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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.)

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    • ASCE’s Resilient Future: the World’s Oldest Engineering Society Brings New Voices to the Table
      Feb 2 2026

      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 diverse perspectives in building the future’s infrastructure and the need for interdisciplinary teams in solving great challenges.

      Alysha and Marsha also discuss the workforce shortage in the field of engineering, and how bright minds from all walks of life should consider stepping up to fill the gap. Finally, they cover the history of the ASCE Infrastructure Report Card, a data-driven report that the society delivers to each state on an annual basis, grading the state’s infrastructure on its current condition, future needs, operation and maintenance, public safety and resilience and innovation.

      Tune in to learn more about ASCE’s bright, resilient future and ways to get involved!

      Marsha's Haiku:
      Trains race on steel tracks
      Tires trace the open road
      Water flows for life

      Learn more about ASCE: https://www.asce.org/
      Check out all the ways you can be a part of ASCE: https://www.asce.org/membership
      Check out Cities of the Future in IMAX: https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/02/16/a-cities-of-the-future-primer-everything-you-need-to-know-about-asces-new-movie
      ASCE 2027: https://experience.asce.org/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23353598541&gbraid=0AAAAADhKo5K2trfb3rawiirtIdOXU3Pe4&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8p_v-oC0kgMV3DYIBR1xkTSnEAAYASAAEgJKpvD_BwE

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      40 min
    • Insuring The Future: The Role of Insurance in Disaster Risk Reduction
      Dec 1 2025

      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 build our disaster resilience as a society, what's the role of insurance?

      In this episode, our hosts are joined by Carolyn Kousky, Insurance for Good, and Marc Ragin, University of Georgia Terry College of Business. This month's guests discuss a question at the heart of disaster insurance: what's the best way to incentivize risk reduction for both insurance companies and customers?

      If you're curious about how disaster insurance works, options for making insurance better suited for new risks, or why premiums are getting so darn high, this is the episode for you.

      Marc's Haiku:
      High insurance rates
      We need collective action
      Take your vitamins

      Carolyn's Haiku, written by Matsuo Bashō (translated from Japanese):
      As they begin to rise again
      Chrysanthemums faintly smell
      after the flooding rain


      Learn more about UGA and Duke's CIRCAD partnership: https://circad.org/


      Carolyn's book: https://islandpress.org/books/understanding-disaster-insurance#desc

      Carolyn's nonprofit, Insurance for Good: https://www.insuranceforgood.org/

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      50 min
    • Street Smarts and Survival Smarts: How NYC's Urban Preppers are Planning for the Future
      Nov 3 2025

      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 Bounds, a Professor of Sociology at Queens College, has felt called to teach, write, and tell stories for a long time. She's particularly passionate about urban policies that make cities better, stronger and more vibrant.

      As a sociologist–but also as a New Yorker–she began attending meetings of NYC's "prepper" community: a group of people dedicated to preparing for disasters the government may not be equipped to help with, whether it's a pandemic, terrorist attack or natural disaster.

      Anna clarifies: they aren't preparing for the end of the world- just whatever kind of day tomorrow might be. She's spent years (including before the pandemic) researching these groups while also learning countless skills for emergency preparation and response.

      "All sorts of interesting people [were] coming together to figure out how to help each other in crisis- and it paid off."

      So forget viral food trends! This episode pairs best with assembling your emergency kit (and yes, Anna has suggestions for it).

      Anna's Haiku* ("A Love Letter to the City"):
      Smoke clings to the sky
      Hands meet through sirens and headlines
      Love that doesn't flinch

      (*With special thanks to Anna's 7th grade teacher)


      Links:
      Anna's book, Urban Preppers and the Pandemic in New York City: Class, Resilience, and Sheltering in Place: https://www.annamariabounds.org/urban-preppers
      Anna's first book, Bracing for the Apocalypse: An Ethnographic Study of New York City's Urban Prepper Subculture: https://www.annamariabounds.org/book/apocalypse

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      39 min
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