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In times of disasters it's important to focus on facts, not fear. Join host Sabina Roan for conversations with first responders, scientists, disaster survivors, and many others to piece together the puzzles of disasters, emergency management, and resiliency. A multilingual podcast based in Portland, OR, and centered on earthquake risk in the Cascadia region. Visit seismicairwaves.com.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A Portland resilience conversation grounded in civic voice, access, and public accountability.
Portland resilience gets a civic stress test in this bonus conversation with City Commissioner Chloe Udailey, who starts with COVID-19 and a city response she grades above average before turning to the deeper machinery of public life.
A Portland politics episode that frames disaster readiness through access, equity, and public services.
Seismic Airwaves treats disaster readiness less as a checklist than as a test of local government. In conversation with Portland City Council candidate Mingus Mapps, Sabina Roan and Chad Tucker connect a Cascadia subduction zone event to COVID-19, public safety, and the ways…
A family-made trip from Portland to the asteroid belt grounds planetary defense in NASA's practical work.
Asteroid danger plays as a planetary-scale adventure, moving from Portland past Earth and the moon toward the space between Mars and Jupiter before settling into the work of detection and response.
A grounded look at campus emergency planning, from earthquake readiness to community preparedness.
UC Santa Barbara comes through here as a place that has to think like a small city when trouble hits. Campus emergency manager Jim Caesar and former student health leader Dr.
Books, systems, and the questions that unlock them.
Coastal science, patiently and beautifully reported.
Soil life, climate repair, practical regeneration.
Sarah Iannarone says Portland's 2020 response earned a C because the city lacked a prebuilt resilience office and small-business support hub.
Seismic Airwaves bonus episode has host Sabina Roan interviewing Portland City Commissioner Chloe Udailey, who is running for re-election to Portland City Council position 4, about resilience after 2020 crises in Portland, Oregon.
Seismic Airwaves' 'Portland Politics and Resilience II' puts Mingus Mapps, the Portland City Council candidate for seat number four, against incumbent Chloe Udaly in a conversation about emergency management, public safety, and local government.
Seismic Airwaves episode 18 brings Chad Tucker and his son Ron Tucker from Portland to the asteroid belt, then brings in Victoria Pigeon Andrews from NASA and David G.
["Seismic Airwaves' University Preparedness and Response centers UC Santa Barbara's habit of using earthquake planning for meningitis B, wildfires, mudslides, and an oil spill.", "Jim Caesar, the campus emergency manager, and Dr.
Megan O'Connor separates acute trauma, such as an earthquake or COVID-19, from chronic systemic trauma linked to racism, poverty, homophobia, and sexism.
Host Sabina Roan discusses the motivation behind her podcast on earthquake preparedness and equity, sharing a past event that highlighted community interest in these topics.
Host Sabina Roan interviews professor Vivek Chandas about climate adaptation, urban planning, and the intersection of historical policies like redlining with current disaster risks and health disparities.
Host Sabina Roan interviews Dr.
Host Sabina Roan interviews urban planner Angie Martínez about her experience during the 2017 Puebla earthquake in Mexico City, discussing earthquake preparedness and resilience.
Host Sabina Roan introduces the podcast's focus on earthquake risk and emergency management, discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic relates to disaster preparedness and introduces a guest from public health.
Host Sabina Roan introduces the podcast about earthquakes, shares a survivor's experience of the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and emphasizes the importance of knowledge and tools to reduce fear.
Host Sabina Roan introduces a talk by emergency management chief Alice Bush on disaster resilience and COVID-19 response.
Host Sabina Roan interviews Devon Wilson-Angel about Portland's Neighborhood Emergency Teams and how community preparedness can help after an earthquake.