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Going to the Source of L.A.'s Water

Mon, 16 Dec 2024

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Throughline associate producer Anya Steinberg talks to supervising senior editor Julie Caine about her reporting trip to Owens Valley in northeastern California for the episode, "Water in the West," about the creation of—and controversy over—the Los Angeles aqueduct.This normally would be a bonus episode just for Throughline+ listeners. With this being the season of giving, we're sharing this one with everyone! To access all of Throughline's bonus episodes, listen to every episode sponsor-free, and support public radio, sign up for Throughline+ at plus.npr.org/throughlineLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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0.45 - 15.392 Advertiser

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24.804 - 50.802 Julie Caine

Hey, everybody. It's Julie Cain. I'm the showrunner and one of the editors on ThruLine. And we're going to do something kind of special today. In the spirit of giving, we want to give you a preview of our monthly bonus episodes, our plus episodes. Usually these are just for our ThruLine Plus supporters because we want to give them a little bit extra for their support. And we're so grateful.

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51.302 - 77.657 Julie Caine

Thank you so much if you're already a Plus listener. But if you aren't a Plus supporter yet, we hope you'll consider signing up. It supports all our work at NPR and ThruLine. You get these bonus episodes where you get to hear more about us and how we make the show. And you get to listen to every episode live. without ads. So if you're interested, go to plus.npr.org to find out more.

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78.218 - 88.109 Julie Caine

Okay, so all of that said, let's get on to the episode. I am here with the fabulous ThruLine producer, Anya Steinberg. Hi, Anya. Hi, Julie.

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88.69 - 94.414 Anya Steinberg

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

94.774 - 109.663 Julie Caine

Well, you know, we're doing this kind of behind the scenes conversation, which I love to do because so much goes into all of our episodes. And let's talk about this episode that you pitched, reported called Water in the West.

110.183 - 110.503 Anya Steinberg

Yes.

110.804 - 112.985 Julie Caine

What was that? Tell me a little bit about what that is.

113.245 - 134.061 Anya Steinberg

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.

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