#44 COVIDCalls 5.14.2020 - COVID-29 in Jefferson County, Texas

#14 COVIDCalls 4.2.2020 - Care, Grieving, Parents, & Children in the Pandemic: How is ageism influencing debates over whether or not to “re-open” the nation amidst rising infections and economic fall out? What does caring for the elderly during the pandemic look like during the early pandemic? How is COVID-19 affecting how and what... by COVIDCalls

68 min listen

#15 COVIDCalls 4.3.2020 - Part 1: Pandemic Politics w/ Julian Zelizer: Part One: With the 2020 presidential primary season underway in the United States, how might the pandemic affect the presidential election later in the year and the longer trajectory of American politics? Dr. Julian Zelizer, a professor of History and P... by COVIDCalls

61 min listen

#20 COVIDCalls 4.10.2020 - Pandemics in History II: What can history teach us that prepares us for COVID 19? What are the issues with asking historians to provide us with concrete advice from imperfect and incomplete historical examples? Julia Engelschalt, a doctoral candidate in history at Bielefeld Univ... by COVIDCalls

72 min listen

#5 COVIDCalls 3.20.2020 - National Disaster: Emergency Management in a Pandemic: What does it mean that COVID-19 was declared a disaster/emergency by multiple levels of government across the United States? How does the structure of emergency governance affect emergency managers responding to the pandemic? Dr. Samantha Montano, an as... by COVIDCalls

65 min listen

#6 COVIDCalls 3.23.2020 - Pandemic Perspectives: Chile, Germany, European Union: What are the various experiences of COVID-19 across the globe and what ways can we listen to this transnational community? How is COVID-19 interacting with Chilean politics, both past and present? How are Germany and the larger European Union coping with... by COVIDCalls

63 min listen

#17 COVIDCalls 4.7.2020 - Disaster, Resilience, & Data: What are the social factors that shape people’s understanding of disaster? What ties communities together and helps them remain strong, cope, and recover? What are the data that help us understand how people support each other during crisis? Dr. Daniel P... by COVIDCalls

63 min listen

#21 COVIDCalls 4.13.2020 - Public Health Update + Risk, Climate, & the Pandemic: How can we effectively communicate about the risk of compound disasters during the continuing pandemic as the United States also enters hurricane, storm, and wildfire season? What is the state of the pandemic in Philadelphia? Dr. Esther Chernak, professo... by COVIDCalls

66 min listen

#22 COVIDCalls 4.14.2020 - Disaster Victims & Memorials: What is the future of COVID-19 memory? Will there be a memorial to remember the lives lost and honor the heroes during the COVID-19 Pandemic? What would memorials to COVID-19 look like, and what role will the politics of the pandemic play in them? Dr. Ja... by COVIDCalls

66 min listen

#19 COVIDCalls 4.9.2020 - Disaster Research in a Time of Crisis w/ Lori Peek: How does the backlash against Asian Americans, especially those of Chinese descent, during COVID-19 parallel backlashes against other minority groups that followed events like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina? What is the role of researchers during disaster ev... by COVIDCalls

74 min listen

#7 COVIDCalls 3.24.2020 - Disaster, Science, & Journalism w/ Andy Revkin: What are the challenges for journalists to report accurate information when there is a disconnect between science and politics? How do news consumers become discerning about the information they trust in the internet age? Andrew Revkin, a path-breaking e... by COVIDCalls

66 min listen

COVIDCALLS - An Introduction: Host Dr. Scott Gabriel Knowles introduces the COVIDCalls podcast. by COVIDCalls

21 min listen

#8 COVIDCalls 3.25.2020 - Tests, Treatments, & Vaccines w/Adam Rogers: What is the timeline of the virus up to late March 2020, and what might the timeline to “normalcy” look like? What are the most promising treatments and what are their historical precedents? Adam Rogers, a science journalist at WIRED Magazine, discusses ... by COVIDCalls

107 min listen

#18 COVIDCalls 4.8.2020 - Emergency Management Update & COVID-19 and Crime: What role do the police have in public health crises? How have crime patterns shifted in the wake of shelter-in place orders? What is the state of the pandemic from the point of view of emergency managers in early April 2020? Dr. Samantha Montano, assist... by COVIDCalls

76 min listen

#11 COVIDCalls 3.30.2020 - Pandemics in History I: Is there such a thing as an unprecedented moment? What is new about the COVD-19 pandemic and what aspects have echoes in the past? What lessons do the histories of past epidemics, even those that occurred centuries ago, have to offer our present? Dr. Cin... by COVIDCalls

65 min listen

#44 COVIDCalls 5.14.2020 - COVID-29 in Jefferson County, Texas: With different guidelines from the President of the United States, the Governor of Texas, and local communities, how are the communities of Southeast Texas dealing with some of the pandemic-related tensions that have risen? Join us in this discussion w... by COVIDCalls

69 min listen

#3 COVIDCalls 3.18.2020 - Evacuation & Shelter Decision-Making & Coping w/ Pets: What are the psychological factors behind how individuals and organizations make evacuation/sheltering decisions during disasters? How are pets a source of comfort and resilience? Dr. Sarah DeYoung, an expert on applied social and community psychology an... by COVIDCalls

59 min listen

#1 COVIDCalls 3.16.2020 - The First Episode: Public Health & COVID-19 in the USA: How should public health systems in the U.S. respond to COVID-19, and what lessons can we draw from the past and for the future? Dr. Gigi Kwik Gronvall, a Senior Scholar at the John Hopkins Center for Health Security, joins to discuss the early national... by COVIDCalls

59 min listen

#16 COVIDCalls 4.6.2020 - Disaster Researchers' Roundtable: How is the disaster of COVID-19 impacting how early career disaster researchers are approaching their own research? How will academia in general react to the crisis and how will that affect graduate students and early career researchers? Dr. Nnenia Campb... by COVIDCalls

72 min listen

#46 COVIDCalls 5.18.2020 - Information Infrastructures in Disaster: The pandemic has brought about a renewed appreciation for workers who are considered to be essential to core functions of society. Among these, have been postal service workers who serve the important role of delivering essential objects to where they ... by COVIDCalls

69 min listen

#45 COVIDCalls 5.15.2020 - Race & Face Masking in COVID-19: There is a historical notion in society that people who wear masks or face coverings always have something to hide. I mean, think about it—thieves, the Ku Klux Klan, etc. In the inherently racist America we know today, it is not uncommon for Muslim wom... by COVIDCalls

69 min listen

#25 COVIDCalls 4.17.2020 - COVID & Environmental Justice in Louisiana II: How does COVID-19 overlap and intertwine with the deeper histories of Louisiana, and how can we understand these connections? What effect will COVID-19 have on long-term efforts for racial and environmental justice in Louisiana? Karen Gadbois, the co-fou... by COVIDCalls

70 min listen

#10 COVIDCalls 3.27.2020 - Disaster & Disability: Why were tools of accessibility, like video conferencing and live transcription, only embraced by institutions in response to COVID-19, despite being denied to disabled people pre-pandemic? What can disability studies add to our understanding of COVID-19... by COVIDCalls

62 min listen

#30 COVIDCalls 4.24.2020 - The Trump Pandemic w/ Virginia Heffernan: What explains President Donald Trump’s disastrous response to COVID-19 and can he politically survive the pandemic? What do Trump and his vices say about our society and why can’t we look away? Virginia Heffernan, a journalist for the New York Times, Wal... by COVIDCalls

75 min listen

#4 COVIDCalls 3.19.2020 - Public Health Update: Philadelphia: When should have COVID-19 testing started in the United States and what were the barriers to testing access in the early days of the Pandemic? What did testing look like on the ground in Philadelphia, PA during this time? Dr. Esther Chernak, professor at... by COVIDCalls

63 min listen

#42 COVIDCalls 5.12.2020 - Researcher’s Roundtable: Want to know what impacts COVID-19 has on transport methods, the environment, or infrastructure? Ever wonder about the national discourse about disparate impacts of COVID-19 affecting black communities in the United States? Join us in this researcher’s... by COVIDCalls

74 min listen

#26 COVIDCalls 4.20.2020 - Governance & Disaster: COVID-19: How will COVID-19 shape the way the American government operates? Where were the points of governmental failure when it came to the American policy response to COVID and how can the U.S. adjust its policy and politics to deal with future hazards better? ... by COVIDCalls

74 min listen

#13 COVIDCalls 4.1.2020 - The World Health Organization and COVID-19 w/ Andrew Lakoff: How has global pandemic preparedness evolved over the years, and what is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) role in managing outbreaks of infectious disease? What were the impacts of 9/11, anthrax, and Hurricane Katrina on American systems of emergenc... by COVIDCalls

60 min listen

#38 COVIDCalls 5.6.2020 - COVID & the Apocalyptic w/ Chuck Strozier: How does the COVID-19 pandemic evoke fears of the apocalypse and what is the psychology of apocalyptic thinking in the United States? How does COVID-19 fit into the history of apocalyptic visions and narratives from the Book of Revelation to nuclear holo... by COVIDCalls

69 min listen

#15 COVIDCalls 4.3.2020 - Part 2 - Pandemic Perspectives: South Korea: Part Two: What accounts for the starkly different pictures of the pandemic in various nations and what can we learn from the example of South Korea? How was South Korea able to respond and, as of April 2, 2021, report only 174 deaths due to COVID-19? Dr.... by COVIDCalls

62 min listen

#9 COVIDCalls 3.26.2020 - Pandemic Perspectives: Italy: What can the United States learn from Italy’s disaster management performance in the first wave, and what are the cracks that lie in Italy and the United States’ systems? What are the historical analogs we can use to understand various aspects of the pan... by COVIDCalls

61 min listen

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