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Resilient Futures is a monthly podcast on all things resilience! The show examines this topic by discussing ongoing research, highlighting current efforts, and sharing stories of resilience in diverse contexts across the world! By exploring a wide variety of perspectives, the show digs deep into understanding the many dimensions of resilience. New episodes will be released at the start of every month. If you have questions about things we've discussed or have suggestions for future episodes, please e-mail us at [email protected] or send us a message on Twitter @RFuturesPod. (This podcast was previously named Future Cities.)
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Let It Burn: How Fire Makes Forests More Resilient
After a decade working across the Southeast, Jordan Youngmann is seeing his hometown in upstate New York through fresh eyes–and his work is just warming up.Pre-European colonization, forests looked…
Dawg Days: A Flood Risk Assessment for the University of Georgia
This podcast comes to you from the University of Georgia, a campus that has stretched across the hills of Athens, Georgia since 1785. UGA is situated between the Upper and Middle Oconee Rivers, with…
The Gospel of Grass: Patrick Keyser Speaks to the Resilience of Native Grasslands
Patrick Keyser knows the grass may not always be greener--but there's still a lot to learn from it.Since long before European colonization, grasslands have a rich history as one of North America's…
Making Sense of SETS: Our Host Alysha on Complex Infrastructure Systems
This month, Alysha Helmrich is our host and guest! This short episode discusses social-ecological-technological systems and sensemaking. She explores urban systems as SETS, positions SETS thinking…
ASCE’s Resilient Future: the World’s Oldest Engineering Society Brings New Voices to the Table
In the face of immense global and national change, the world’s oldest engineering society is staying flexible. The American Society for Civil Engineers President, Marsha Bomar, joins our host Alysha…
Insuring The Future: The Role of Insurance in Disaster Risk Reduction
Disasters are affecting more people and property than ever before. Since 1980, the U.S. has experienced 400+ weather-related "billion dollar" disasters, $3 trillion in economic impacts, and thousands…
Street Smarts and Survival Smarts: How NYC's Urban Preppers are Planning for the Future
What did you do during the COVID-19 social distancing era? Some of us learned to make sourdough, some of us perfected a viral whipped coffee, plenty of us did a whole lot of nothing- but this NYC…
Going With the Flow: Adapting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for the Long Haul
California relies on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as a hub for water, biodiversity, agriculture, recreation, and more. How can we make sure that management actions are working as…
Behind the City Scenes: Why You Should Get to Know Your Local Infrastructure
Have you ever asked your garbage truck where it's going?Sybil Derrible is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago, focusing on urban engineering- studying large systems…
A More Resilient Georgia: Introducing the Statewide Resilience Assessment!
This month, we’re proud to introduce an in-house effort at the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems: the Georgia Statewide Resilience Assessment.Commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts…
American Disasters: How Classical Calamities Inform Emergency Response Today
Cynthia Kierner, historian, self-declared "non-21st century person," and Mets fan, is deeply interested in the role of disturbances across American history- hurricanes, earthquakes, and disease, oh…
Why Do We Need Parks? Welcoming Back Joeri Morpurgo
We know that green spaces are good for you. They provide benefits to air quality, biodiversity, and even your mental health... but why?Returning guest Joeri Morpurgo, a postdoctoral fellow at…
The Nation's Heartbeat: Engineering, History, and the Mississippi River
The Mississippi River Basin covers over a million square miles across the southeast and midwest US. Despite growing up far away in the northeast US, Boyce Upholt thinks about the nation's largest…
Sustainable Neighborhoods: How Athens Land Trust Combines Conservation and Community
Emmanuel Stone was raised to love good food: his mother, a restaurant owner, inspired him to teach culinary arts, learn about agriculture, and emphasize the importance of whole foods. This led him to…
It's All Connected: A Framework for Intertwined Infrastructure Systems
This month's guest is someone close to home for our team- meet Alysha's PhD student, Negin Shamsi! Negin gives an overview of her first first-author publication, titled, "Interdependency…
Building Biodiverse Urban Gardens
How big does an urban garden need to be to support pollinators and other important insects? What kinds of plants lead to the most biodiverse space? How should homeowners manage their gardens to…
Greening the cul-de-sac: How can we encourage nature-positive residential developments?
Big, leafy shade trees, burbling creeks, and access to recreation in beautiful natural areas: most people intuitively know that these kinds of natural amenities create pleasant communities, and…
The Resilient Future of Solar Power
Lauren McPhillips didn't always dream of being a professor, but she knew she loved solving problems.After earning three degrees in Earth systems science and environmental engineering at Cornell…
Water in the USA: Affordable, Accessible, Clean Water for All?
Water is a natural resource all of us rely on, but there's a lot of thought and work that goes into being able to turn on your tap. How do we make sure water is accessible to everyone? Who does a…
UGA's Resilient Future: Creating Space for Nature-based Solutions
Introducing Dr. Brian Bledsoe, Director of the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Georgia and farmer, guitar player,…
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Resilient Futures Podcast has published 110 episodes since September 2017, covering topics in Education, Life Sciences.
Resilient Futures Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 41m.
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