Emergency Management is a Feminist Issue

Natalia interviews Dr. Samantha Montano, disasterologist and professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy about her newest book DISASTEROLOGY: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis. They discuss why emergency management, something traditionally seen as “wonky” is actually hella feminist, how to battle fatigue when hearing the news, why flood plain maps are important and we ask the question, is there such a thing as a natural disaster?

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Disaster-ology Newsletter by Dr. Samantha Montano (includes a book recommendation every month!)

How to Help After a Disaster article by Dr. Samantha Montano

Katrina: A History, 1915-2015 by Andy Horowitz

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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Renee Powers founded Feminist Book Club in 2018 to provide a space for intersectional feminists to learn, grow, and connect. When not reading or running the biz, you can find her drinking coffee and trying unsuccessfully to teach her retired racing greyhound how to fetch. Favorite genres: feminist thrillers, contemporary literary fiction, short stories, and anything that might be described as "irreverent"