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Season 3

July 4, 2022

024: What We Learned in Season 3

“Be safe, be prepared, and be ready.” -Jennifer Thompson   Episode Description:  Three seasons have passed and it's been an incredible journey!    As we take a moment to reflect on the past three seasons, we want to say a big,...

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June 27, 2022

023: How to Prepare for Disaster: Our Pets, Livestock, and Animal Com…

“For every animal we rescue during an incident, we are all together going to save hundreds and thousands through education and preparedness.” -Julie Atwood   Episode Description:  When an emergency strikes, we all want to do our best to...

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June 20, 2022

022: How Buildings with LEED and PEER Certification Make us More Resi…

“Doing it now at your leisure is much better than doing it at haste during an emergency.” -Katherine Hammack   Episode Description:  In disaster preparedness, the need for resilient buildings is often overlooked. Resilient buildings are...

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June 13, 2022

021: Take 5 - After the Hurricane - Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Florida

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with: Viequeslove:  Website:   Facebook:   Twitter;   Instagram:   YouTube:      Connect with...

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June 6, 2022

020: How Nonprofits Can Improve Disaster Response and Preparedness wi…

“Not everybody has to create a new nonprofit to do something…  This is not about the ego of one individual and their mission to help people. It's about how an organization can be structured to support these people who've been hurt.” -Jim...

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May 30, 2022

019: Take 5— Three Rs- Be Disaster Ready

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below: Connect with Nancy:  LinkedIn:   Connect with Alma:  Website:   Facebook:   Twitter:   Instagram:   LinkedIn:  ...

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May 23, 2022

018: The Role of Art in Recovery After a Disaster with Rina Faletti, …

“Art is actually a lifeline…When presented in conjunction with important ideas, art can change us inside. It changes the way we see, think, feel, and the way that we talk about things that are important to us.” -Rina Faletti, PhD   Episode...

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May 17, 2022

017: Take 5— Media and Disaster Reporting- A Focus on Information Tra…

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Pat:    Connect with Sydnie:            Connect with Wendy:    “If we...

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May 9, 2022

016: How to Manage Charitable Donations Post-Disaster with Jake Bentz

“It’s either you have resiliency or you don't. It's more of a character trait. But I think the willingness to try something new and be wrong is probably my closest definition of that word. A lot of willingness to try—that's exciting!” -Jake...

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May 2, 2022

015: Take 5— Three Rs - Insurance, Rebuilding, and Legal Aid Relating…

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Amy Bach:    Connect with Kendall Jarvis:    Connect with the Legal Aid of Sonoma:   Connect...

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April 25, 2022

014: How ToolBank USA Helps Improve Recovery and Community Preparedne…

“It's not just what happens in the immediate response… But also how we span the entire spectrum to be able to provide those necessary resources because it does take a long time to rebuild.” -Trey Bearden   Episode Description:  Many...

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April 18, 2022

013: Take 5 — Resilience and Technology- A Focus on Future Solutions

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Amy:    Connect with MuGrid:   Connect with Bailey:           Connect with...

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April 11, 2022

012: How Data and GIS Helps FEMA Equitably Allocate Resources with He…

“If your community has a disaster, help with the planning. Help figure out what you want to happen next because if you don't play, you can't win.” -Heather Milton   Episode Description:  Disasters can devastate communities greatly. When...

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April 4, 2022

011: Take 5 - Before the Fire - A Focus on Vegetation and Land Manage…

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Che:   Connect with Dr. Micheli:   Connect with Lomakatsi Restoration Project:      “There is a...

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March 28, 2022

010: How to Persevere Through the Turbulence of Disaster Recovery wit…

“Outputs for clients are far more important than our temporary discomfort. You’ve got to get through tough times.” -Zack Rosenburg   Episode Description:  It's impossible to look at the devastation brought by wildfires and not be...

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March 21, 2022

009: Take 5- Three Rs - A Focus on Helping the Helpers

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Sue:    Connect with Debbie:   Connect with Dr. Adrienne: “We need the senior folks to be able to...

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March 14, 2022

008: Understanding Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires with Chisato Fuku…

“An ethnographic look into how complex the air pollution problem is, is important because it's not a symptom, it's a structural problem.” -Chisato Fukuda Calvert, Ph.D.   Episode Description:  Air quality is drastically affected by...

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March 7, 2022

007: Take 5- Advice from Policy Makers

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with James Gore:    Connect with Reva Feldman:    Connect with Belia Ramos:    “Our community...

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Feb. 28, 2022

006: How to Memorialize Our Fire Story, A Conversation with Author Br…

“Art doesn't seem very important in an event like this. And yet sometimes, it's the thing that lasts the longest and means the most.” -Brian Fies    Episode Description:  Wildfires are devastating. They destroy homes, businesses,...

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Feb. 21, 2022

005: Take 5- Community Engagement

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:    Connect with Rebuild Paradise Foundation:     https://www.rebuildparadise.org/ https://www.facebook.com/paradiserebuilds ...

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Feb. 14, 2022

004: How to Address Compound Disasters with Renae Hanvin Part 2

“Preparedness and resilience is a shared responsibility.” -Renae Hanvin   Episode Description:  For years, we’ve seen how the intensity and scope of disasters have evolved, but our preparedness is yet to be tested again with this new...

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Feb. 7, 2022

003: Take 5- Fire Survivor Stories

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Larkfield Resilience Fund:      Connect With Coffey Strong:    Connect With Peter Alan:  ...

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