
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Listening to the news, it feels like there are more natural disasters than ever. This hour, as we reflect on 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, we return to conversations about why flooding and droughts are becoming so common and how the word "disaster" affects the way we view an event. First, Connecticut State Historian Andy Horowitz explains why understanding disasters involves looking at the decisions people made before the devastation, sometimes decades before. And Professor Mohammed Ombadi breaks down the science behind how climate change is causing an increase in extreme weather.
GUESTS:
Andy Horowitz: Associate Professor of History at UConn, Connecticut State Historian, author of 'Katrina: A History, 1915-2015'
Mohammed Ombadi: Assistant Professor in the department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan
This episode originally aired on November 8, 2023.
Disrupted is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
By Connecticut Public Radio4.7
2323 ratings
Listening to the news, it feels like there are more natural disasters than ever. This hour, as we reflect on 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, we return to conversations about why flooding and droughts are becoming so common and how the word "disaster" affects the way we view an event. First, Connecticut State Historian Andy Horowitz explains why understanding disasters involves looking at the decisions people made before the devastation, sometimes decades before. And Professor Mohammed Ombadi breaks down the science behind how climate change is causing an increase in extreme weather.
GUESTS:
Andy Horowitz: Associate Professor of History at UConn, Connecticut State Historian, author of 'Katrina: A History, 1915-2015'
Mohammed Ombadi: Assistant Professor in the department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan
This episode originally aired on November 8, 2023.
Disrupted is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

91,055 Listeners

22,006 Listeners

38,482 Listeners

43,557 Listeners

57 Listeners

14,583 Listeners

56 Listeners

208 Listeners

87,159 Listeners

112,433 Listeners

56,382 Listeners

13 Listeners

3 Listeners

16,239 Listeners

46 Listeners

18 Listeners

2 Listeners

0 Listeners

79 Listeners

29 Listeners

16,083 Listeners

10,454 Listeners

0 Listeners

10,800 Listeners

5,719 Listeners

11 Listeners

21 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners

44 Listeners

4,517 Listeners