on We’re Working On It The protests happening across the country have radicalized a lot of people and stirred them to action. We want to help keep that momentum going by using our platform to create visibility and recognition of the reality of racism and violence in our country – but we are not the experts… Continue Reading Being An Ally
on Disasters make everyone equal, right? Climate change affects everyone the same way? There are no advantages or disadvantages or, well, you know, it’s all disadvantages… disadvantages for everyone! Yeah… no. It’s the exact opposite. In this episode, we’re diving into how disaster and climate change have an even greater impact on communities that are… Continue Reading Episode 005 – The Inequality Equation
on You may have heard the phrase, “disaster is the great equalizer,” at some point before in your life. Don’t let them fool you. Every disaster movie is centered on a group of people from different backgrounds coming together to solve the crisis – but they never show you what the consequences for the disaster are… Continue Reading Income, Preparedness, & What The Heck We Can Do About It
on Here we go again… the globe is still warming up, those ice caps are still melting like popsicles in the microwave… you all know the drill by now! Let’s keep this conversation about disasters and emergencies going, folks! This episode, we’re bringing it all together, all the plans and supplies and research, to practice what… Continue Reading Episode 004 – Prepare to… practice!
on If a hurricane or tornado or earthquake hit right now, would you know what to do? Odds are, if you live in an area prone to those types of disasters, you might have some sort of idea. Odds are also that if that disaster were a bioterrorism attack, a disease outbreak, or another non-climate disaster,… Continue Reading Do You Feel Prepared?
on Our globe is still warming up, those ice caps are still melting… You get the idea, we’re still talking about disasters, emergencies, and climate change here, folks! (As soon as they go away, we’ll stop, we promise.) We’re continuing the preparedness series today with an episode all about supplies! This week, we’re going to talk… Continue Reading Episode 003 – Prepare to… get supplied!
on Having what you need on hand before a disaster strikes can be easier than you think—but why do so many of us mess it up? (The answer is a level of surprising worthy of a clickbait title…) Bottled water? One of those hand-crank radio-flashlight combinations? Six months’ worth of military surplus MREs? A flamethrower? Picking… Continue Reading The Supplies Surprise
on The globe is warming up, ice caps are still melting, diseases are spreading, pollution is polluting, and the weather is more extreme every year. Jinkies! So what is a simple human to do? How can we prepare and make it through the next disaster? And the one after that? And the one after that? In… Continue Reading Episode 002 – Prepare to… be prepared!
on I walked past the authorities in hazmat suits and masks, only to be motioned to proceed down a short hall to be screened again, this time in a small cubicle. After handing over bags and passport, explaining my entire situation over again—with liberal use of hand gestures and several attempts at finding a phrasing that… Continue Reading Disaster Planning: Escape from Shanghai!
on If there is anything that is permeating the national conversation wholly and completely as of late, it’s a bunch of numbers and percentages tossed like spaghetti at a wall hoping something might stick. And a lot of those same numbers and percentages are freaking a lot of people out. So let’s get into what all… Continue Reading Numbers are hard, yo