Arizona's Climate Change Adaptation Playbook: Heat, Water, Wildfire
In episode 244 of America Adapts, we adapt in the southwest! Welcome to the desert proving ground for climate adaptation. In my home state of Arizona—Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff—we get right down...
29 Dec 20251h 37min
North: The Future of Post-Climate America
In episode 243 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons welcomes back recurring guest and leading adaptation scholar Dr. Jesse M. Keenan to discuss his new book, North: The Future of Post-Climate Ame...
15 Dec 202553min
FEMA at a Crossroads: What's Breaking, What's Working, and What Comes Next with NRDC
In episode 242 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons checks in on FEMA at a moment of rapid change. With funding delays, political uncertainty, and major reforms underway, FEMA's role in national res...
1 Dec 20251h 1min
The Federal Climate Retreat and the Rise of a New Adaptation Ecosystem
In episode 241 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons explores what happens when federal climate services retreat—and a new adaptation ecosystem rises to fill the gaps. As agencies like NOAA, FEMA, and ...
17 Nov 20251h 14min
Unmanaged Retreat: Inside America's First Federal Climate Relocation Attempt
In episode 240 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons talks with reporter Terry Jones about the tangled story behind America's first federally funded climate relocation on Louisiana's Isle de Jean ...
4 Nov 202535min
Understanding the IPCC with Dr. Katharine Mach—Where the Media Succeeds and Fails - Re-release
In episode 239 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons revisits his conversation with Dr. Katharine Mach, Professor at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and a lead...
20 Okt 202556min
Special Episode — Climate Change and Human Mobility (Rebroadcast of a CCST Panel Conversation)
In episode 238 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons takes you inside a CCST webinar that he moderated —part of the California Council on Science and Technology's Climate Change & Human Mobility series,...
6 Okt 20251h 2min
20 Years After Hurricane Katrina: The Fixes, the Failures and What's at Risk Again with Dr. Andrew Rumbach
In episode 237 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons talks with Dr. Andrew Rumbach of the Urban Institute, who went to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to work on recovery and has spent his car...
22 Sep 202534min
