public safety

Hurricane Harvey 2017, flooding in Spring Texas, a couple miles north of Houston. Speed limit sign almost completely submerged.

Natural Disasters Shouldn’t Catch Us Off Guard

September 2, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Environment, Science and Technology

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.

Was Closing Schools The Right Move For American Teens?

March 31, 2021 Current Events, Education, Health, Mental Health, Politics

Alec MacGillis covers politics and government for ProPublica, and he joins us to tell the stories of teenagers in two small towns, one in New Mexico and one in Texas, where governors took very different approaches to public safety.