What Happened in Kerr County, Texas? Understanding Flooding in Today's Climate
In the early hours of July 4, 2025, a torrent of 100 billion gallons of rain fell on Kerr County, Texas causing the Guadalupe River to rise meters in minutes. This tragedy was followed by intense floo...
21 Jul 202523min
A Yardstick for Danger: Developing a Flexible and Sensitive Measure of Risk Perception
On this episode of Let's Talk Risk, Robyn Wilson, Professor of Risk Analysis and Decision Science and Acting Associate Director of Research and Graduate Education, joins us to talk about the risks of...
10 Apr 202419min
Risk of Mass Shooting in Public Settings
On this episode of Let's Talk Risk, Cameron MacKenzie, Associate Professor at the IMSE Department at Iowa State University, joins us to talk about the risks of mass shootings in schools, malls, churc...
23 Jan 202423min
Misinformation on Social Media: How to Debunk and Stop the Spread
On this episode of Let's Talk Risk, Professor Jun Zhuang, the Morton C. Frank Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Buffalo, joins to talk misinformation on social media...
23 Aug 202214min
Explore a Low-Carbon Future & the Tradeoffs in Climate Geoengineering
Benjamin K. Sovacool, professor at Boston University, University of Sussex, and Aarhus University, joins the podcast to discuss his new research on climate geoengineering. Sovacool dives into the risk...
10 Jun 202225min
A New Metric to Fight Inequity in Home Evaluations
Dr. David Johnson, professor of industrial engineering with a joint appointment of political science at Purdue University, joins Let's Talk Risk to discuss his most recent work on the inequities and h...
21 Apr 202221min
The Importance of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Products
There are plenty of environmental issues plaguing the world today. Whether it's climate change, water shortage or waste, it always boils down to one thing: consumption patterns. Prerna Shah, a Ph.D. s...
4 Apr 202211min
All Things Extreme Weather Events: Outages, Patterns, Restoration, & More
Nicole Jackson, Ph.D., of Sandia National Labs, joins the Let's Talk Risk podcast to talk about her work analyzing how extreme weather events and climate hazards impact physical infrastructures. Jacks...
22 Mar 202221min
