Talk+Water

About Talk+Water

Talk+Water takes a deep dive into the world of water with those making waves. Every month Todd H. Votteler, Ph.D. (http://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-votteler) 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 (https://podcast.feedspot.com/water_podcasts/)! If you are enjoying Talk+Water please subscribe and leave us a review.

Publisher

Texas+Water

Category

science · science · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Oct 2018

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

116 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   #115, Scot McFarlane, Stories from the Trinity River

   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 Scot McFarlane, author and founder of the Oxbow History Company, about the Trinity River’s overlooked role in shaping Texas. Scot grew up along the banks of the Trinity River and has devoted his career to recovering the forgotten histories of American waterways. A historian with a PhD from Columbia University—where he ...

2. 

   1 Sept 2026

   #114, James Eklund, Navigating the Colorado River Crisis

   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 James Eklund, a water and natural resources law attorney and partner at Taft/ Sherman & Howard, about how the Colorado River’s shrinking water supply is forcing the American West to rethink how water is shared, conserved, and governed. James is one of the American West’s leading water lawyers, a fifth-generation Co...

3. 

   3 Aug 2026

   #113, Ivo Zution Gonçalves, Future of Irrigation in the U.S.

   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 Ivo Zution Gonçalves, a Research Assistant Professor for the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska, about the current status and future of irrigated agriculture in the United States. Ivo Zution Gonçalves is an agronomist engineer with a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from the State ...

Who has been a guest on Talk+Water

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Bridget Scanlon
• Gilbert Trejo
• Christina Montoya-Halter
• Shay Ralls Roalson
• Marisa Flores Gonzalez

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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