Special | My Story Is A Climate Story: 2025 LA Wildfires | Episode 2: The Emotional Impact of Loss

About this episode

The episode explores the emotional impacts of loss and grief following the 2025 LA wildfires as shared by USC professors.

Climate-amplified extreme weather events are rising in frequency and intensity all over the world; yet the emotional impacts of these events, the loss and grief they bring, and the long-lasting impacts they cause for affected people are still understudied and underreported. In the second episode of this special season, our five USC professors share their emotional journey months after their losses in the 2025 LA wildfires. You can follow us on Instagram at ⁠⁠@usc_electricfutures⁠⁠ : https://www.instagram.com/usc_electricfutures ----- Electric Futures is an original podcast from the University of Southern California. This special season is hosted and executive-produced by Allison Agsten, director of USC Annenberg’s Center for Climate Journalism and Communication. USC Annenberg professor Mallory Carra is our supervising producer. Rhysea Agrawal and Spencer Cline are our associate producers. This episode was written and directed by Rhysea Agrawal and story edited by Mallory Carra. It was edited and sound designed by Spencer Cline. Additional interviews were conducted by Grace Galante and Yana Savitsky. Victor Figueroa, Sebastian Grubaugh, Tom Norris, and S.R. Meredith provided…

People in this episode

Host: Allison Agsten

Topics covered

• climate change
• emotional impact
• wildfires
• loss and grief
• extreme weather
• mental health

Keywords

• climate change
• LA wildfires
• emotional impact
• loss
• grief
• extreme weather
• USC

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Southern California

More episodes of Electric Futures

• Episodio 8: El Centro de Datos en la Cuadra · May 8, 2026 · 26 min
• Episode 7: Electric Futures Live! Everything You Need to Know About Data Centers · April 23, 2026 · 52 min
• The Data Center Next Door | Episode 6: The AI Data Center Pushback · April 15, 2026 · 1h 1m
• The Data Center Next Door | Episode 5: Will AI Bring Jobs to the Valley? · April 15, 2026 · 43 min
• The Data Center Next Door | Episode 4: Not in My Backyard · April 15, 2026 · 1h 3m
• The Data Center Next Door | Episode 3: Water is for Fighting Over · April 15, 2026 · 45 min