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You can binge the whole series now: subscribe to Safe to Drink on Apple Podcasts, or check out their page on NHPR’s website.
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Safe to Drink, Episode 1: You don’t know about this?
Published 29 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He decided to try and catch up to it. So I hop back in the car and I drove around the block and I said, hey, I don't know, you made a mistake, but there's all this water in our driveway, we didn't order any water. And he kind of sheeplessly said like, oh, you don't know about this. For a lot of people, the pierces, me, maybe you. Tap water is a given, like the sky being blue or pavement being solid. Turning on the tap is a reflex, almost like breathing. We do it when we shower, fill the coffee pot, boil pasta, when we brush our teeth. After the surprise delivery, Ben made a few calls. And he discovered that the water he and his family had been using for months had something in it, something that made it unsafe to drink or to cook with, something you couldn't boil out. […]
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