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Stop The Bleeding - Holiday Woes: Part ll

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Selling Outcomes, Ryan Walker Part ll

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How Pool Pros Accidentally Poison Themselves (and Everyone Else)

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We are a trade that can electrocute you

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The 2-Cups-Equals-a-Pound Lie, Available Chlorine, Active Strength

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Your Contract Ruined Christmas - Holiday Woes: Part l

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Retail Is Not Dead, with Ryan Walker

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LSI: The Key to Pool Chemistry

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Innovative Pool Products for Australia and New Zealand

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The one about Chloramines, Breakpoint, and Crystal Lagoons

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Life After a Cardiac Event: Lessons Learned

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Pool Financing Myths

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Cleaning Pools After Bushfires

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LSI Outside the Bubble — What the Scientists Really Say

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Steve’s Cautionary Tales, Leak Detection 101 & The Airbnb Insurance Trap

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Specialty Chemicals: Making Chlorine Work Smarter, Not Harder with Jody O’Grady

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Are They Pools, Ponds, or A GEN Z FAD?

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Kangaroos, Cows & Vinyl Liners: Modern Liner Tech with Jamie from Aquatec

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The Role of Calcium and TDS

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The Role of Weather in Swimming Pool Property Damage

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Mastering Pool Measurements: Essential Tools and Techniques

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Natural Pools: Healthier… or Just Trendier?

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Proactive Management: Pool Business

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Cyanuric Acid: The Most Misunderstood Chemical in Pools

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“How Do I Cover My Ass?” Protecting Your Pool Business When a Pool is Structurally Failing

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Madison Ray lifeguard historian - Hard Truths & Myths

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Cold Plunge Pools and Cold Water Chemistry

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It Shouldn’t Take a Child’s Death to Fix Our Industry — But Here We Are

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Bromide Ban & Borate Chemistry

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Back in Our Day, Pool Techs Worked in the Rain — And Didn’t Cry About It

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Airbnbs, Fences, and Flow Rates — Yes, You’re Doing It Wrong.

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Pool Leak Myths Millennials Love… and Why Gen X Knows Better.

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The Episode That Made Pool Pros Love with Their Shirts

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Total Alkalinity. PLUS, Mentor of the Year REVEALED

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Wayne’s Update, Rich Gallo’s Wisdom & Pool Biz Insights

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Clear Water Can Still Kill, Part 2: The Myth-Busting Conclusion with Dewey Case & Natalie Hood

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It’s Not Personal — It’s Just Good Business

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Push suppliers to own issues

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Is Your Pool Truck a DOT Violation Waiting to Happen

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Off-Season Hustle: Remodeling, Beta Tests & Big Things Ahead

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The One on pH

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Oxidation & Sanitation: The Six Faces of Chlorine

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Dewey Case of CMAHC to Aquatic Directors: Clear Water Can Still Kill

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You Don’t Get Profitable in a Fortnight

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Leak Suspection: the diagnostic hypothesis phase of leak detection

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No Participation Trophies in Pool Service

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Plumb Dumb: The Gen Z Pool Build Edition

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The Truth About Shock, PHTA, Horror Pick & Empty Pools

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🎃 Haunted Pools & Hair-Raising Cleanups

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Tradeshow Junkies and Pool Inspection Insurance

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Algaecide

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Talking Pools Origins

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Government Shutdowns, Setbacks, and Standing Strong — The Pool Pros Who Keep Us Going

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Pool Inspections and The Importance of Public Speaking

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Getting Rid of Swimming Pool Algae

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Hire Slow, Fire Fast

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Pool Wars: Ron DeLoux Talks Survival of the Smartest + A Hard Truth About Unlicensed Work

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How to Become a CPO Instructor

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The Metal Menace: Andrea & Paulette

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Here's Why Pool Pros Bathe in Public Spas

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“Charge What You’re Worth," Rich Gallo Says. (Gen Z, Cover Your Ears)

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How One Mistake on a Pool Job Nearly Bankrupted Me

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Sarah Says: The Science, the Sass, and the Suds

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When Customers Meet Chlorine Science

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Understanding Mineral Pools, +PSS: Bufferzone Cameo

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Tim Bolden: Navy Discipline, Pool Butler Growth, and Gen Z’s Take on Work-Life Balance

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What Jersey Got Right and Florida Still Doesn’t Get

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Mentors Speak, Leslie’s Reacts, and Sarah Creates

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The Chloramine Chronicles: Breaking Down Monochloramine, Dichloramine & Trichloramine

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When the SH!T Hits the FAN

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Pool Industry Innovations and Challenges with John Poma

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Stains and Solutions

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Alkalinity Deconstructed w/ Sarah the Pool Girl

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Phosphates, Salt Cells & the ‘Cloudy Test’ Myth (+ a quick AI cameo)

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If you don't ask, you don't get

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Floating Pools & Future Rules: Kevin Post on +POOL, CMAHC, and Mentoring

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Stop Doomscrolling, Start Backwashing

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pH: The Real Main Character of Your Pool 💧✨

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The LSI You Trust Is a False Positive—Here’s the Math

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Stop Letting Suppliers Brainwash You: Why Real Training Beats Free Lunches

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Engaging the Next Generation of Pool Pros with Maddy Vandiver, AOP, and ACC

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Honoring Heroes: the 9-11 Memorial Pools

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Beyond the Strip: Getting TDS Right

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Andrea Debunks the Chlorine Lock Myth

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AI and the Future of Pool Maintenance

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Fueling Growth with Shannon Wilson, Enzymes, CyA Secrets

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Education and Growth: Wayne with Natalie Hood

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Pool Girl 2.0

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TDS and Toss 'em Back Tuesday with Andrea

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Kazakhstan's Unique Pools

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Purposeful Marketing with Laci Davis, Phosphate Mysteries & Chlorine Lock

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Throwback POOL INSPECTIONS

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This Is Your Brain on Pools: Gen X vs Gen Z

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Pregnant, Poolside, and Probably High on Fumes

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The Pool Pro Hunger Games

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Exploring Pool Chemistry with Que Hales

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A chiller is not a cold plunge pool!

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You Wanted the Pool—Now It Wants You Back

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More Pool Service Complaints. I quit. I'm done.

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The Ideal Customer? Good on you, Peter.