Anya Steinberg

How's it going? It's going good. I'm here in rainy Seattle talking to you. So nice.

How's it going? It's going good. I'm here in rainy Seattle talking to you. So nice.

How's it going? It's going good. I'm here in rainy Seattle talking to you. So nice.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yeah. Yeah. This is perfect actually, because I mean, I mentioned it's rainy. We're going to be going back in my mind to sunny, beautiful California, which is where this story takes place. And basically this story that I pitched is the story of what happened when Los Angeles decided to build an aqueduct from this place called the Owens Valley all the way to LA.

Yeah. Yeah. This is perfect actually, because I mean, I mentioned it's rainy. We're going to be going back in my mind to sunny, beautiful California, which is where this story takes place. And basically this story that I pitched is the story of what happened when Los Angeles decided to build an aqueduct from this place called the Owens Valley all the way to LA.

Yeah. Yeah. This is perfect actually, because I mean, I mentioned it's rainy. We're going to be going back in my mind to sunny, beautiful California, which is where this story takes place. And basically this story that I pitched is the story of what happened when Los Angeles decided to build an aqueduct from this place called the Owens Valley all the way to LA.

The LA aqueduct is made up of like some open channels, lined with concrete. There's some large pipes as a part of it. It looks different in different places, but the whole goal is to move water from a place that has it to a place that doesn't. And they did that because they needed water to make the city into the metropolis it is today.

The LA aqueduct is made up of like some open channels, lined with concrete. There's some large pipes as a part of it. It looks different in different places, but the whole goal is to move water from a place that has it to a place that doesn't. And they did that because they needed water to make the city into the metropolis it is today.

The LA aqueduct is made up of like some open channels, lined with concrete. There's some large pipes as a part of it. It looks different in different places, but the whole goal is to move water from a place that has it to a place that doesn't. And they did that because they needed water to make the city into the metropolis it is today.

But when they did that, it had unintended consequences on like a variety of levels. You know, it made people in the valley mad. It affected the environment. There's all this kind of drama that plays out after the aqueduct opens. So that's what this episode is about.

But when they did that, it had unintended consequences on like a variety of levels. You know, it made people in the valley mad. It affected the environment. There's all this kind of drama that plays out after the aqueduct opens. So that's what this episode is about.

But when they did that, it had unintended consequences on like a variety of levels. You know, it made people in the valley mad. It affected the environment. There's all this kind of drama that plays out after the aqueduct opens. So that's what this episode is about.

Yeah. I think you can't understate how much the aqueduct changed L.A. Like you said, it basically went from this dusty frontier town with a couple thousand people living there to this enormous city, the basis of Hollywood, kind of the epitome of the American dream, and that is all because of the water that the aqueduct brought.

Yeah. I think you can't understate how much the aqueduct changed L.A. Like you said, it basically went from this dusty frontier town with a couple thousand people living there to this enormous city, the basis of Hollywood, kind of the epitome of the American dream, and that is all because of the water that the aqueduct brought.

Yeah. I think you can't understate how much the aqueduct changed L.A. Like you said, it basically went from this dusty frontier town with a couple thousand people living there to this enormous city, the basis of Hollywood, kind of the epitome of the American dream, and that is all because of the water that the aqueduct brought.

Yeah. Well, like you said, this is not a new story. There's already been a lot done about it. There's been fictional and non-fictional documentaries made about this. So when I was thinking about how this episode was going to work and how to through-line-ify this story... Through-line-ify.

Yeah. Well, like you said, this is not a new story. There's already been a lot done about it. There's been fictional and non-fictional documentaries made about this. So when I was thinking about how this episode was going to work and how to through-line-ify this story... Through-line-ify.