The Gen Z Water Dealmaker: Bonus
Imperfect Paradise
LAist Studios
4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin gives us insights into the making of The Gen Z Water Dealmaker series. In this bonus episode, Emily speaks with Luke Runyon, the co-director of The Water Desk at the University of Colorado-Boulder's Center for Environmental Journalism about how she thought through the series that follows the epic negotiation over the Colorado River's future during the current historic water crisis.
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| 0:34.7 | You're listening to Imperfect Paradise, the show about hidden worlds and messy realities. |
| 0:39.9 | I'm Antonio Sedei Hido. |
| 0:41.5 | Today, we are dropping a special treat. |
| 0:44.3 | Our correspondent, Emily Garan, who is the lead reporter on our series, The Gen Z Water Deal Maker, |
| 0:49.6 | was invited to participate in a live conversation with Luke Runyon, co-director of the Water Desk |
| 0:54.7 | at the University of Colorado Boulder's Center for Environmental Journalism. |
| 0:59.0 | He also happened to be our editorial advisor for this series. |
| 1:03.1 | Luke asks Emily about how she thought through the series, |
| 1:06.0 | which follows the ongoing epic negotiation over the future of the Colorado River. |
| 1:15.2 | Hi, everyone. My name is Luke Runyon, and I'm the co-director of the Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder's Center for Environmental Journalism. |
| 1:25.8 | For those of you who don't know what the Water Desk is, we support and act as a resource |
| 1:30.6 | for news organizations and journalists throughout the West to better cover water-related |
| 1:36.8 | issues in our region. |
| 1:39.4 | And thank you for being here. |
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