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The Big Burn: How To Survive the Age of Wildfires
As the world enters a new age of wildfires, science reporter Jacob Margolis dives deep into personal stories that illuminate the history of how we got here, why we keep screwing things up, and what we can do to survive and maybe even thrive while the world around us burns.
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Introducing: The Big Burn PodcastAs the world enters a new age of wildfires, science reporter Jacob Margolis dives deep into personal stories that illuminate the history of how we got here, why we keep screwing things up, and what we can do to survive and maybe even thrive while the world around us burns. -
Episode 1We examine one particularly pivotal wildfire - the Tubbs fire of 2017.
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Episode 2Why trees that are adapted to living with fire are now burning… and how we might save them.
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Episode 3Gold, genocide and colonialism: our path to seeing fire as the enemy.
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Episode 4What it’s like to put good fire to the ground.
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Episode 5We know prescribed burning is a major solution…so why aren’t we doing more of it?
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Episode 6Digesting what we’ve learned. Plus, how other places in the U.S. have figured out fire management.
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Episode 7Why prescribed burning won’t solve all of our fire woes.
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Episode 8We check out an unconventional solution to wind-driven fires.
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Episode 9Jacob and retired LA County Fire Captain Derek Bart answer your burning questions.
Support & Credits
Jacob Margolis, Host & Science Reporter
Natalie Chudnovsky, Senior Producer
Minju Park, Associate Producer
Meg Cramer, Podcast Editor
E. Scott Kelly, Audio Production Engineer
Anjuli Sastry, Senior Producer
Antonia Cereijido, Executive Producer
Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vice President of LAist Studios