The Case for Honest PFAS Communication
"Forever chemicals" have been in headlines for years, but are people actually getting the information they need to protect themselves? In this episode, we sit down with Lyn van Swol, professor in the ...
15 Apr 22min
Words that work: talking climate change with the public
When we think about communicating risk, we often focus on the evidence: the data, the models, the science. But what if the words we choose to frame that risk are just as important as the risk itself? ...
9 Apr 12min
Inside the Supply Chain Trust Game
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Zachary Collier, assistant professor at Radford University and longtime member of the Society for Risk Analysis, to explore a hidden but increasingly urgent probl...
31 Mar 9min
With Access Interrupted, How Do We Rebuild?
When disaster strikes, how do we rebuild...and do we do it differently? The answer might start with something simpler than we think: listening to the people already living with risk. In this episode,...
4 Mar 25min
Crowdsourcing the Federal Institutional Comeback
Two veteran risk analysts reflect on how scientists, academics, and federal employees (both former and current) are planning for the day agencies can be rebuilt. Adam Finkel, professor at the Universi...
18 Feb 13min
When AI Meets Biology: The Race Between Innovation and Oversight
Biotechnology is advancing faster than ever before, and the stakes have never been higher. In this episode, Dr. Christopher Cummings, lead for the Center for Health Engineering with the U.S. Army Corp...
10 Feb 9min
How Can We Build Institutional Resilience?
In this episode of Let's Talk Risk, we're diving into a conversation with two leaders in global development: Abhilash Panda from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction—the team responsible for deli...
28 Jan 14min
