Talkin Winter Ops
Listen in on conversations with experts in the field of road weather and winter road maintenance as they explain how their work helps make roads safer and passable during winter storm events.
Podcasting since 2017 • 144 episodes
Talkin Winter Ops
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Episode 144: Communicate, Coordinate, Cooperate - the I-80 Corridor Coalition
Born out of a desire to improve winter operations across state lines the Interstate 80 Corridor Coalition has grown into the second longest corridor coalition extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Likewise, the operational focus has...
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Season 9
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Episode 144
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44:17
Episode 143: Winter readiness, get your house in order
While it's important to have stockpiles full, equipment repaired and ready, and staff training and assignments set, it's important to have your home weather ready as well. After all, when you're out there battling the weather, there's pea...
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Season 9
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Episode 143
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49:04
Bonus Episode 142: Pacific Northwest Snowfighters 2026
The Pacific Northwest Snowfighters Association will be holding their biannual conference for winter maintenance professionals and practitioners May 2026 in Spokane, Washington. This best in the west winter operations conference is a perfe...
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Season 9
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Episode 142
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30:35
Episode 141: Maintenance-If you think it's not important, just stop doing it
From that moment the very first engineering project was completed the age of maintenance began. While the initial delivery of the public work carries a lot of fanfare nothing is more important than keeping it functional and in service.&nb...
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Season 9
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Episode 141
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46:11
Episode 140: Salt is about the speed
In this episode we’re revisiting an earlier episode of Talkin Winter Ops that you may have missed. In this episode we visit with Dr. Scott Koefod, inorganic chemist, about just how salt works when used as part of a winter maintenance stra...
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Season 8
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Episode 140
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48:34