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'Disasterologists’ Dissect Our Pandemic-Shaped Political Moment

November 6, 2020
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
America/New_York
Online Online
'Disasterologists’ Dissect Our Pandemic-Shaped Political Moment - Sustain What.

Sustain What host Andy Revkin leads a solution-seeking brainstorm on paths to resilience amid the interlaced, and continuing disasters shaping American’s political decisions – and amplified or mitigated by the outcome of #Election2020.

Our special guests are:

- Samantha Montano, assistant professor in the Department Emergency Management at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and a passionate voice for public education and preparedness on social media via @SamLMontao.
Her website: http://www.disaster-ology.com/

- Jevin West, Director of Center for an Informed Public at the University of Washington and co-author, with Carl Bergstrom, of "Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World." Follow Jevin at @jevinwest.

- Joshua DeVincenzo, project coordinator and instructional designer at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University and author of a recent paper on new paths to public education and engagement on climate change. Follow Josh at @j_devincenzo. Here's his new paper on climate pedagogy: http://j.mp/climatepedagogy

Send feedback or suggestions for future shows to Sustain What producer Revkin here: http://j.mp/sustainwhatfeedback

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Andy Revkin