Eric and Jackson are alive and well and totally keeping it all together, which is why they keep recording their conversations so other people can listen to them. This one's all about disasters - whether it's hurricanes or pandemics or inevitable Pacific Northwest earthquakes - and why our political systems seem to never truly be capable of preparing us for them.

Some suggested reads:

- The Really Big One by Kathryn Schulz
- Oregon's Tsunami Risks, also Kathryn Schulz

Class is *clap clap* in session