Samantha Montano is an assistant professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and she joins us to talk about the science of emergency management, and why we’re not doing enough to keep the public safe.
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Puerto Rico Was Already Broken: Here’s Why
Journalist Petra Bartosiewicz and photographer Christopher Gregory join us to talk about how U.S. policy towards Puerto Rico almost guarantees that it will never recover from Hurricane Maria and future disasters.
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Voices From The Flood: A National Call-In Special
Tens of thousands of Texans have been forced from their homes, with many living in shelters in Houston and around the state. We’ll hear from listeners across the country and we’ll get the latest on the situation.
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Why We Underprepare For Disasters
Wharton school professor Robert Meyer joins us to talk about how we should plan for traumatic events – and why many of us choose to just hope for the best.
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Finding Cultural Identity
This hour, we’ll talk to author Matthew Salesses about his debut novel, “The Hundred Year Flood.”
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