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Public Works Culture That Works with Tom Esch
Jun 16, 2026
57m 22s
AI in the Sky - Brought to you By AI
Dec 9, 2025
1h 01m 29s
Vote for Marc(k)! Marks, Mentors and Making Normal Happen
Sep 30, 2025
36m 28s
Storm Warriors: Managing Private Stormwater Infrastructure with Ryan Johnson from the City of Roseville, MN
Jun 17, 2025
1h 08m 28s
Talking Asset Management: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow with Jon Kremer from OpenGov
May 6, 2025
59m 32s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/16/26 | Public Works Culture That Works with Tom Esch | Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of Season 4 we are talking about culture in Public Works. Culture is one of those words that can make field crews roll their eyes, until you tie it to the things they care about most: going home safe, working with less drama, and trusting the people around them. We unpack what “public works culture” looks like when it is real, measurable, and built on purpose, not just talked about in a meeting. We’re joined by Tom Esch, who coaches construction f... | 57m 22s | ||||||
| 12/9/25 | AI in the Sky - Brought to you By AI✨ | Artificial IntelligencePublic Works+3 | Brian Simmons | Bolton & Menk | Chicago | AIPublic Works+5 | — | 1h 01m 29s | |
| 9/30/25 | Vote for Marc(k)! Marks, Mentors and Making Normal Happen✨ | APWA electionsmentorship+3 | Mark Ray | APWA | Minnesota | APWAelections+5 | — | 36m 28s | |
| 6/17/25 | Storm Warriors: Managing Private Stormwater Infrastructure with Ryan Johnson from the City of Roseville, MN✨ | stormwater managementprivate stormwater infrastructure+3 | Ryan Johnson | City of Roseville | Minnesota | stormwaterBMP+3 | — | 1h 08m 28s | |
| 5/6/25 | Talking Asset Management: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow with Jon Kremer from OpenGov✨ | asset managementgovernment software+3 | Jon Kremer | Cartegraph Asset Management SystemOpenGov+1 | — | asset managementCartegraph+3 | — | 59m 32s | |
| 4/22/25 | PFAS: Responding to the forever chemical in our drinking water supplies - Episode 1✨ | PFASdrinking water+4 | Steve NelsonRyan Stempski | PFASWSB & Associates+1 | drinking water | PFASforever chemicals+4 | — | 1h 01m 11s | |
| 4/8/25 | Rosemount's Public Works and Police Campus✨ | Public WorksPolice Facility+4 | Nick EggerAndrew Cooper | Oertel Architects | City of RosemountMinnesota | RosemountPublic Works+7 | — | 1h 06m 05s | |
| 3/25/25 | Season 3 Kicks Off with Mark Ray: Bridges, Bathtub Curves, and Global Public Works Insights.✨ | bridgespublic works+4 | Mark Ray | — | Brooklyn ParkAustralia | public worksbridge inspection+4 | — | 42m 05s | |
| 6/26/24 | APWA Accreditation: Shakopee's Public Works Journey with Bill Egan, Alex Jordan, and Barb Kraemer✨ | APWA AccreditationPublic Works+3 | Bill EganAlex Jordan+1 | City of ShakopeeAPWA | — | APWAAccreditation+5 | — | 39m 08s | |
| 6/11/24 | Electrifying Edina: Noah Silver on EV Infrastructure and Fleet Transformation in Public Works✨ | Electric VehiclesInfrastructure+3 | Noah Silver | City of Edina | Edina | Electric VehiclesEV Infrastructure+3 | — | 54m 20s | |
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| 5/28/24 | Becoming Parks and Rec Nerds - EAB and Park and Rec Accreditation with Matt Johnson and Bryce Shearen✨ | Parks and RecreationAccreditation+3 | Matt JohnsonBryce Shearen | Bolton & Menk | City of RosevilleCity of Little Canada | Parks and RecreationAccreditation+3 | — | 1h 00m 33s | |
| 5/14/24 | Project Communications in Public Works with Sara Renney | Send us Fan Mail We are back for our 30th episode here at The Public Works Nerds! Here is the AI Generated Description. I have to call it out because I can't take credit for this prose: Unlock the secrets to transforming public perception and securing project funding through masterful communication with our esteemed guest, Sara Renney, Carver County's communications guru. Her rich tapestry of experiences, from corporate corridors to the heartwarming chapters of motherhood, culminates in a ... | 49m 55s | ||||||
| 4/30/24 | Nerds Unplugged: Take 2 with Deb Heiser and Richard McCoy | Send us Fan Mail Join us for Take 2 of the Nerds Unplugged where I sit down with Deb Heiser, Engineering Director for the City of St. Louis Park, MN, and Richard McCoy, Public Works Director and City Engineer for the City of Robbinsdale, MN. We recap the last four episodes and chat about some random topics like college tours, bridge collapses, and infrastructure funding. I plan to have these Unplugged episodes about once every two months or so. If there is any topic you would like us to dis... | 1h 06m 19s | ||||||
| 4/16/24 | Innovative Technologies in Pavement Management with Chris Evers | Send us Fan Mail Episode 8 of Season 2 features Chris Evers, a 2023 APWA Top Ten Public Works Leader award winner. That's why I contacted Chris, but I'm so happy I did for many reasons. First of all, I was finally able to nerd out on pavement maintenance. But I was also able to meet a pretty funny, smart, and gracious person in Chris Evers. And since Chris brought up Stuart Smalley in the podcast, we can call this his Daily Affirmation (for those of you too young to catch the reference, googl... | 1h 13m 44s | ||||||
| 4/3/24 | Technology in City Forestry with Minnetonka's City Forester Hannibal Hayes | Send us Fan Mail This episode took some time to get out there! Blame vacations and some tech issues, but I am finally dropping the 7th episode in Season 2 - and its a good one! Super fan and Tree Nerd Hannibal Hayes from the City of Minnetonka, MN joins me to talk about using technology to better manage the urban forest. We go off on some tangents about Emerald Ash Borer and tree species diversity and even birthing calves! This was a fun episode to record with a true renaissance man, Hannib... | 1h 08m 34s | ||||||
| 3/12/24 | Raleigh's Smart City Efforts with Jim Alberque and John Holden | Send us Fan Mail This week I'm joined by a Smart Cities team from Raleigh, North Carolina. Jim Alberque is the GIS and Emerging Technology Manager for the City of Raleigh and John Holden is the Smart City Manager for Raleigh. We talk about what does Smart Cities mean for Raleigh and how is the City focusing on different efforts under this umbrella. We cover quite a bit of ground from asset management to traffic monitoring systems as well as using LiDAR data for various purposes. ... | 1h 06m 11s | ||||||
| 2/27/24 | St Paul Public Works Director Sean Kershaw and his Unorthodox Path to a PW career | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I sit down with my hometown Public Works Director, Sean Kershaw. As any public works nerd knows, we are at times over critical of those that serve us where we live, and we most likely have experienced that heightened scrutiny from current and retired public works professionals that live in our communities. It can be good, reaffirming, constructive, and frustrating. I know most of you reading this have been there. Sean takes this all very well. He is not your ... | 53m 26s | ||||||
| 2/12/24 | Nerds Unplugged February 2024: CEAM Conference, Richard McCoy and Episode Recaps | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first Nerds Unplugged episode! Deb Heiser, Michael Thompson and Mark Ray join me as a panel of opinionated Public Works professionals talking about random issues related to Public Works. This is planned to be a monthly or so feature where we recap recent podcast episodes, talk about public works issues in the news and give updates to what's going on in our public works worlds. For this first episode we are joined by Richard McCoy, Public Works Director a... | 1h 08m 42s | ||||||
| 1/30/24 | Infrastructure Resilience with Russ Matthys - an APWA 2023 Top Ten Public Works Leader | Send us Fan Mail Join us for our first of hopefully many conversations with an APWA Top Ten Public Works Leader. In this episode we are joined by a Public Works Nerds Podcast veteran, Russ Matthys. In 2023, Russ was one of 10 professionals named a Top Ten Public Works Leader by APWA. We talk to Russ about the award and what that means to him. We also talk about a new task force formed by the Minnesota Legislature. Russ teased about this when we last talked to him and since then he was appoin... | 1h 02m 22s | ||||||
| 1/16/24 | The State of Recycling with Eureka Recycling's Kate Davenport | Send us Fan Mail Discover the transformative power of recycling and how it intertwines with community economics in our latest Public Works Nerds podcast episode. I, Marc Culver, am joined by the insightful Kate Davenport, co-President of Eureka Recycling, who not only shares her personal journey from climate activism to leading a nonprofit recycling enterprise but also sheds light on the game-changing concept of revenue sharing in recycling contracts. Together, we examine the fluctuating tide... | 1h 09m 38s | ||||||
| 1/2/24 | Challenges and Solutions for Water Service Line Inventory with Chelsea Alger and Dave Malm | Send us Fan Mail Unlock the secrets of how cities are combatting the pernicious issue of lead in our drinking water, as Chelsea Alger and Dave Malm from Bolton & Menk join us to dissect the monumental task of lead service line replacement. With the Flint water crisis still fresh in our memories, we explore the complexities of updating water service inventories, the power of GIS technology in this process, and the urgency of securing public funds for these life-essential projects. Chelsea ... | 51m 36s | ||||||
| 10/3/23 | Season 1 Recap with Mark Ray | Send us Fan Mail It's our 20th episode! Which is milestone in and of itself. Considering 90% of podcasts don't make it past 3 episodes, we're in pretty good company. I am joined by our first episode guest, Mark Ray, Public Works Director and City Engineer for the City of Crystal, MN. Mark, who is one of the most positive people I know, helps me review the season and highlight several episodes. I am very thankful for the loyal following we have developed (all, about 70 of you?) and ever... | 49m 22s | ||||||
| 9/26/23 | Solid Waste: Organized Collection, Recycling and Organics with Rachel Lindholm | Send us Fan Mail This week we dive into the intricate world of waste management with Rachel Lindholm, the Sustainability Specialist from the City of Richfield, Minnesota. In this episode we talk about how Richfield implemented organized collection, managed recycling services and started both a drop off and curb side organics collection system. Listen in as we nerd out about garbage! Show Notes: Richfield, MN Organics Recycling Information https://www.richfieldmn.gov/residents/garbage_a... | 57m 56s | ||||||
| 9/19/23 | A Conversation with the MN Chapter of APWA: Events, Committees, Strategic Plans, and Professional Development | Send us Fan Mail Join us and we talk with the Officers of the Minnesota Chapter of APWA. We talk about the history of the chapter, the committees, conferences, and their strategic plan. This is a lively and fun discussion with some very dedicated and devoted public works nerds! Our distinguished guests - President Monica Heil, Vice President Jupe Hale, Secretary/Treasurer Mitch Hoeft, Past President Nick Egger, and Chapter Delegate Chris Petree. Show notes: https://www.apwa-mn.org/ APWA MN... | 1h 06m 03s | ||||||
| 9/12/23 | GIS and GeoAI in the world of Public Works with Adam Carnow and John Shain | Send us Fan Mail In our 17th episode we talk to two GIS Nerds, Adam Carnow from ESRI and John Shain from Bolton & Menk. In the spirit of the AI movement, which we talk about in this episode, specifically GeoAI, I'm going to let the AI generated episode description say the rest - I usually consider this too wordy to use for the actual episode descriptions and end up writing a more succinct version, but we're going to let you see what the AI machine generated for this episode. Enjoy! From ... | 1h 03m 12s | ||||||
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