Featured podcast episodes

Podcast: Counter Crisis Season 3

Third season of Counter Crisis bridges the distance people closest to a disaster and decision makers about the money to respond. In each episode, the policymakers and the people living with their decisions are in the same conversation for the first time.

The relevance of redundancy during severe weather

Municipalities can prevent system failures through redundancy – intentional duplication of critical functions that increases reliability – and keep mission-critical communications functioning so public safety professionals can serve the community.

The Alerting Authority Podcast: The seconds that could save your life

Jeannette Sutton and Eddie Bertola break down USGS ShakeAlert, earthquake early warnings, Wireless Emergency Alerts, and the technology that can warn people before strong shaking arrives.

Samoa: 2009 tsunami helped locals better prepared for disasters

Taking the small positives after a disaster in the Pacific, how one Samoan resident says the 2009 tsunami helped change people’s mind sets.

Adaptation lessons from the global south

They explore the idea of appliances as “microinfrastructure”—from fans and air conditioners that reduce heat risk to refrigeration, cold storage, and solar water pumps that support food security and livelihoods.

Podcast: Bridging the forecast gap to save lives

The podcast explores the ACACIA Project and how new sub‑seasonal forecasts, local forecasters and community planning (EVCA) come together to reduce the impacts of cyclones and floods in Madagascar.

Pacific Prepared Podcast: Climate is impacting farmers in the Pacific

The Fijian Minister for Agriculture explains how climate change is affecting the country’s vital farming sector.

Making the invisible visible: locally led adaptation as care

Focusing on care within Locally Led Adaptation is not about being “nice”; it is about being effective. It involves addressing the power imbalances that sustain systemic inequities.