipes story originating deep under the streets of Charleston from our first season. We talk with Paul Cala…
4 years, 8 months ago
A Deep Dive
Episode 36
Earlier this year, we talked to a commercial diving firm, Global Diving & Salvage, Inc., to learn more about what they did. Here are five things we l…
4 years, 9 months ago
Cascading Failures, Unbelievable Circumstances, and the Road Recovery
Episode 35
This is a story about people and a utility rising up in unbelievable circumstances where failure was not an option. We go behind the scenes and lear…
4 years, 10 months ago
Finding Einstein on the Enoree
Episode 34
This episode is a tale about an abandoned one-of-a-kind facility recently discovered in a middle of a South Carolina river, a famous sediment transpo…
5 years ago
2021 Book Club Pick
Episode 33
We have talked about starting a book club since we began the podcast. Well, we finally did it. We are excited to read together as a community Cynthia…
5 years, 1 month ago
Making Infrastructure Relevant to Millions: Meet Grady
Episode 32
In this episode, we talk to a YouTube superstar, Grady Hillhouse. Grady has over two million subscribers to his video channel called Practical Engine…
5 years, 2 months ago
Construction is Booming, But Where are the Pipes?
Episode 31
It seems nothing we buy today is immune to supply constraints in this crazy connected world, including new water Infrastructure. For example, pipes s…
5 years, 3 months ago
Building a Southern Oasis: Passion and Obsession with a little Mini-Golf
Episode 30
John Woodruff spent six years building an oasis. He made it without blueprints but had a vision of a water-filled oasis with plants and trees of all …
5 years, 4 months ago
Rediscovering the Wonder of Water
Episode 29
On this episode:
We talk to artist Mary Edna Fraser, an internationally renowned artist. She has done some largest batik works to date by one artist.…5 years, 5 months ago