John Take joins John on the latest episode of Audacious Water to talk about how water infrastructure is evolving as climate change intensifies.
Will Sarni joins John Sabo to discuss why the U.S. needs a new National Water Strategy and what innovation in the water sector really means. The conversation explores innovation beyond technology, the role of finance and data, and what it will take to manage water in a changing world.
In Part 2 of their conversation, John Sabo, Newsha Ajami, and Martin Doyle explore the core elements of a modern U.S. water strategy, including economics, governance, rural water, and the innovation needed for a changing climate.
This episode looks back at America’s first national water strategy and explains why experts believe the U.S. needs a modern version today. Dr. Newsha Ajami and Dr. Martin Doyle join John Sabo to discuss how fragmented water management, shifting climate pressures, and aging infrastructure make a new strategy essential.
In this special bonus episode, John Sabo looks back at the conversations with leading experts in Season 4. Each guest joined him to explore one of the five transformations reshaping the Mississippi River Basin, making it hotter, drier, stormier, saltier, and sicker. He revisits what gave them hope for the future, and how those conversations offer even more hope for the future of the heartland.
Dr. Mary Hayden, a medical anthropologist and Research Professor with the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, joins John to explore how human behavior and water insecurity are reshaping the spread of mosquito-borne disease. With fieldwork spanning the U.S. and Latin America, Mary shares how climate change is expanding disease risk into new regions -- and why public health strategies must go beyond spraying to include education, trust, and community action.
Charles Allen, Engagement Director for the Audubon Delta unit of the National Audubon Society and co-founder of the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development, joins John to reflect on nearly 20 years since Hurricane Katrina and what it means for New Orleans today. They discuss his experience with post-Katrina recovery, the importance of community-led rebuilding, and how neighborhoods have navigated uneven redevelopment. Charles also explores how communities can stay engaged on the impacts of climate change and why public participation is key to building long-term resilience.
John directs the Bywater Institute at Tulane University and is also founder and CEO of Future H2O-B.
Dr. Dawn Wesson, Associate Professor at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, joins John to explore how climate change is expanding the range of vector-borne diseases. With decades of experience studying mosquito-borne viruses like West Nile and Zika, Dawn explains how rising temperatures and human movement are accelerating the northward expansion of tropical diseases. She also discusses innovative control strategies, including biological methods and emerging technologies that could help reduce disease transmission in a warming world.