Talking Pools Podcast
If you’ve ever stared at a test kit like it personally insulted your family… welcome home.
Talking Pools Podcast is the pool industry’s “pull up a chair” show—part shop talk, part field manual, part therapy session—built for people who actually live on pool decks: commercial operators, service techs, builders, facility managers, and anyone responsible for water that can’t afford to go sideways. The network was created to level up the pool industry with real-world conversations on water chemistry, filtration, troubleshooting, construction, safety, and the business side of keeping pools open and budgets intact.
Here’s the hook: it’s not theory-first. It’s experience-first—a roster of seasoned pros (with 250+ years of combined “been there, fixed that” wisdom) turning complicated problems into practical moves you can use the same day. And it’s not one voice, one vibe, one corner of the industry: it’s a network of shows designed to reflect how diverse this work really is—different regions, different specialties, different personalities.
Also worth saying out loud: women aren’t “special guests” here—they’re on the mic as hosts, from the beginning, with an intentionally balanced roster. That matters, because the best ideas in this industry don’t come from one lane—they come from the whole road.
If you want a podcast that can make you laugh and make you better at what you do—without pretending the job is easier than it is—Talking Pools is the one you queue up before the first stop, and keep on when the day starts getting weird.
Talking Pools Podcast
Pregnant, Poolside, and Probably High on Fumes
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Welcome to the most accidentally themed episode of Talking Pools, where we started with “fuck it, we’ll do it live” and somehow ended up knee-deep in pregnancy, chlorine jugs, and naming babies after pool chemicals. Don’t ask how we got here — we don’t know either.
This week, Andrea & Paulette juggle barking dogs, clinking dishes, and a door-scratching pet apocalypse while announcing that yes, pool pros can, in fact, clean pools while pregnant — provided you’re fine with half-full chlorine jugs, pulling vacuums like a gladiator, and casually ignoring the fact that acid fumes on a cloudy day might actually kill you.
We celebrate Sarah “The Pool Girl”’s pregnancy announcement (congrats!), relive pregnancies past (spoiler: one host nearly died from not keeping water down, the other casually cleaned pools at 8 months pregnant like it was leg day), and brainstorm baby names that would make the industry proud:
- Chlorine, but make it Chloe.
- Brody (Bromine + DE powder, baby).
- Tab. Just… Tab.
- Calcium Chlorida, Esq.
Also inside this chaos casserole:
- Why customers think their leaky pool is your financial problem.
- The great vacation hack: tabs are good for something.
- Acid fumes on humid days — a.k.a. free chemical warfare training.
- Why pool pros naming their kids after chemicals is both a brilliant idea and a crime against humanity.
Basically, it’s part pregnancy support group, part pool school, part fever dream. Strap in.
Email us your best “pool baby names” at Andrea.talkingpools@gmail.com
and maybe we’ll start a registry. First gift on the list? A hammerhead cart with a built-in car seat.
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