The Gen Z Water Dealmaker: Part 4
Imperfect Paradise
LAist Studios
4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Host Antonia Cereijido speaks with negotiations expert Victoria Medvec about how to make the best possible deal. Medvec also helps identify ways the Colorado River water rights representatives could still change tactics and reach an agreement before time runs out.
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| 0:34.0 | You're listening to Imperfect Paradise, the show about hidden worlds and messy realities. |
| 0:39.6 | I'm Antonia Serejito. |
| 0:42.2 | Is there someone you negotiate with most in your life? |
| 0:45.7 | I negotiate with a lot of people in my life. |
| 0:49.1 | This is Victoria Medbeck, a negotiations expert. |
| 0:52.5 | I'm very comfortable negotiating in my everyday life with a hotel or with a grocery store. |
| 0:58.5 | So I negotiate a lot. |
| 1:01.0 | If you've been listening to Imperfect Paradise for the last three weeks, then you've been hearing |
| 1:04.7 | a lot about one of the most epic negotiations that is currently going on here in the U.S. |
| 1:10.2 | The Battle over Colorado River |
| 1:12.4 | Water. |
| 1:15.9 | A quick recap, the Colorado River is a vital source of water for seven states in the West, |
| 1:21.4 | but climate change and overuse are drying up the river and quickly. |
| 1:30.5 | Our series, the Gen Z Water Dealmaker, has been following J.B. Hamby, the 28-year-old upstart lead negotiator for California, who has the |
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