Rudy Stankowitz

Talking Pools Podcast

Education EN ↓ 1040 episodes

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...

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Rudy Stankowitz

Episodes

10 ways AOAP can increase your pool productivity 02.12.2022 1:03:00

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Rudy and Andrea are talking AOAP, Tradeshows, and Lifeguard shortages with Juliene Heftner of the Association of Aquatic Professionals . Here is the discount code that can be used towards a full AOAP Conference registration either a member rate or non-member rate. This will take $50 off of a full conference registration fee: TalkingPoolsPodcast Take our 2-min...

Demanding Respect 30.11.2022 15:24

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Heather talks about the builder-contractor relationship when the builder is a woman. Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Th...

EPA threatens to cripple 2023 POOL CHEMICAL manufacturing process in asbestos ban 29.11.2022 52:15

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Kelli & Dan host a SPECIAL BROADCAST on what the EPA's ban on asbestos will mean for the pool industry. Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! CMAHC The Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code promotes health & safety at public swimming pools Disclaime...

The sharper the blast the sooner ‘tis past 28.11.2022 18:03

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Peter os talking the danger of lightning and the precautions a pool service professional needs to take. Support the show Thank you so much for listening! You can find us on social media: Facebook Instagram Tik Tok Email us: talkingpools@gmail.com

An expert interview about Service Industry News 25.11.2022 46:51

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Rudy & Andrea speak with Carrie Dibrell about her Newspaper turned digital, Service Industry News . Support the show Thank you so much for listening! You can find us on social media: Facebook Instagram Tik Tok Email us: talkingpools@gmail.com

A Pool Life Divided 23.11.2022 10:23

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Heather is talking maintaining a Home/Work life balance and how to keep the 💩 from hitting the fan Support the show Thank you so much for listening! You can find us on social media: Facebook Instagram Tik Tok Email us: talkingpools@gmail.com

The battle between ONLINE universities & IN-PERSON training events 22.11.2022 48:17

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Kelli & Dan are talking how to have a voice in our industry, who makes the rules, and the snafus of online & in-person training. Support the show Thank you so much for listening! You can find us on social media: Facebook Instagram Tik Tok Email us: talkingpools@gmail.com

A Platypus is a duck designed by a committee 21.11.2022 23:56

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Peter is talking the importance of building a rapport. Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Thank you so much for listening!...

The biggest pool industry education blunders 18.11.2022 42:11

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Rudy & Andrea are talking about inconsistencies in education throughout the industry Support the show Thank you so much for listening! You can find us on social media: Facebook Instagram Tik Tok Email us: talkingpools@gmail.com

Don't hold back your branding 16.11.2022 13:49

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Heather is talking the importance of branding Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Thank you so much for listening! You can...

Commercial Kelli 15.11.2022 38:46

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Kelli & Dan are talking commercial opportunities that businesses overlook. Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! CMAHC The Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code promotes health & safety at public swimming pools Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate li...

Americans HATE salt, but Australians LOVE it! 🧂 14.11.2022 31:45

Send us Fan Mail If you follow other pool pros on social media, you already know there is a great divide in the opinions of service companies on the benefits and functionality of saltwater pools. This is the one where Peter is talking why they're crucial from an Aussie point of view. Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our...

Unserviceable Pools 11.11.2022 24:16

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Rudy & Andrea are talking pools that are unserviceable due to the intricacy of their design. Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! AquaStar Pool Products The Global Leader in Safety, Dependability, & Innovation in Pool Technology. POOL MAGAZINE Pool Magazine...

Why your playbook has you underwater 09.11.2022 27:59

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Heather is talking about having the right people in the right places within your organization. Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support t...

Here's how you take a sick day 08.11.2022 50:41

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Kelli & Dan are talking the benefits of belonging to a trade association with IPSSA BORD president Todd Starner. CMAHC The Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code promotes health & safety at public swimming pools Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the sh...

Bushfire Damage on Aussie swimming pools 🔥 07.11.2022 16:45

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Peter talks about the devastating aftermath of Australia’s bushfires on swimming pools Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show...

BioLab News🗞️DOH focus Rental Pool Dangers, Swimply, USF to investigate 04.11.2022 53:52

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Rudy & Andrea are talking drowning prevention awareness in the Florida Department of Health initiative in unregulated rental pools and vacation homes with Deputy Director of the Florida Prevention Research Center, April Ingram. Contact “Rheese” at socialmarketing-coph@usf.edu or call 813-974-2021 if you are interested in participating in the pool safety p...

Leak Detection Correction 02.11.2022 16:23

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Heather is talking subs with their own agenda Support the show Thank you so much for listening! You can find us on social media: Facebook Instagram Tik Tok Email us: talkingpools@gmail.com

P&S News Top 50 Service Company & PHTA Greg Garrett Scholarship Award 01.11.2022 22:11

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Kelli & Dan are talking opportunities in the pool industry CMAHC The Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code promotes health & safety at public swimming pools Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Thank you so much for listening! You can find us on...

Service Industry News ll 28.10.2022 23:17

Send us Fan Mail This is the second part of the two-part episode where Carrie Dibrell of Pool Service Industry News asks Rudy & Andrea the tough questions. AquaStar Pool Products The Global Leader in Safety, Dependability, & Innovation in Pool Technology. POOL MAGAZINE Pool Magazine is leading up to the minute news source for Swimming Pool News and Pool Features. Ou BLUERAY XL The real min...

Karen is gonna 💩! 26.10.2022 13:20

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Heather is talking setting a clear expectation before you begin the dig Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Thank you so mu...

Pool Equipment repairs 25.10.2022 29:55

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Kelli & Dan look at the differences in repairs in their different geographic locations. Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the...

Andrea Enzymes & Pools Gone Wild 21.10.2022 33:42

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Rudy and Andrea are talking Enzymes and how Andrea credits the enzymes as the magic sauce in eliminating those things that suck up chlorine and allow pools gone wild Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! AquaStar Pool Products The Global Leader in Safety, Dependabil...

WAHC (World Aquatic Health Conference) Keynote Speech 20.10.2022 49:38

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Rudy gives the Keynote Speech for the 2022 World Aquatic Health Conference Support the show Thank you so much for listening! You can find us on social media: Facebook Instagram Tik Tok Email us: talkingpools@gmail.com

When it's busy AF 19.10.2022 14:26

Send us Fan Mail This is the one where Heather is talking about not losing yourself in the job and remembering, even when it's balls out busy that the goal is to work to live, not live to work. Take our 2-minute listener survey! Help us to provide you with more of the content you want to hear. Take our quick 2-minute survey! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purcha...