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

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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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.

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0:28.1	It's Julie Kane.
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1:22.0	said, let's get on to the episode. I am here with the fabulous throughline producer Anya Steinberg. Hi, Anya. Hi, Julie.
1:30.9	How's it going? It's going good. I'm here in rainy Seattle talking to you.
1:36.3	Oh, nice. 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
1:44.5	episodes. And let's talk about this episode that you pitched, reported, called Water in the West.
1:52.5	Yes. What was that? Tell me a little bit about what that is. Yeah. Yeah. This is perfect,
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