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Audacious Water with John Sabo is a science podcast hosted by John Sabo. It has 42 episodes, with the latest published February 2026.

Audacious Water explores the bold ideas and big decisions shaping the future of water in America.Host John Sabo, Director of the ByWater Institute at Tulane University, talks with scientists, policymakers, and community leaders about how we manage, protect, and live with water in a changing world. From flooding and drought to infrastructure and innovation, each episode looks at how water connects to every part of our lives and what it will take to build a future that ensures everyone has access to clean, reliable water. audaciouswater.substack.com

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1

Fragmentation, Flood Risk, and Rethinking How We Manage Water with Melissa Roberts

2

Water Infrastructure, Engineering, and Climate Adaptation with John Take

3

Innovation, Data, and the Future of Water Management with Will Sarni

4

Why the U.S. Needs a New National Water Strategy with Dr. Newsha Ajami and Dr. Martin Doyle (Part 2)

5

Why the U.S. Needs a New National Water Strategy with Dr. Newsha Ajami and Dr. Martin Doyle (Part 1)

6

Season 5 Trailer: Rethinking Water for the Next 75 Years

7

The Five Transformations, and What Gives Me Hope

8

Mary Hayden: Water, Risk, and the Human Side of Vector-Borne Disease

9

Dawn Wesson: The Growing Threat of Mosquito-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate

10

Charles Allen: How Communities Designed Their Future in Post-Katrina New Orleans

11

Marshall Shepherd: The Climate Science Behind Stronger Tropical Storms

12

Tyler Antrup: Green Infrastructure and Climate Adaptation in Coastal Cities

13

Allison Lassiter: Sea Level Rise and the Hidden Threat of Saltwater Intrusion

14

Meredith McInturff: Managing Public Health in Extreme Heat

15

Jesse Keenan: Climate Migration and the Impacts of Extreme Heat on U.S. Cities

16

Brian Smoliak: Adapting Agriculture for a Drier Future

17

Jonathan Overpeck: Aridification and a Drier Future for the Mississippi River Basin

18

Introducing Season 4: The Five Transformations

19

A Road Trip to the Mississippi Headwaters

20

Sönke Dangendorf and Torbjörn Törnqvist: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Restoration

21

Richard Seager: The 100th Meridian and Climate Change

22

Jay Famiglietti: Groundwater, adaptation, and monitoring water from the sky

23

Cash Daniels: The Conservation Kid

24

Nancy Rabalais: A Deep Dive into the Dead Zone

25

Ed Clark: Harmonizing hydrology to better predict water

26

Jessica Dandridge: Water justice and a thriving New Orleans

27

Lisa Schulte Moore: Reducing Nutrient Runoff from Agriculture

28

Audacious Water Season 3 - The Future of the Mississippi

29

Thomas LaVeist: Climate Change, Water, and Health

30

Morgan Snyder, Part 2: The Future of Water, from Fire to the Gulf Dead Zone

31

Morgan Snyder, Part 1: The Future of the Colorado River

32

Todd Bridges: What a US Natural Infrastructure Strategy Should Look Like

33

Corporate Water Stewardship 4: Glen Low on the Future

34

Corporate Water Stewardship 3: Kari Vigerstol & the Role of NGOs

35

Corporate Water Stewardship 2: Todd Reeve on Beyond the Fence Line

36

Corporate Water Stewardship 1: Nick Martin on Inside the Four Walls

37

Melody Wright: The Water Access Gap in US Cities

38

Michael Deane: Why Forests Are Water Infrastructure

39

Amy Lesen: Hurricanes & the Vulnerabilities of Louisiana's BIPOC Coastal Communities

40

John Fleck: Busting Water Myths & Apocalyptic Water Narratives

41

Bidtah Becker: How Water is Different on the Navajo Reservation

42

Catherine Coleman Flowers: America's Water & Sanitation Inequity

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