12 episodes
This is How We Die thisishowwedie
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4.9 • 47 Ratings
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Natural disasters are getting stronger, and the built environment that makes our lives better day to day also increases our risk. Hosted by Meghan and Megan--two emergency management and infrastructure experts. Each episode in season 1, we focus on a different U.S. city, how it might succumb to natural disaster and how you can prepare. "As a person who endlessly fixates on disaster, this is pure candy." - Nicholas Quah, Vulture
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This is How we Survive: Dispatches from the Pandemic
An infrastructure podcast on disasters and survival, during the most alarming global event, and everyone is stuck at home anyway? It must be This is How We Die hay making season! Except it has not, because as two emergency professionals, Megan and Meghan have been working endlessly since March. Our goal has always been to make sure you survive, so let's get through COVID together.
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The Urban Chaos: Coronavirus and Pandemic Panic
He's clingy, follows you into every public place you visit and tries to hook up with all your friends--Bad boyfriend or deadly pathogen? We talk coronavirus as Season 2 of This is How We Die kicks off with Meghan and Megan's first exploration of The Urban Chaos season: Pandemics!
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Hurricane Katrina: Inept Inertia and Quicksand (Mini-Episode)
Hurricane Katrina didn't even hit New Orleans; so how did it become the city's most notorious natural disaster? Meghan and Megan dive into what went wrong with Hurricane Katrina--the arrogance! The infrastructure! The failure to plan!--and how natural disasters aren't always the result of nature, but are instead a failure of policy.
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Build a Kit: Survive, Thrive, Wanna Stay Alive (Mini-Episode)
Meghan and Megan slide-in between seasons to talk preparedness. With recent earthquakes on the west coast, including a small rocker in the Seattle area that most of us slept through, the questions have been streaming in--what goes in a kit? What is a must have and what's just nice to have? Why do you have all this water stored down here? In this mini-episode, we break down everything you need in your emergency kit.
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Kansas City: The Nexus of All Disasters
Megan and Meghan close out Season 1 with the nexus of all disasters, Kansas City, where you're as likely to freeze as to burn, to flood as to parch, and to be blown away as to sink into the ground. Follow us on Instagram @thisishowwediepodcast
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Chicago: Polar Vortex, the Best Party of Your Life
Hurricanes, earthquakes, very cold days? One of these things is just like the others. Megan and Meghan address polar vortex and deep freeze and why it's a mistake not to consider our extreme cold a natural disaster. Explored through the lens of the Windy City, what will cold mean for us in the future and how can we build our way out of it?
Customer Reviews
Informative and funny!
I honestly look at bridges very differently now after listening to them talk about differed maintenance. My favorite was the disaster ep
SURVIVE
I was listening to the Build A Kit episode this week and I honestly had to stop halfway through - so I could run into a grocery store and start stocking up on water for my survival kit! I honestly love listening to the rants about deferred maintenance and find it fascinating to learn about the different causes behind the disasters facing cities around the United States, be it poor location choice, overuse of water, or ever increasing threats caused by climate change. I seriously enjoy listening to two friends having a blast discussing relevant issues in today's world. Keep it up!!
Great- Shirley S
They are funny and informative. Good to learn how we can help save L.A