S2E14 - Disability

Today we are joined by our friend and sometimes co-host JC Gaillard to discuss his recently published book, The Invention of Disaster!In it he argues that there isn’t such a thing as a disaster becaus...

30 Nov 202241min

Today we were so happy to sit down with Professor Lucy Easthope, author of "When the Dust Settles" and the UK’s leading authority on recovering from disaster. She has been a government advisor on the ...

14 Nov 202249min

Today we are super excited to share our conversation with Harsha Walia, the award-winning author of Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism and the Rise of Racist Nationalism - a book we love so...

25 Aug 202244min

Welcome back for Season 7 of Disasters:Deconstructed!!!  We are again very excited to spend time with you again - or for the first time - as we explore why disasters really happen.  As you may have no...

11 Aug 202246min

And there we have it, another Season of Disasters: Deconstructed in the books! Thank you to everyone who listens and engages, joins our livestreams, and of course the amazing guests who bring fresh id...

16 Maj 202235min

Today we are excited to spend time with Dr Kaira Zoe Alburo-Cañete. She is a Filipino feminist scholar with training in Anthropology and Critical Development Studies, and specialises in gender, disast...

25 Apr 202231min

Today we are so pleased to share our conversation with Dr. Maíra Irigaray, who is a human rights and environmental lawyer currently working at the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) as the Latin...

4 Apr 202235min

We are delighted to bring you this season’s audience participation episode! Today we invited both established disaster scholars and early career researchers to answer two separate questions:  - From t...

22 Mars 202246min