Using Emergency Management Interns
The City of Tacoma Office of Emergency Management is led by Tieka Adeogun. Tieka, having been an emergency management intern herself in several different positions, hired two staff, Arianna Topbjerg a...
20 Sep 202243min
Drones and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)
Aviation technology is making huge strides toward a future with unmanned drones and electric aircraft that will move people and goods via air transportation. Besides being able to use the skies more e...
13 Sep 202243min
Pro Bono Lawyers for Disaster Justice
In 2021 almost one in three Americans experienced a weather related disaster. The aftermath of these disasters disproportionately devastate marginalized communities, and government aid programs like t...
6 Sep 202236min
The Canada – United States Relationship
Maryscott (Scotty) Greenwood is the CEO of the Canadian American Business Council Greenwood also leads Crestview Strategy US where she serves as Partner and the Managing Director. She is a former Am...
30 Aug 202250min
Hurricane Andrew--30 Years Later
Before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, there was Hurricane Andrew which made landfall in Dade County Florida on August 24, 1991—30 years ago. The hurricane caused catastrophic damages. In this podc...
23 Aug 202250min
Wildfire Resilient Communities
Climate change is bringing heat, drought, and wildfires as significant hazards across the globe. In this podcast, Dr. Paula Scalingi, Executive Director of the Institute for Innovating Security and Re...
16 Aug 202248min
Use of Social Media in Disasters
Social media is a relatively new communications tool. However, today it dominates many aspects for how people communicate in their personal lives and is of increasing importance in business and govern...
9 Aug 202252min
School Shootings
It is unfortunate that mass shootings continue to occur and that schools remain a target for unhinged gunmen. In this podcast Meg Cuttino is the guest. She was a former law enforcement officer and Sch...
2 Aug 202239min
