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Welcome to The Outfall – a podcast that explores the backstories of our water world and its infrastructure through unique stories. The Outfall is about sharing stories about topics we don’t think about. We aim to be more fun than serious, short than long, and hopefully more lively than dull.
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- 1 weeks ago16 min
Dogs That Sniff Out Invisible Water
Otis knows he's close when he starts licking his lips, drooling, and scratching at the dirt. The golden retriever is following the odor signature of treated drinking water, even when a leaking pipe leaves no puddle, no soft ground, and nothing anyone can see. Lolita Shaffer explains how she built a buried leak field, trained Otis and Eleanor, and learned what it takes to trust a dog enough to start digging. Full show notes and resources: The Outfall website Support The Outfall on Patreon: The Outfall on Patreon Instagram: @the_outfall Featuring: Lolita Shaffer of K9 Water Leak Detection and K9 Water Leak Detection University.
- Oct 2, 20265 min
When Undersea Cables Break
An undersea cable breaks in the middle of the Atlantic, and the answer to “what happens now?” takes us back to 1866. The Great Eastern is searching for a lost cable with a hook, a winch, and a crew trying to hear one word from Ireland. Then Samanth Subramanian explains why repairing the internet still involves dragging a grapnel across the ocean floor. Full show notes for this FIVE MINUTE SHORT and resources Support The Outfall on Patreon: The Outfall on Patreon Instagram: @the_outfall Featuring: Samanth Subramanian, author of The Web Beneath the Waves. Dramatization: “Alive or Dead” is based on contemporary accounts. Dialogue is invented, and the events follow first-hand records of the 1866 recovery.
- Sep 26, 202618 min
Where the Internet Comes Ashore Part 2
A cable from Argentina comes ashore through a manhole at Myrtle Beach State Park, and it does not stop there. In Part 2 of Where the Internet Comes Ashore, DC BLOX, the company that built the landing station, follows it 470 miles to Atlanta and the data centers waiting at the other end. One building on that route is already too small. Visit the show notes here.
- Sep 12, 202614 min
Where the Internet Comes Ashore, Part 1
We found a line on a map that runs nine thousand miles up from Argentina and comes ashore at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. We didn't believe it, so we called Samanth Subramanian, who wrote a book about the cables that carry the internet across the ocean floor. Somebody decided the internet should climb out of the sea under a beach full of mini golf and pancake houses. See the show notes.
- Aug 24, 20265 min
The Hidden Committee That Names America
Somebody decided Pikes Peak would have no apostrophe. Somebody decides what every mountain, creek, and reservoir in America is officially called, and has since 1890. Almost nobody can name the committee, and most years nobody notices it is there. Show Notes. Join us on Instagram.
- Aug 14, 20265 min
My Creek Is Bigger Than Your River
A creek beside Clemson outmuscles a river forty five minutes up the road, draining twice the land and carrying close to twice the water. No agency will call that wrong, because no official line between a CREEK and a RIVER exists anywhere in America. The reason the smaller word went to the bigger water is four hundred years old and has almost nothing to do with the water itself. Show Notes.
- Jul 31, 202611 min
The Wastewater Movie You Can't Stream
Two filmmakers spent years inside the East End Wastewater Treatment Facility in Portland, Maine, and came out with a comedy. It has screened at festivals and museums across New England, and it is not on Netflix, not on Hulu, not for rent anywhere. Co-director Alex Wolf Lewis explains why, and the answer draws a line between independent film and the pipes under your city. Also, we have a special event planned. Learn more here.
- Jul 17, 202610 min
The Year of the Turtle: When the Wild Calls
In 1993, Joel Jones got a wildlife biology degree and a dream of working in the woods. He ended up on the night shift at a sewer plant instead. He stayed thirty-two years and retired as CEO. And boy, did he come away with some stories. Show Notes and Pictures.
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