In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King dives into insights from a House subcommittee hearing on FEMA’s future. He critiques the reliance on outdated institutional models amid today’s accelerating, interconnected crises—what experts label as polycrises and perma-crises.

Kyle calls for bold rethinking: integrating cross-domain insights, leveraging first principles thinking, and embracing adaptive, failure-informed learning.

Tune in to explore how emergency management must evolve to foster truly resilient communities.

Show Highlights
[01:07] Understanding polycrises and the rise of perma-crisis
[01:59] Institutional inertia and the failure of imagination
[05:01] The expertise trap and cognitive constraints
[07:47] Innovative pathways: cross-domain thinking and first principles
[09:48] Reimagining emergency management beyond traditional models