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Talkin Winter Ops — 147 episodes

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Episode 147: The Georgia DOT Snow School

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Episode 146: First storm of the season

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Episode 145: The winter app that isn't an app

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Episode 144: Communicate, Coordinate, Cooperate - the I-80 Corridor Coalition

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Episode 143: Winter readiness, get your house in order

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Bonus Episode 142: Pacific Northwest Snowfighters 2026

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Episode 141: Maintenance-If you think it's not important, just stop doing it

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Episode 140: Salt is about the speed

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Episode 139: Don't give your spouse the leftovers

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Episode 138: Designed for snowplows

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Episode 137: Innovation, the little ones are the big ones

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Episode 136: Keep snow off the road with Snow Fence, Minnesota style

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Episode 135: 2025 National Briefing - No Boundaries

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Episode 134: 2025 National Briefing - Professional Snowfighters Association

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Episode 133: 2025 National Briefing - AMS

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Episode 132: 2025 PIARC Winter Service Technical Committee

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Episode 131: 2025 National Briefing - APWA

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Episode 130: 2025 National Briefing - MDSS

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Episode 129: 2025 National Briefing - Winter Weather Management TSP

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Episode 128: 2025 National Briefing - Clear Roads

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Episode 127: 2025 National Briefing - Aurora

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Episode 126: 2025 National Briefing - TRB Update

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Episode 125: 2025 National Briefing - Maintenance Operations TWG

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Episode 124: 2025 National Briefing - Introduction

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Episode 123: APWA Certification Program

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Episode 122: The Maintenance Leadership Academy

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Episode 121: Are you a Green SnowPro?

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Episode 120: Machine learning pavement conditions

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Episode 119 Plugin hybrid snowplows are on the way

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Episode 118: You Can't Do Good Winter Maintenance Without Road Weather Information Systems

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Episode 117: Show your skill at the National Snow Roadeo

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Episode 116: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - Professional Snowfighters Association

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Episode 115: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - AMS

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Episode 114: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - APWA

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Episode 113: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - FHWA

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Episode 112: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - PIARC Winter Service

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Episode 111: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - TRB Road Weather

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Episode 110: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - TRB Winter Maintenance

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Episode 109: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - No Boundaries

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Episode 108: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - MDSS

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Episode 107: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - Clear Roads

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Episode 106: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - Aurora

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Episode 105: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - Winter Weather Management TSP

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Episode 104: 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather - Maintenance Operations TWG

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Episode 103: 2024 National Briefing Introduction

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Episode 102: The new Guide for Snow and Ice Control Operations

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Episode 101: Clear Roads for clear roads

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Episode 100: Where The Weather Meets The Road, revisited

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Episode 99: Snowplow modeling or messing around?

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Episode 98: Can you see the snowplow?

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Episode 97: Where's the snowplow?

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Episode 96: Shaken not stirred - the Rocker Ice Melting Test Method

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Episode 95: Help is on the way

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Episode 94: 2nd Chances

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Episode 93: Its not just a job

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Episode 92: Why's that snowplow pink?

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Episode 91: This ain't your Dad's workforce

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Episode 90: Where's SICOP

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Episode 89: It's about the speed

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Episode 88: 4th National Briefing - Northwest Passage

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Episode 87: 4th National Briefing - No Boundaries

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Episode 86: 4th National Briefing - FHWA's Road Weather Management Program

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Episode 85: 4th National Briefing - PSA

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Episode 84: 4th National Briefing - APWA

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Episode 83: 4th National Briefing - AMS

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Episode 82: 4th National Briefing -PIARC Winter Service

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Episode 81: 4th National Briefing -TRB Road Weather Committee

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Episode 80: 4th National Briefing -TRB Winter Maintenance Committee

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Episode 79: 4th National Briefing - MDSS

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Episode 78: 4th National Briefing - Aurora

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Episode 77: 4th National Briefing - Clear Roads

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Episode 76: 4th National Briefing - Winter Weather Management - SICOP

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Episode 75: 4th National Briefing - Maintenance Operations TWG

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Episode 74: 4th National Briefing - Introduction

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Episode 73: The MODOT Management System - The next generation

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Episode 72: Designing in salt reduction

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Episode 71: Alternate fuels for winter maintenance part 2

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Episode 70: Alternate fuels for winter maintenance-Part 1

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Episode 69: TRB International Road Weather and Winter Maintenance Conference

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Episode 68: Friction: The holy grail of successful winter maintenance

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Episode 67: Potholes and other leftovers from winter storms

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Episode 66: Implementing snow and ice control performance measures

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Episode 65: Back to school - The Purdue Road School Conference and Expo

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Episode 64: Implementing something new - overcoming the challenges

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Episode 63: Introducing the next generation to DOTs and highway maintenance

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Episode 62: Keeping the paperwork flowing while the snow plows are rolling at the Rhode Island DOT

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Episode 61: Winter Maintenance and Road Weather in Arizona

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Episode 60: You're not alone out there - Crowdsourcing for winter maintenance

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Episode 59: Modeling road network conditions during weather events - IMRCP

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Episode 58: The Wisconsin salt brine project

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Episode 57: Keep your snowplow in service through defensive driving

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Episode 56: Winter operations is more than salt and snowplows

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Episode 55: Calgary 2022 What's in it for me - the technical program

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Episode 54: Calgary-Adapting to winter service challenges

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Episode 53: Winter Maintenance in the Chinook City - Calgary

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Episode 52: 16th World Winter Service Congress is coming to Calgary in 2022

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Episode 51: PIARC Winter Service Technical Committee: What's in it for me?

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Episode 50: The year in review

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Episode 49: 6 Summertime projects for winter maintenance

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Episode 48: Not all pavements are equal when it comes to winter maintenance

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Episode 47: Public Affairs, a key ingredient for successful winter operations.

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Episode 46: Ways to improve winter resilience of roads

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Episode 45: Qualified Product List for Deicing Chemicals

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Episode 44: Let's break the ice

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Episode 43: What's new in FHWA Road Weather Management?

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Episode 42: Whats up with the weather?

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Episode 41: Latest word on alternate methods for deicing

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Episode 40: Smart Salting for Sustainability

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Episode 39: Covid impacts on maintenance operations

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Episode 38: Winter service by contract

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Episode 37: RWIS - How many and where?

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Episode 36: Decisions, Decisions

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Episode 35: Maintenance Goes to College

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Episode 34: Asleep at the wheel - Fighting Driver Fatigue

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Episode 33: Nordic Experiences

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Episode 32: A new guide for material application methodologies

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Episode 31: What is the Professional Snowfighters Association?

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Episode 30: 2019 SICOP Year in Review

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Episode 29: Let's talk some road weather

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Episode 28: Challenges of winter maintenance in the south

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Episode 27: Integrated Mobile Observations at the Nevada DOT

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Episode 26: I ain’t afraid of no winter maintenance problem

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Episode 25: The Swedish perspective on winter maintenance

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Episode 24: The road to road weather management

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Episode 23: Is the wind blowing in Wyoming? High wind blowover hazard warnings.

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Episode 22: EDC5 - Weather Responsive Management Strategies

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Episode 21: Snow fence is a safe bet for blowing snow

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Episode 20: TSMO369 - Weather or not

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Episode 19: When the snow hits the fan - Emergency operations methodology

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Episode 18: Just what has SICOP been up to? The 2018 SICOP Year in Review

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Episode 17: You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure

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Episode 16: Winter Maintenance and the Social Sciences

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Episode 15: What's the news from TRB?

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Episode 14: Oral history of winter maintenance in the US

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Episode 13: We got big data - Now what?

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Episode 12: Taking liquids to the max, Liquid Only Routes

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Episode 11: Which Way Should The Snowplow Go?

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Episode 10: It's All About the Equipment

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Episode 9: Why You Should be a Pathfinder

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Episode 8: Timely and Accurate Forecasts

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Episode 7: Are we sustainable?

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Episode 6: Winter always wins the budget wars

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Episode 5: Part 2: Top-10 Things For A World Class Winter Maintenance Program

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Episode 4: Part 1: Top-10 Things For A World Class Winter Maintenance Program

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Episode 3: Whats up with TRB Winter Maintenance?

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Episode 2: What is SICOP?

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Episode 1: Welcome to SICOP Talks Winter Ops