LAist Science Reporter Jacob Margolis looks at what Angelenos affected by the LA wildfires can expect as they try to rebuild their lives. In this hour, Margolis turns to experts about what to know about housing options, recouping losses, and making homes and neighborhoods more fire resistant. And he also gets insights from a 2017 Tubbs Fire wildfire survivor about the recovery and healing process after losing everything.

Visit www.preppi.com/LAist to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency!

 

Guests:

David Wagner, LAist Housing Reporter

Alex Robertson, lawyer with Robertson & Associates, LLP

David Shew, former Cal Fire chief, Napa County Fire Administrator

Stephanie Pincetl, Professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities

Melissa Geissinger, a survivor of the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa. https://melissageissinger.com/

LAist Science Reporter Jacob Margolis looks at what Angelenos affected by the LA wildfires can expect as they try to rebuild their lives. In this hour, Margolis turns to experts about what to know about housing options, recouping losses, and making homes and neighborhoods more fire resistant. And he also gets insights from a 2017 Tubbs Fire wildfire survivor about the recovery and healing process after losing everything.
Visit <a href="https://www.preppi.com/LAist">www.preppi.com/LAist</a> to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency!
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Guests:
David Wagner,&nbsp;LAist Housing Reporter
Alex Robertson, lawyer with Robertson &amp; Associates, LLP
David Shew, former Cal Fire chief, Napa County Fire Administrator
Stephanie Pincetl, Professor at UCLA&rsquo;s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities
Melissa Geissinger,&nbsp;a survivor of the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa. <a href="https://melissageissinger.com/">https://melissageissinger.com/</a>

LA Wildfires Special Coverage with Jacob Margolis: What to expect when recovering fire losses and rebuilding

LAist Science Reporter Jacob Margolis puts the wildfires and the devastation throughout Southern California into context and explains the science of the fires. In this hour, Margolis speaks with several experts about what we know about current wildfires burning across region, their resulting air quality questions, how to make sense of fire updates, and hears from former firefighters.

Visit www.preppi.com/LAist to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency!

 

Guests:

Derek Bart, retired LA County Fire Captain

Clare Frank, former Cal Fire chief of fire protection and author of the book Burnt: A Memoir of fighting fire

Mary Johnson, principal research scientist and manager of the Allergy, Climate, and Exposomics Lab at Harvard

Scott Stephens, professor of fire science at UC Berkeley

Jill Replogle, LAist Correspondent

LAist Science Reporter Jacob Margolis puts the wildfires and the devastation throughout Southern California into context and explains the science of the fires. In this hour, Margolis speaks with several experts about what we know about current wildfires burning across region,&nbsp;their resulting air quality questions, how to make sense of fire updates, and hears from former firefighters.
Visit <a href="https://www.preppi.com/LAist">www.preppi.com/LAist</a> to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency!
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Guests:
Derek Bart, retired LA County Fire Captain
Clare Frank, former Cal Fire chief of fire protection and author of the book Burnt: A Memoir of fighting fire
Mary Johnson, principal research scientist and manager of the Allergy, Climate, and Exposomics Lab at Harvard
Scott Stephens, professor of fire science at UC Berkeley
Jill Replogle, LAist Correspondent

LA Wildfires Special Coverage with Jacob Margolis

We get into our feelings. 



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We get into our feelings.&nbsp; 
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The Big Burn: What Comes Next?

Jacob and retired LA County Fire Captain Derek Bart answer your burning questions. 


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Jacob and retired LA County Fire Captain Derek Bart answer your burning questions.&nbsp;
 Visit <a href="http://www.preppi.com/BigBurn" data-outlook-id="c0468675-0e06-4fdb-95d8-01b43c34b4ca">www.preppi.com/BigBurn</a> to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency!

The Big Burn: The Advice Episode

We check out an unconventional solution to wind-driven fires.


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We check out an unconventional solution to wind-driven fires.
 Visit <a href="http://www.preppi.com/BigBurn" data-outlook-id="c0468675-0e06-4fdb-95d8-01b43c34b4ca">www.preppi.com/BigBurn</a> to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency!

The Big Burn: The Bunker Solution

Why prescribed burning won’t solve all of our fire woes.


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Why prescribed burning won&rsquo;t solve all of our fire woes.
 Visit <a href="http://www.preppi.com/BigBurn" data-outlook-id="c0468675-0e06-4fdb-95d8-01b43c34b4ca">www.preppi.com/BigBurn</a> to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency!

The Big Burn: The Southern California Problem

Digesting what we’ve learned. Plus, how other places in the U.S. have figured out fire management.



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Digesting what we&rsquo;ve learned. Plus, how other places in the U.S. have figured out fire management. 
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The Big Burn: Taking A Step Back

We know prescribed burning is a major solution…so why aren’t we doing more of it?


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We know prescribed burning is a major solution&hellip;so why aren&rsquo;t we doing more of it?
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The Big Burn: The Impediments

What it’s like to put good fire to the ground.



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What it&rsquo;s like to put good fire to the ground. 
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The Big Burn: Setting A Forest On Fire

Gold, genocide and colonialism: our path to seeing fire as the enemy.

 

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Gold, genocide and colonialism: our path to seeing fire as the enemy.
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The Big Burn: How It All Went Wrong

It’s easy to feel like we’re in a dark timeline. Waking up to smoke and flames, staring down a future of burned homes, lost forests, and orange skies. Over the past decade, California has been hit by nine out of ten of its largest fires on record. And even if you don't live in the state, you’re likely impacted by the fire crisis. A combination of climate change and poor policy decisions got us here.

So, is there anything we can do about this new age of devastating wildfires? Science reporter Jacob Margolis goes on a journey to figure out how we got here, why we keep screwing things up, and what we can do to survive and even thrive while the world around us burns. From LAist Studios, the creators of The Big One, this next installment of The Big Disaster series will provide you with a wildfire survival guide that includes not just tangible safety tips — but hope for our future. 

Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live, the Strelow Family, and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

It’s easy to feel like we’re in a dark timeline. Waking up to smoke and flames, staring down a future of burned homes, lost forests, and orange skies. Over the past decade, California has been hit by nine out of ten of its largest fires on record. And even if you don't live in the state, you’re likely impacted by the fire crisis. A combination of climate change and poor policy decisions got us here.
So, is there anything we can do about this new age of devastating wildfires? Science reporter Jacob Margolis goes on a journey to figure out how we got here, why we keep screwing things up, and what we can do to survive and even thrive while the world around us burns. From LAist Studios, the creators of The Big One, this next installment of The Big Disaster series will provide you with a wildfire survival guide that includes not just tangible safety tips — but hope for our future. 
Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live, the Strelow Family, and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

The Big Burn

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