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When Manny Patel's boss called to move him from the air program to drinking water, his answer was honest: "I don't know anything about water except that it comes from a tap and I drink it." A decade later, he calls those years the most fun of his nearly 40-year career. In this episode of Make Wate…

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For our 50th episode, we did something we've never done before — recorded in front of a live audience at Catalyst, inside a wine and culinary center in San Diego. Fitting, since this episode is all about terroir: how the best water communication doesn't copy-paste a playbook, it reflects the place …
"Disruptive" is the wrong word for water. So what's the right one? In this episode of Make Water Work, Isaac Pellerin sits down with Cristina Ahmadpour, President and Managing Director, Americas at Isle Utilities, who has spent over a decade helping water utilities identify and adopt emerging …
In this episode of the Make Water Work Catalyst Collab, Isaac Pellerin sits down with Britton Smith, founder and lead artist of Britton & The Sting, who served as a guide at Catalyst 2025 and led one of the most talked-about sessions of the year. They dig into how a commission for a theater on …
Heather Collins set out to work in aerospace. She ended up running water operations for 19 million people, and finishing a term as the 144th President of the American Water Works Association. In this episode, Isaac sits down with Heather Collins, Assistant Chief of Operations at the Metropolit…
In this episode of the Make Water Work Catalyst Collab, Isaac Pellerin and Chelsea Boozer (Executive Director, Rogue Water Lab) sit down with Shannon Kring, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, director, and president of Red Queen Media. Shannon's work spans more than 70 countries and includes the f…
In this episode of the Catalyst Collab, hosts Isaac Pellerin and Chelsea Boozer (Rogue Water Lab) sit down with Ameerah Palacios, APR, Director of Engagement for STV's National Water practice. Ameerah has spent more than two decades helping utilities and public agencies build trust, navigate crisis…
No one wants a water main. They want clean water. No one needs a highway. They need to get their kids to school safely. In this episode of the Make Water Work Catalyst Collab, Isaac Pellerin and Chelsea Boozer (Executive Director, Rogue Water Lab) sit down with Dr. Shalini Vajjhala, Executive …
Most professionals operate at 50 to 70 percent of their communication capacity, and they don't even know it. In this episode of the Make Water Work Catalyst Collab, Isaac Pellerin and Chelsea Boozer (Executive Director, Rogue Water Lab) sit down with Dr. Bernard Armada, Associate Professor of …
Water is the environmental issue Americans care about most, so why does it still struggle to break through the news cycle? In this episode of the Make Water Work / Catalyst Collab, Isaac Pellerin and Chelsea Boozer (Executive Director, Rogue Water Lab) sit down with Sarah Bucci, Director of St…
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