Disaster Discussions Podcast
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)
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Disasters like hurricanes, hailstorms, tornadoes, and wildfires can be devastating and frightening. They displace families, drive financial loss, and destroy communities. Join us as we sit down with science, insurance, and building industry professionals who will help us explore the intersection of these hazards with the built environment and steps being taken to prevent future devastation.
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S5E5 S5E5: The Workforce Behind the Recovery: America’s post-disaster skilled labor crisis (Part 1)
In Part 1 of The Workforce Behind the Recovery, we examine a growing challenge facing communities nationwide: the shortage of skilled labor slowing disaster recovery efforts.Host Rachael Gauthier is…
S5E4 S5E4: On the Radar: When Winter Hits the South- Science Communication, Infrastructure Stress‑Tests, & Interior Water Losses.
When winter hits the South, the impacts can be historic- and deeply disruptive. In this On the Radar episode of Disaster Discussions, host Rachael Penton Gauthier is joined by IBHS Managing Director…
S5E3 S5E3: New Revolution: How AI is Transforming Disaster Resilience, Part 2
In Part 1 of A New Revolution: How AI is Transforming Disaster Resilience, host Rachael Penton Gauthier sat down with IBHS Director of AI Research Dr. Hesam Fallahian to trace the sweeping history of…
S5E2 S5E2: A New Revolution: How AI is Transforming Disaster Resilience, Part 1
Artificial intelligence isn’t just the next big tech trend—it’s the newest revolution reshaping how we understand, prepare for, and respond to disasters. In this two‑part episode of Disaster…
S5E1 S5E1: 2025 Resilience Recap: Building Safer Communities Together
As we wrap up another year of Disaster Discussions, we’re taking a moment to look back at the conversations that shaped 2025. From wildfire resilience and severe weather preparedness to the latest…
S4E17 S4E17: Calm After the Storm: Growing FORTIFIED in Oklahoma
In this episode of Disaster Discussions, we journey to the heart of tornado alley—to Oklahoma, where tornadoes and hailstorms are a way of life and homeowners face some of the highest insurance rates…
S4E16 S4E16: Burning Questions: Uncovering What Structure Fires Are Telling Us About Air Quality, Partners in Resilience, Part 2
Today, nearly 50 million Americans live in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)—zones where wildfire meets suburbia, and ordinary wildfires can escalate into full-blown conflagrations. In these extreme…
S4E15 S4E15: Embers at the Edge: Modeling Fire Spread in the Wildland-Urban Interface, Partners in Resilience Part 1
Wildland-Urban Interface fires are among the most destructive wildfire events, transforming into conflagration scenarios that result in catastrophic losses of homes, infrastructure, and lives. This…
S4E14 S4E14: Crafting Resilience: KB Home’s Journey to Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood
In this episode of Disaster Discussions, host Rachael Penton Gauthier explores KB Home’s groundbreaking Dixon Trail development in Escondido, CA—the first neighborhood in the U.S. to receive a…
S4E13 S4E13: Hurricane Sally Takes Aim at Alabama: Analyzing FORTIFIED Performance Proof Points
What happens when a storm meets smart construction choices? Mark Fowler from the Alabama Department of Insurance and Dr. Lawrence Powell from the University of Alabama's Center for Risk and Insurance…
S4E10 S4E10: 20 Years Later: Josh Morgerman's Hurricane House on Katrina’s Forgotten Coast & World Record Chasing Adventures
It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in August 2005, bringing wind and record storm surge to areas in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Stormchaser Josh Morgerman-…
S4E11 S4E11: Summer of Science: 2025 IBHS Interns and Fellows, Part 1
Every summer IBHS welcomes a diverse and talented group of interns and fellows from across the country to work closely with our world-class engineers, scientists, and communications professionals.…
S4E12 S4E12: Summer of Science: 2025 IBHS Interns and Fellows, Part 2
Every summer IBHS welcomes a diverse and talented group of interns and fellows from across the country to work closely with our world-class engineers, scientists, and communications professionals.…
S4E9 S4E9: Crushing It: ICECHIP Takes a Giant Leap Forward in Hail Science
The In-Situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains (ICECHIP) wraps up after 6 weeks of scientific storm chasing in pursuit of hail-producing thunderstorms. In this episode,…
S4E8 S4E8: Assessing Your Disaster Risk with Geotrek’s Hurricane Hal
In this episode of Disaster Discusssions host Rachael Penton Gauthier sits down with Geotrek's Dr. "Hurricane Hal" Needham to discuss his three-step process for disaster risk assessment that includes…
S4E7 S4E7: On the Radar: All Hail the ICECHIP Field Campaign
6 weeks, 15 institutions, 4 international partners, and as many hailstorms as possible- that's the mission of the In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains (ICECHIP).…
S4E6 S4E6: Hail as America’s Loss Driver & Studying a Significant Hail Event in Rock Hill, SC
In this episode of Disaster Discussions Research Project Scientist Jake Sorber joins the podcast for a discussion on why hail is an extreme loss driver across the United States, and the reasons…
S4E5 S4E5: Combating Conflagration in Communities: The Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood Standard
This Disaster Discussions episode highlights the development of the new Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood technical standard- the first and only science-based standard that aims to meaningfully reduce…
S4E4 S4E4: The Storm That Changed Australia: Cyclone Tracy’s Impact & the Cyclone Testing Station as a Catalyst for Wind Engineering Research & Building Codes
In this episode of Disaster Discussions we're joined by Dr. Geoff Boughton, Adjunct Associate Professor at the James Cook University Cyclone Testing Station and Dr. Korah Parackal, IBHS Research…
S4E2 S4E2: Observations in LA: How the Eaton and Palisades Conflagrations Became Two of California’s Worst, Part 1
In this episode of Disaster Discussions host Rachael Penton Gauthier is joined by Dr. Murray Morrison, IBHS Managing Director of Research and Steve Hawks, Senior Director for Wildfire. Part 1 of this…
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