Episodes

“Art is actually a lifeline…When presented in conjunction with important ideas, art can change us inside. It changes the way we see, think, feel, and the way that we talk about things that are important to us.” -Rina Faletti, PhD   Episode...

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Pat:    Connect with Sydnie:            Connect with Wendy:    “If we...

“It’s either you have resiliency or you don't. It's more of a character trait. But I think the willingness to try something new and be wrong is probably my closest definition of that word. A lot of willingness to try—that's exciting!” -Jake...

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Amy Bach:    Connect with Kendall Jarvis:    Connect with the Legal Aid of Sonoma:   Connect...

“It's not just what happens in the immediate response… But also how we span the entire spectrum to be able to provide those necessary resources because it does take a long time to rebuild.” -Trey Bearden   Episode Description:  Many...

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Amy:    Connect with MuGrid:   Connect with Bailey:           Connect with...

“If your community has a disaster, help with the planning. Help figure out what you want to happen next because if you don't play, you can't win.” -Heather Milton   Episode Description:  Disasters can devastate communities greatly. When...

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Che:   Connect with Dr. Micheli:   Connect with Lomakatsi Restoration Project:      “There is a...

“Outputs for clients are far more important than our temporary discomfort. You’ve got to get through tough times.” -Zack Rosenburg   Episode Description:  It's impossible to look at the devastation brought by wildfires and not be...

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Sue:    Connect with Debbie:   Connect with Dr. Adrienne: “We need the senior folks to be able to...

“An ethnographic look into how complex the air pollution problem is, is important because it's not a symptom, it's a structural problem.” -Chisato Fukuda Calvert, Ph.D.   Episode Description:  Air quality is drastically affected by...

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with James Gore:    Connect with Reva Feldman:    Connect with Belia Ramos:    “Our community...

“Art doesn't seem very important in an event like this. And yet sometimes, it's the thing that lasts the longest and means the most.” -Brian Fies    Episode Description:  Wildfires are devastating. They destroy homes, businesses,...

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:    Connect with Rebuild Paradise Foundation:     https://www.rebuildparadise.org/ https://www.facebook.com/paradiserebuilds ...

“Preparedness and resilience is a shared responsibility.” -Renae Hanvin   Episode Description:  For years, we’ve seen how the intensity and scope of disasters have evolved, but our preparedness is yet to be tested again with this new...

Links are provided where to find all three guests’ organizational or personal affiliations below:   Connect with Larkfield Resilience Fund:      Connect With Coffey Strong:    Connect With Peter Alan:  ...

Season 3

Season 3

“You are not alone if you’re going through a disaster. What we share is humanity.”  -Jennifer Gray Thompson   Episode Description:  Two seasons have passed since you walked this journey with us on How to Disaster. As we close the...

“When the call for evacuation comes, take it seriously. When the fire is coming at you, you don't have any time.” -Gary Jones   Episode Description:  “All the big decisions in life are before you”, says Gary Jones, a Woolsey Fire...

“Let the timing flow, be open to finding your space. There is a room for everyone and a need for everyone to participate. We're at a critical point in human evolution where we don't have the luxury of waiting for everyone else to solve the problems....

“Fire never has enough. It has an insatiable appetite.” -Gary Jones    Episode Description:  “911 showed up six days later”, says Gary Jones, a Woolsey Fire survivor. During a fire, you are on your own for days. So one of the...

“We have much worse wildfires due to everything that climate change has caused. We need to have a forward-thinking conversation, not a reactionary one.” -Wendy Nystrom   Episode Description:  We are living in a major historical event-...

“A fundamental principle of innovation is that if you want more diversity of ideas and possibilities, you need to have more diverse brains in the room. That's not a diminishment of anyone. In fact, that's an elevation of everyone.”  -Amy...