Resilient Futures Podcast
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 futurecitiespodcast@gmail.com or send us a message on Twitter @RFuturesPod. (This podcast was previously named Future Cities.)
Podcasting since 2017 • 108 episodes
Resilient Futures Podcast
Latest Episodes
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 most diverse, resilient, and iconic lan...
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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 for sensemaking, and identifies four modes of S...
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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 Helmrich to speak to the power of div...
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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 of lives and livelihoods. In the effort to b...
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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 subculture was busy taking notes.Anna Bo...
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