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186. NEW COURSE! C4633: Advanced Inflatable Watershape Installation Workshop
2 mins; April 01, 2026
Allergic to Chlorine? A Microbiology Lesson (w/ Roy Vore, Ph.D.)
57 mins; March 25, 2026
Personalized Pool Chemistry (w/ Keegan Rivera)
23 mins; March 18, 2026
AI: My Unsolicited Opinions
19 mins; March 11, 2026
Understanding Adjusted Alkalinity
9 mins; March 08, 2026
Swim School Chemistry (w/ Olympian Davis Tarwater)
30 mins; February 25, 2026
Dad Mode: Unlocked
35 mins; January 29, 2026
Winterizing Pools Against Crystals (w/ Rob Romano and Bill Drakeley)
74 hours 13 mins; December 26, 2025
Protecting Pool Plaster (w/ Jeff Smith)
26 mins; December 17, 2025
Reinforced PVC Membranes (w/ Tony Jordan and Jeremy Heersink)
34 mins; December 12, 2025
Essential Pool Equipment Taught by the Masters (w/ Rocco Russo)
39 mins; November 26, 2025
Tile Mastery (w/ Jimmy Reed)
25 mins; November 14, 2025
Hands-on Plastering Education (w/ Jon Temple)
36 mins; November 12, 2025
Shotcrete Science (w/ Charles Hanskat, P.E.)
49 mins; October 29, 2025
Social Kick (w/ Bryan Lundquist)
44 mins; October 01, 2025
My statement of purpose.
25 mins; September 24, 2025
Rebirth.
24 mins; September 17, 2025
Thank you.
22 mins; April 02, 2025
What are chlorides?
13 mins; January 22, 2025
Los Angeles Wildfire Relief
24 mins; January 15, 2025
Water's Story (w/ Jim Lauria and Terry Arko)
26 mins; January 01, 2025
Can a pool heater have both corrosion AND scale?
20 mins; December 18, 2024
Understanding Metal Corrosion
38 mins; December 11, 2024
The Three Constants
23 mins; November 27, 2024
Scale and Scum Lines on Pool Furniture (w/ Mike Collins, TenJam)
23 mins; November 20, 2024
Integration with PaythePoolman (w/ Teresa Berry)
27 mins; November 06, 2024
The Undeniable Power of Water
19 mins; October 23, 2024
Cyanuric Acid Testing and its Limitations (w/ Joe Sweazy)
23 mins; October 16, 2024
Calcium Phosphate Scale
22 mins; October 09, 2024
Measuring Chemicals: Volume vs. Weight
14 mins; October 02, 2024
Closing time, one last call for calcium
30 mins; September 11, 2024
Understanding non-chlorine shock (w/ Terry Arko)
17 mins; September 04, 2024
Foam and Defoamers (w/ Terry Arko)
31 mins; August 28, 2024
AirBNB, VRBO, and other vacation rental pools and spas
17 mins; August 21, 2024
Automatic pool covers and water chemistry
16 mins; August 14, 2024
Saharan dust blowing across the Atlantic Ocean
11 mins; August 07, 2024
Mid-summer update 2024
7 mins; July 31, 2024
A Pulmonologist's Perspective on Indoor Air Quality, and Blood/Water Chemistry (w/ Mike Fields, MD)
47 mins; July 24, 2024
Sunlight, UV, clouds, and chlorine destruction
27 mins; July 17, 2024
The voice of Olympic Swimming (w/ Rowdy Gaines)
49 mins; July 10, 2024
Orenda App version 5.0, LaMotte SpinTouch integration and our new Chemical Calculator
34 mins; July 03, 2024
Preventing Shoulder and Back Injuries (w/ Paul Cagle, MD)
31 mins; June 26, 2024
Full Transparency - Changes are Coming
18 mins; June 12, 2024
Understanding Cyanurate Alkalinity
30 mins; June 05, 2024
Understanding pH buffering systems and pKa values
25 mins; May 22, 2024
Cicadas (and other small dead animals) in Swimming Pools
14 mins; May 08, 2024
Tools for the Modern Pool Pro, with Skimmer + Orenda (w/ Niki Acosta and Jack Nelson)
31 mins; May 01, 2024
Scaling Up your Pool Business with PoolBrain + Orenda (w/ Adam Beech)
29 mins; April 24, 2024
The case against column-pouring acid
10 mins; April 17, 2024
Self-Serving Pseudo-Science (w/ Terry Arko)
51 mins; April 10, 2024
Understanding Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP)
20 mins; March 15, 2024
Chlorine's pH impact in swimming pools (w/ Terry Arko)
35 mins; February 21, 2024
Is the Orenda Calculatorâ„¢ true to the LSI formula? Or different?
25 mins; February 14, 2024
From the booth at the 2024 Northeast Pool & Spa Show
39 mins; February 03, 2024
Unnaturally Natural
12 mins; January 10, 2024
Chemical product percentages and molar weight ratios
33 mins; December 20, 2023
Recap of the 2023 Int'l Pool and Spa Show
23 mins; December 06, 2023
Top Questions of 2023
39 mins; November 15, 2023
Alkalinity's complicated relationship with chlorine
19 mins; November 01, 2023
The man who rules his pool
30 mins; October 25, 2023
Commercial Swimming Pools (w/ Dennis Ingram)
20 mins; October 18, 2023
Indoor Air Quality, and Remembering Derek Ingram (w/ Dennis Ingram)
36 mins; October 04, 2023
Chemical Conflicts | Specialty Chemicals
27 mins; September 27, 2023
Chemical Conflicts | Alternative Sanitizers (w/ Terry Arko)
12 mins; September 20, 2023
Chemical Conflicts | Algaecides (w/ Terry Arko)
22 mins; September 13, 2023
Chemical Conflicts | Chlorine
24 mins; August 23, 2023
Understanding Biofilms (w/ Darla Goeres, Ph.D.)
52 mins; August 16, 2023
Calcium and LSI in Fiberglass and Vinyl Pools (w/ Tyler Mills)
14 mins; August 09, 2023
Green and Yellow (Mustard) Algae (w/ Terry Arko)
31 mins; July 26, 2023
Black Algae
27 mins; July 19, 2023
Chelating vs. Sequestering, and Chlorinating after SC-1000
15 mins; July 04, 2023
Understanding Calcium: the bedrock of water balance
29 mins; June 28, 2023
Understanding Bromine (w/ Terry Arko)
31 mins; June 21, 2023
Chemical Forecasting (w/ Tyler Mills)
24 mins; June 14, 2023
Minimalism: Addition by Subtraction
19 mins; June 09, 2023
The Return of the King (w/ Harold Evans)
32 mins; June 02, 2023
Clean water with a slice of Humble Pie
25 mins; May 25, 2023
Top Ten things Kathryn has learned from Orenda
33 mins; May 17, 2023
Breaking Bad Water
18 mins; May 10, 2023
Orenda App 4.0 - Updates, integrations, and the future
21 mins; May 04, 2023
Team Orenda and our integration with HASA (w/Terry Arko)
31 mins; April 26, 2023
New company ownership, same tolerable podcast
41 mins; March 29, 2023
Understanding Calcium Sulfate Scale Crystals
21 mins; March 22, 2023
How to Manage Pollen in Pools
20 mins; March 15, 2023
How to Contact Us at Orenda (the Right Way)
19 mins; March 08, 2023
What Water Wants
25 mins; February 08, 2023
Live from the NESPA Show in Atlantic City
11 mins; January 27, 2023
Stop Helicopter Parenting your Pool
14 mins; January 04, 2023
How to use the Orenda App
37 mins; December 24, 2022
7/7 - What raises and lowers Phosphates?
14 mins; December 21, 2022
6/7 - What raises and lowers Combined Chlorine?
16 mins; December 14, 2022
5/7 - What raises and lowers Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)?
9 mins; December 07, 2022
4/7 - What raises and lowers Cyanuric Acid (CYA)?
12 mins; November 30, 2022
3/7 - What raises and lowers Calcium Hardness?
11 mins; November 23, 2022
2/7 - What raises and lowers Total Alkalinity?
13 mins; November 16, 2022
1/7 - What raises and lowers pH?
16 mins; November 09, 2022
Intro - What Raises and Lowers specific chemistry factors? (7-part series)
3 mins; November 02, 2022
Cold Water Startups
27 mins; October 26, 2022
Podcasting with the Pool Chasers
34 mins; October 19, 2022
Swimming Pool Recovery After a Hurricane
19 mins; October 12, 2022
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