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Surviving the Climate
The climate crisis demands collective preparedness, evidence-based research, creative innovation, and a good podcast to listen to while hunkering down in your bunker. Surviving the Climate is a podcast hosted by professor Robbie Parks and emergency manager Nate Matthews-Trigg. These longtime friends will discuss climate and disaster-related news, pop culture, the latest research, all with a focus on practical insights for regular people just trying to make do with what they have.
Each episode will (hopefully) not be too serious and feature guests that can talk about their experience and expertise. Robbie and Nate will reference content from r/heat_prep and other forums they moderate or participate in.
Surviving the Climate is produced by Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe. Blanche Ellis created the podcast artwork, and Robbie Parks produced the theme music.
Surviving the Climate
Latest Episodes
Nepal Floods and Nate’s School Heat Story
Nate and Robbie discuss the tragic floods around the Nepal-Tibet border and reflect on what preparation means in the face of more frequent and extreme hazards.Nate also shares some anecdotes from his son’s return to school, where student...
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Should We Stay or Should We Go? Disasterology with Samantha Montano
Robbie and Nate sit down with Dr. Samantha Montano, an associate professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, author of Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis, and writer of the mont...
The Myth of the Climate Haven
Nate and Robbie interview David Lubell, a senior climate mobility and cities fellow at ICLEI USA. The three discuss how cities like Cincinnati and Orlando are preparing for climate migrants, what climate migr...
Protecting Workers During Heatwaves With Terri Gerstein
Robbie and Nate interview Terri Gerstein, Director of the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, to talk about how employers can protect workers, how workers can advocate for themselves, and wha...