Talking Pools Podcast
Hosted by Natalie Hood and Lee Salisbury and Nick and Rudy and Lee and Shane and Steve and Steve Sherwood and Wayne and Wayne Ivusich · Rudy Stankowitz
4.7from 115 ratings
- 1,102
- Episodes
- 548
- Transcribed
- 115
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Talking Pools Podcast
If you’ve ever stared at a test kit like it personally insulted your family… welcome home. Talking Pools Podcast is the pool industry’s “pull up a chair” show—part shop talk, part field manual, part therapy session—built for people who actually live on pool decks: commercial operators, service techs, builders, facility managers, and anyone responsible for water that can’t afford to go sideways. The network was created to level up the pool industry with real-world conversations on water chemistry, filtration, troubleshooting, construction, safety, and the business side of keeping pools open and budgets intact. Here’s the hook: it’s not theory-first. It’s experience-first—a roster of seasoned pros (with 250+ years of combined “been there, fixed that” wisdom) turning complicated problems into practical moves you can use the same day. And it’s not one voice, one vibe, one corner of the industry: it’s a network of shows designed to reflect how diverse this work really is—different regions, different specialties, different personalities. Also worth saying out loud: women aren’t “special guests” here—they’re on the mic as hosts, from the beginning, with an intentionally balanced roster. That matters, because the best ideas in this industry don’t come from one lane—they come from the whole road. If you want a podcast that can make you laugh and make you better at what you do—without pretending the job is easier than it is—Talking Pools is the one you queue up before the first stop, and keep on when the day starts getting weird.
- Publisher
- Rudy Stankowitz
- Category
- education · science · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 May 2021
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
548 of 1,102 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026
Leslie’s Restructuring: What It Could Mean for the Pool Industry
7 Oct 2026
Answer the Damn Phone: Greg “Beard Man” Beard on Real Mentorship | Part 1
5 Oct 2026
“I Just Test the Water” Won’t Cut It: Entrapment, Bad Plumbing & Professional Responsibility
Inside a recent episode
“Chlorine-Free” With a Chlorinator? SPASA Takes on Pool Sanitizer Claims
Published 27 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We all see the marketing claims, don't we, guys, on different products? What is it? Fresh systems and chlorine-free, and yet we see a chlorinating cell as part of the product. Yeah, yeah. And so we wanted to just be able to promote transparency and consistency in the claims and provide, you know, some of the guide is also talking about testing and credible sources and how you would go about testing. And it kind of, it does... It does a decent attempt at being quite broad and then narrowing down to technology-specific language that you might be using, depending on whether you're a chlorinator or an oxidizer or an ozone system or whatever. […]
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- Pat Grignon
- Greg Beard
- Spiros
- Rudy Stankowitz
- Chris Cavanaugh
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- 4.7 / 5
- 115 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- 96
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 93
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Questions about Talking Pools Podcast
Who hosts Talking Pools Podcast?
Natalie Hood and Lee Salisbury and Nick and Rudy and Lee and Shane and Steve and Steve Sherwood and Wayne and Wayne Ivusich host the show. Published by Rudy Stankowitz.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Talking Pools Podcast take guests?
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