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We pose a set of questions about resilience and local government to Sarah Iannarone, who is running in the November 2020 election for Mayor of Portland. Check out the other material for this episode to hear other candidates for Portland City Council answer the same set of questions.

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We pose a set of questions about resilience and local government to Portland City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, whose seat is up for election November 2020. Check out the main episode to hear Mingus Mapps, who is running against Commissioner Eudaly, answer the same set of questions.

November 2020 is approaching and bringing with it important elections at many scales. With this episode we introduce candidates for local office in Portland, OR to share their views on issues of emergency management and to more generally paint a picture of how local government is involved in the process. This episode is an interview with Mingus Mapps, running for City Council. Check out Episode 19 Bonus material for more!

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Chad Tucker steps into the hosting seat for this episode alongside his 9-year-old son, Rowan, who came up with this episode idea: Asteroid impacts and emergency preparedness! Today, we will be talking to Victoria P. Andrews who recently retired from the Planetary Defense Coordination Office at NASA about the work they do. We also will be discussing what asteroids are, how they are different from comets, and even highlight some ways that these celestial travelers have entered into our stories and culture. We also interviewed David G. Lewis, PhD, a researcher and ethnohistorian at Oregon State University and member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde to learn more about the Willamette Meteorite, or Tomanowos, which is a meteorite that has long been held sacred by local tribes of the Pacific Northwest.



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A university can act as a model or microcosm of a city. What lessons can be learned from how a university manages crises on and off campus? This episode features conversations with  Dr. Mary Ferris, former Executive Director of Student Health, and Jim Caesar, Campus Emergency Manager, both of University of California Santa Barbara. They discuss the hazards faced by the university over their tenures including earthquake risk, wildfires, and an infectious disease outbreak of Meningitis B. 

 

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Summer of 2020 is seeing “pandemics” centered in the public eye -- a coronavirus and structural racism pervading life and politics in the US. The impacts of structural dynamics such as racism, sexism, and poverty are repetitive and ongoing, while crises caused by illness and natural hazards can be more acute. Meghan O'Connor, therapist and Professor of Counseling Psychology, joins to discuss differences and similarities of trauma caused by these different impacts, and healing from both systemic and acute crises.

These crises present opportunities to question the approach of pathologizing people separate from the systems they are in. Instead of asking, what’s wrong with this person? We can ask, what’s wrong with this “normal”?



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*This episode contains some swear words*