{"podcast":{"title":"Talk+Water","slug":"talk-water-78863","podcast_index_feed_id":78863,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2042219.rss","website_url":"https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2042219.rss","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/12c8fwttu0nui29qfy1ud3gmlxau?.jpg","author":"Texas+Water","episode_count":112,"summary":"Talk+Water takes a deep dive into the world of water with those making waves. Every month Todd H. Votteler, Ph.D. interviews special guests making unique contributions in the water profession. Talk+Water has been rated one of the top water podcasts in the world in multiple water podcast reviews! Check out the latest ratings from Feedspot ! If you are enjoying Talk+Water please subscribe and leave us a review.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T18:19:50.720629+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-water-78863"},"episode":{"title":"#112, Ryan Smith, Rethinking Dam Operations","slug":"112-ryan-smith-rethinking-dam-operations","published_at":"2026-06-27T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-water-78863/112-ryan-smith-rethinking-dam-operations","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-water-78863","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2042219/episodes/19397239-112-ryan-smith-rethinking-dam-operations.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2042219/episodes/19397239-112-ryan-smith-rethinking-dam-operations.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Ryan Smith, Director of Water and Science for The Nature Conservancy in Texas, about the Sustainable Rivers Program and its work to improve river health through changes in dam operations. Ryan is a freshwater ecologist with more than 25 years of professional experience in freshwater conservation. He leads a team implem...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Wat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3623,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-water-78863/episodes/112-ryan-smith-rethinking-dam-operations/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-water-78863/112-ryan-smith-rethinking-dam-operations.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}