Addressing Healthcare Needs in a Disaster
Healthcare in a disaster is a basic need that brings many challenges. To achieve success in a disaster, much time and preparation and planning needs to be accomplished before a disaster strikes. In th...
18 Juni 202453min
Emergency Management on the Southwest Border
El Paso, like many border jurisdictions, works to maintain good working relationships with their cross-border international neighbors. What makes it much more challenging is the mass migration of immi...
4 Juni 202449min
The Executive Function: The Crisis Leader’s Edge
Emergency management and crisis leadership demand more than technical skills and knowledge in today’s fast-paced and complex world. To better access information on demand, make appropriate decisions, ...
21 Maj 202449min
Rebroadcast: Space Weather Warnings
A recent cascade of solar flares and coronal mass ejections has ignited vibrant auroras, stretching as far south as Alabama and Northern California. However, alongside this spectacle comes the potenti...
13 Maj 202449min
Myths on Public Behavior in Disaster Movies
Since 2020 John Carr and Samantha Montano have been studying disaster movies and how they influence the public’s perceptions of disasters. Multiple researchers attributed the prevalence of disaster my...
7 Maj 202448min
Policy Implications of the Maui Firestorm
The emergency management community and average citizens are always interested in the disaster response aspect of a catastrophe. That interest fades dramatically as a disaster transitions to the recove...
23 Apr 202446min
How to Hire
In this podcast Pete Gaynor, the immediate past Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security shares his experiences and ideas on how to hire staff...
2 Apr 202456min
Forecasting the Weather as a Business
In this podcast we have a wide-ranging discussion about the importance of weather to business and government operations around the world. Getting actionable weather forecasts has never been more impor...
19 Mars 202451min
