Episode 10: From Strawberries to Submarines to Swimming Pools | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Episode 10: From Strawberries to Submarines to Swimming Pools | The Pools Scientific Podcast

This one's different from every episode before it. Episode 10 is the origin story. All of it. A strawberry farm in Missouri. A submarine. Twenty five years of homebuilding. And a swimming pool route in Kansas City that none of it would have led to on its own. I'm not going to tell you more than that here. Some of this episode is funny. Most of it isn't. It's the most personal episode I've recorded for this show, and it explains more about how I read a pool than anything from the first nine episodes combined. No pitch this week. Just the story. The Pools Scientific Podcast: elevated pool care through science and technology. New episode every Tuesday. Show notes and free resources at PoolsScientific.com. Subscribe to the weekly email list for episode updates. Ebooks available at payhip.com/poolsscientific. Follow us on Instagram @poolsscientific24. The Pools Scientific Podcast is produced by Pools Scientific LLC — Elevated Pool Care Through Science and Technology.

Episode 9: But Why? | The Pools Scientific Podcast

The pool industry has been repeating the same rules for decades. Bigger pump. Add algaecide. Keep pH between 7.2 and 7.8. Most pool owners follow those rules without question. Most pool professionals teach them without question. This episode asks why. Three rules. Three real mechanisms. Three cases where the answer you were given is the simplified version, and the complete answer would change how you manage your pool. Why does a bigger pump mean a better pool? Why do you treat algae the way you treat algae? Why is that pH range the target? The industry explanation for each of these is true as far as it goes. In this episode, we go further. The habit of asking why started long before pool chemistry. It started in a room, with a guitar, and a question an eight-year-old couldn't stop asking. And one more thing. Something I've been building is almost ready. It has a name now. More on that soon. Show notes and free resources at PoolsScientific.com. Subscribe to the weekly email list for episode updates. Ebooks available at payhip.com/poolsscientific. Follow us on Instagram @poolsscientific24. The Pools Scientific Podcast is produced by Pools Scientific LLC — Elevated Pool Care Through Science and Technology.

Episode 8: The Pool That Made Me Feel Stupid - A Diagnostic Framework for Every Pool Problem That Doesn't Make Sense | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Every pool professional has one. A pool that breaks the rules. The chemistry looks right. The equipment runs fine. And the water still does something it shouldn't. This episode is about what to do when the obvious answer isn't there. John Cooper walks through the diagnostic framework he uses when a pool stops making sense, built from years of working pools that refused to cooperate and sharpened by training that had no tolerance for incomplete answers. If your pool has ever made you feel like you're missing something, this episode is for you. Runtime: 23:33 Show notes and free resources at PoolsScientific.com. Subscribe to the weekly email list for episode updates. Ebooks available at payhip.com/poolsscientific. Follow us on Instagram @poolsscientific24. The Pools Scientific Podcast is produced by Pools Scientific LLC — Elevated Pool Care Through Science and Technology.

Episode 7: I Saw It On TikTok | The Pools Scientific Podcast

Every week there's a new product promising to replace pool chemistry with something simpler. One pod. One scoop. One treatment. The testimonials say it worked. The price says it's worth trying. This episode is not about mocking the people who bought them. It's about what the chemistry actually says. Because the chemistry doesn't care about the label, the view count, or how convincing the sixty-second video was. It does exactly what it does every time whether or not anyone on the internet is paying attention. Before any of that, a word from our sponsor. Real chemistry. Real answers. Every Tuesday. Show notes and free resources at PoolsScientific.com. Subscribe to the weekly email list for episode updates. Ebooks available at payhip.com/poolsscientific. Follow us on Instagram @poolsscientific24. The Pools Scientific Podcast is produced by Pools Scientific LLC — Elevated Pool Care Through Science and Technology.

Episode 6: The pH Ceiling: Why Your pH Keeps Rising and What to Do About It | The Pools Scientific Podcast

You add acid. pH comes back up. You add more. Eventually you grab the whole jug. Then you pull up the next morning and the liner is wrinkled — across the walls and floor in that specific way that only happens one way. This episode explains why that happens. Not with a product recommendation. Not with a different test kit. With the physics that's been governing dissolved gases in liquids since William Henry described it in 1803. Once you understand the pH ceiling, you stop chasing. You start managing. And those are completely different things. Show notes and free resources at PoolsScientific.com. Subscribe to the weekly email list for episode updates. Ebooks available at payhip.com/poolsscientific. Follow us on Instagram @poolsscientific24. The Pools Scientific Podcast is produced by Pools Scientific LLC — Elevated Pool Care Through Science and Technology.