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On the Media: American Emergency

2026-06-12 · 56 min · episode 697 · 15 entities

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    Link in episode "On the Media: American Emergency": https://wnyc.org/events/otm-fema

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    On the Media: American Emergency
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    Feed category: Society & Culture
  • discusses Science concept
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    Feed category: Science
  • discusses History concept
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    Feed category: History
  • discusses Documentary concept
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  • mentioned Otm Fema person
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    Link in episode "On the Media: American Emergency": https://wnyc.org/events/otm-fema
  • references Otm Fema person
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    Link in episode "On the Media: American Emergency": https://wnyc.org/events/otm-fema
Episode description as stored
A little while back, our friends over at On the Media released a gripping and immersive reporting series about FEMA, the agency that is supposed to be there for all of us in the wake of disaster. In American Emergency (https://zpr.io/MtrUmJU3yEMW), OTM investigates how the agency tasked with saving America became distrusted, despised… and defunded. Today we talk to On the Media co-host Micah Loewinger about how this project came out, what reporting went into making it happen, and play a couple of fun and truly surprising bits of the story that the OTM team uncovered. And it’s a story that highlights the ideal and promise of good government, right alongside the frustration with bureaucracy and mismanagement, and of course the undercurrent of profound mistrust in governmental power.  As natural disasters are getting more extreme and less predictable, this series makes sense of that tangle, and provides a prescient peek into FEMA’s future. Special thanks to On the Media (https://zpr.io/MtrUmJU3yEMW) .   To hear Micah in person, talking more about the complex history of FEMA, join him on June 24th at WNYC's The Greene Space (https://wnyc.org/events/otm-fema). Signup for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram , Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org . Leadership support for Radiolab’s science programming is provided by the Simons Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.