Shaping Ash

Shaping Ash

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Shaping Ash episodes

  • 5: going home

    Returning to Talent for a picture of recovery.

    Written and recorded by Ro Ruikis

    Sound editing and original music: Tejas Leer Heyden

    Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth 

    Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.

    Special thanks: Susannah Cole, Mark Yaconelli, friends, family, community

    53 min
  • 4: what is fire?

    Fire as a tool for cultural empowerment and ecosystem health in the Klamath-Siskiyous.

    Written and recorded by Ro Ruikis

    Sound editing and original music: Tejas Leer Heyden

    Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth 

    Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.

    Special thanks: Debra Whitall and Allie Rosenbluth

    1 hr 31 min
  • 3: where do we go? PART 2

    PART 2

    Harm Reduction and mutual aid in the Medford area following the fires. The City of Medford passes a camping ban, making it a misdemeanor to use a tent in public. Hopes for a more compassionate Rogue Valley.

    Written and recorded by Ro Ruikis

    Sound editing: Tejas Leer Heyden

    Music by Simon Ficker
    Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth 

    Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.

    Special thanks: Derek DeForest and Jayden Becker

    43 min
  • 3: where do we go? PART 1

    PART 1

    The Almeda Fire, from the Bear Creek Greenway. Local efforts to support unhoused neighbors in the immediate aftermath. The City of Medford raids a mutual aid camp at Hawthorne Park.

    Written and recorded by Ro Ruikis

    Sound editing: Tejas Leer Heyden

    Music by Simon Ficker
    Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth

    Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.

    Special thanks: Derek DeForest and Jayden Becker

    35 min
  • 2: what do we do? PART 3

    PART 3: what we sow

    Efforts to secure housing for fire survivors. Community-based organizations collaborate to keep people safely housed. Reflections and hopes for the future in the Rogue Valley.

    Written and recorded by Isabella Ro Ruikis

    Sound editing: Tejas Leer Heyden

    Music by Simon Ficker. Outro music in part 3 by Jeffrey Thielsen
    Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth 

    Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.

    Special thanks: Sara Cervantez and Hector Flores

    29 min
  • 2: what do we do? PART 2

    PART 2: what comes after

    How locals sprang into action in the immediate aftermath of the Almeda Fire. Fire survivors struggle to get FEMA aid.

    Written and recorded by Isabella Ro Ruikis

    Sound editing: Tejas Leer Heyden

    Music by Simon Ficker. Outro music in part 3 by Jeffrey Thielsen
    Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth

    Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.

    Special thanks: Sara Cervantez and Hector Flores

    34 min
  • 2: what do we do? PART 1

    PART 1: what happened

    How the Almeda Fire swept through four towns along Bear Creek. Local challenges in disaster management.


    Written and recorded by Isabella Ro Ruikis

    Sound editing: Tejas Leer Heyden

    Music by Simon Ficker. Outro music in part 3 by Jeffrey Thielsen
    Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth

    Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.

    Special thanks: Sara Cervantez and Hector Flores

    26 min
  • 1: who we are

    The beginning of the journey. Join Isabella, Marcella, and Susan for their story of the Almeda Fire.


    Written and recorded by Isabella Ro Ruikis
    Sound editing: Tejas Leer Hayden
    Intro music by Bret Levick
    Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.
    Project management: Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth 
    Special thanks: Mark Yaconelli, Susannah Cole, Allie Rosenbluth, Theo Whitcomb



    42 min

About Shaping Ash

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A podcast about the Almeda Fire, its survivors, and the immense changes left in its wake.