Host Jay Famiglietti speaks with globe-trotting water expert Henk Ovink about the Dutch approach to water, particularly in comparison to North America.

They explore the difference between how humans react to disaster versus how they react to climate change. Both are fraught with danger.

Finally.... cue the theme music from "Cheers." It's the 10th and final episode of Season 1. We bid a fond farewell (for now).

President Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton. Aaron Salzberg.

One of these 3 people regularly wears a pretty sick ponytail and has sat down to talk water policy with the other 2.

That person is our guest this week: Aaron Salzberg is Director of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. 

He joins host Jay Famiglietti to chronicle his journey from car mechanic to heavy-hitting water diplomat in the State Department, to his new gig at UNC.

Aaron tells some riveting behind-the-scenes stories on his time working with politicians, and he and Jay start an impromptu therapy session on the struggles of working in the water world.

A brief trip down memory lane for host Jay Famiglietti on a jaw-dropping moment in 2015 with the CEO of Nestle Waters North America.

Then, back into the thick of it with guest Ian James, a reporter with the Arizona Republic newspaper in Phoenix.

Jay and Ian dig into James' 6-part investigative series on groundwater depletion in Arizona, called "Arizona's Next Water Crisis," and touch on the Trump administration.

Audio credits:

Audio from the special report on azcentral.com, The Arizona Republic’s website.

Audio clip from “Nestle Waters CEO isn’t stopping bottling in California, says new tech save millions of gallons” from Southern California Public Radio. 

(p) 2015 California Public Public Radio.  Used with permission.  All rights reserved. 

Guest Ian James is a reporter with the Arizona Republic newspaper in Phoenix.

He and host Jay Famiglietti reflect on their roles in the big bottled water battle that gripped California in 2015 as Nestle Waters North America refused to stop drawing water from a national forest during a drought.

Ian shares a harrowing story about violence against small farmers in Peru who were seeing large farm companies running water pipes through their area, all while they were seeing their water levels drop.

Big topic: what's the state of drought in California these days? Plus host Jay Famiglietti talks about that one time he almost got fired from NASA, guest Newsha Ajami and Jay ponder what made people start using less water in California.

Recorded at the American Geophysical Union's annual fall meeting in San Francisco.

Host Jay Famiglietti sits down with old friend Bridget Scanlon, head of the Sustainable Water Resources Program at the University of Texas in Austin.

They discuss big bad Texas storms, why flood waters are not commonly captured to be used in drought times, and how contaminants in water can be all natural.

Part 2 of our interview in Tel Aviv, Israel where host Jay Famiglietti sits down with Gidon Bromberg, co-founder and Israeli Director of EcoPeace Middle East.

Gidon talks about his leap from attorney to non-profit founder.

Jay and Gidon discuss how the holy site of the Jordan River has been "turned into little more than a sewage canal," and how it can recover.

This episode, host Jay Famiglietti sits down with Gidon Bromberg, co-founder and Israeli Director of EcoPeace Middle East.

Gidon comes from the most water-scarce region in the planet, where basic facts and science are so heavily politicized that it's hard to agree on them.

He lays out the landscape of this conflict over water between Jordan, Israeli and Palestine people.

Gidon explains how people who often view each other as enemies are working together to deal with their immediate needs, like getting sewage treated, and how scientists are cutting through the politics to address shared water issues.