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Let It Burn: How Fire Makes Forests More Resilient
Jun 1, 2026
42m 47s
Dawg Days: A Flood Risk Assessment for the University of Georgia
May 1, 2026
42m 30s
The Gospel of Grass: Patrick Keyser Speaks to the Resilience of Native Grasslands
Apr 1, 2026
42m 24s
Making Sense of SETS: Our Host Alysha on Complex Infrastructure Systems
Mar 2, 2026
25m 54s
ASCE’s Resilient Future: the World’s Oldest Engineering Society Brings New Voices to the Table
Feb 2, 2026
40m 23s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 6/1/26 | ![]() Let It Burn: How Fire Makes Forests More Resilient | After a decade working across the Southeast, Jordan Youngmann is seeing his hometown in upstate New York through fresh eyes–and his work is just warming up. Pre-European colonization, forests looked very different: while many people think of this world as a "pristine" landscape, forest systems across North American were highly regulated by Indigenous groups. Today, these systems are largely fragmented by urban and agricultural spaces, but historically, they were managed by harnessing a force... | 42m 47s | ||||||
| 5/1/26 | ![]() Dawg Days: A Flood Risk Assessment for the University of Georgia | This podcast comes to you from the University of Georgia, a campus that has stretched across the hills of Athens, Georgia since 1785. UGA is situated between the Upper and Middle Oconee Rivers, with tributary creeks flowing all across campus- even right under our football stadium! This month, hosts Alysha and Todd are joined by fellow UGA colleague Zak Ruehman, Director of Engineering Services here at the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems. Zak's team recently wrapped up an excit... | 42m 30s | ||||||
| 4/1/26 | ![]() The Gospel of Grass: Patrick Keyser Speaks to the Resilience of Native Grasslands | Patrick Keyser knows the grass may not always be greener--but there's still a lot to learn from it. Since long before European colonization, grasslands have a rich history as one of North America's most diverse, resilient, and iconic landscapes. These ecosystems are the epicenters of agriculture in the US, but native grass species are disappearing as introduced plants take over and land uses change. As a University of Tennessee professor and Director of the Center for Native Grasslands... | 42m 24s | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | ![]() Making Sense of SETS: Our Host Alysha on Complex Infrastructure Systems | This month, Alysha Helmrich is our host and guest! This short episode discusses social-ecological-technological systems and sensemaking. She explores urban systems as SETS, positions SETS thinking for sensemaking, and identifies four modes of SETS to build requisite variety. To learn more, follow the links below! Links: Foundational reading on SETS: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018EF000926 Main perspective discussed regarding SETS and sensemaking: https://www.nat... | 25m 54s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | ![]() ASCE’s Resilient Future: the World’s Oldest Engineering Society Brings New Voices to the Table | In the face of immense global and national change, the world’s oldest engineering society is staying flexible. The American Society for Civil Engineers President, Marsha Bomar, joins our host Alysha Helmrich to speak to the power of diverse perspectives in building the future’s infrastructure and the need for interdisciplinary teams in solving great challenges. Alysha and Marsha also discuss the workforce shortage in the field of engineering, and how bright minds from all walks of life sh... | 40m 23s | ||||||
| 12/1/25 | ![]() Insuring The Future: The Role of Insurance in Disaster Risk Reduction | Disasters are affecting more people and property than ever before. Since 1980, the U.S. has experienced 400+ weather-related "billion dollar" disasters, $3 trillion in economic impacts, and thousands of lives and livelihoods. In the effort to build our disaster resilience as a society, what's the role of insurance? In this episode, our hosts are joined by Carolyn Kousky, Insurance for Good, and Marc Ragin, University of Georgia Terry College of Business. This month's guests discuss a questio... | 49m 39s | ||||||
| 11/3/25 | ![]() Street Smarts and Survival Smarts: How NYC's Urban Preppers are Planning for the Future | What did you do during the COVID-19 social distancing era? Some of us learned to make sourdough, some of us perfected a viral whipped coffee, plenty of us did a whole lot of nothing- but this NYC subculture was busy taking notes. Anna Bounds, a Professor of Sociology at Queens College, has felt called to teach, write, and tell stories for a long time. She's particularly passionate about urban policies that make cities better, stronger and more vibrant. As a sociologist–but also as a New Yor... | 38m 34s | ||||||
| 10/1/25 | ![]() Going With the Flow: Adapting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for the Long Haul | California relies on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as a hub for water, biodiversity, agriculture, recreation, and more. How can we make sure that management actions are working as intended? Returning guest Stephen Elser is a Senior Environmental Scientist with the Delta Stewardship Council, which works to advance California's coequal goals: a more reliable water supply and a resilient Delta ecosystem. Broadly, Stephen's team is tasked with supporting the use of adaptive management to... | 34m 07s | ||||||
| 9/2/25 | ![]() Behind the City Scenes: Why You Should Get to Know Your Local Infrastructure | Have you ever asked your garbage truck where it's going? Sybil Derrible is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago, focusing on urban engineering- studying large systems of power and movement inspired by the tiny island he calls his hometown. Living in a tight community (and with parents that owned a hardware store), Sybil grew up knowing where his water and energy came from- and now, he wants you to learn about yours too. In this episode, Sybil joins us to di... | 44m 42s | ||||||
| 8/4/25 | ![]() A More Resilient Georgia: Introducing the Statewide Resilience Assessment! | This month, we’re proud to introduce an in-house effort at the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems: the Georgia Statewide Resilience Assessment. Commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts and conducted by the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems at UGA, this report brings together insight from across the sectors, stakeholders and systems of Georgia. The outcome: a review of our hazards and challenges, as well as some opportunities, exemplary projects, and recommendations ... | 54m 01s | ||||||
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| 7/1/25 | ![]() American Disasters: How Classical Calamities Inform Emergency Response Today | Cynthia Kierner, historian, self-declared "non-21st century person," and Mets fan, is deeply interested in the role of disturbances across American history- hurricanes, earthquakes, and disease, oh my. In her book, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood, she reviews the history of natural disasters and how we respond to them across time and space in the United States. Hosts Alysha and Todd join their guest in asking colossal questions on ... | 38m 32s | ||||||
| 6/2/25 | ![]() Why Do We Need Parks? Welcoming Back Joeri Morpurgo | We know that green spaces are good for you. They provide benefits to air quality, biodiversity, and even your mental health... but why? Returning guest Joeri Morpurgo, a postdoctoral fellow at Universiteit Leiden in the Netherlands, set out with his team to answer this question. They found an important distinction: not all green spaces are created equal. The team also investigated the various benefits of green space, and found natural variables to attribute them to: lower air temperatures w... | 32m 26s | ||||||
| 5/1/25 | ![]() The Nation's Heartbeat: Engineering, History, and the Mississippi River | The Mississippi River Basin covers over a million square miles across the southeast and midwest US. Despite growing up far away in the northeast US, Boyce Upholt thinks about the nation's largest waterway more than most: he's the author of "The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi." The book began nearly eight years earlier with a paddling trip, a sunken steamboat, and love-at-first-sight for the iconic southern river. Upholt speaks to our hosts Alysha and Todd about his i... | 41m 42s | ||||||
| 4/1/25 | ![]() Sustainable Neighborhoods: How Athens Land Trust Combines Conservation and Community | Emmanuel Stone was raised to love good food: his mother, a restaurant owner, inspired him to teach culinary arts, learn about agriculture, and emphasize the importance of whole foods. This led him to Athens Land Trust: an organization that simultaneously encourages conservation and community in Athens, GA where UGA is located. Stone serves as the Strategic Partnerships Director for ALT. From his office at Williams Farm, a space where ALT houses their offices as well as a community garden, su... | 46m 59s | ||||||
| 2/18/25 | ![]() It's All Connected: A Framework for Intertwined Infrastructure Systems | This month's guest is someone close to home for our team- meet Alysha's PhD student, Negin Shamsi! Negin gives an overview of her first first-author publication, titled, "Interdependency classification: a framework for infrastructure resilience." Shamsi's research focus is infrastructure and urban resilience. Infrastructure managers collaborate across engineering, urban planning, emergency response, policy making and more. The goal of Shamsi's research, including the new paper, is to better ... | 32m 39s | ||||||
| 12/18/24 | ![]() Building Biodiverse Urban Gardens | How big does an urban garden need to be to support pollinators and other important insects? What kinds of plants lead to the most biodiverse space? How should homeowners manage their gardens to support the natural world? Get the full garden scoop with PhD researcher Joeri Morpurgo, from University Leiden in the Netherlands! Morpurgo and his colleagues visited urban gardens throughout Amsterdam and counted all the different plant and insect species they could find. Some key findings? G... | 33m 51s | ||||||
| 11/15/24 | ![]() Greening the cul-de-sac: How can we encourage nature-positive residential developments? | Big, leafy shade trees, burbling creeks, and access to recreation in beautiful natural areas: most people intuitively know that these kinds of natural amenities create pleasant communities, and houses located close to these kinds of resources tend to sell for more than those without. What folks often aren't thinking about is the fact that these resources have other benefits too--including filtering stormwater, sequestering carbon, and cooling neighborhoods. But how can we use policy to help e... | 40m 28s | ||||||
| 10/16/24 | ![]() The Resilient Future of Solar Power | Lauren McPhillips didn't always dream of being a professor, but she knew she loved solving problems. After earning three degrees in Earth systems science and environmental engineering at Cornell University, McPhillips completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Arizona State University, where she met our host Alysha. Now, she's working on ecological and water resources engineering problems from green stormwater infrastructure to solar implementation. In her position as a researcher and as... | 37m 07s | ||||||
| 9/16/24 | ![]() Water in the USA: Affordable, Accessible, Clean Water for All? | Water is a natural resource all of us rely on, but there's a lot of thought and work that goes into being able to turn on your tap. How do we make sure water is accessible to everyone? Who does a water source belong to? And why is getting water out West so complicated? This month, hosts Alysha and Todd are joined by Dr. Ben Rachunok, an assistant professor at the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State University. Rachunok studies how communities evaluate... | 45m 20s | ||||||
| 8/21/24 | ![]() UGA's Resilient Future: Creating Space for Nature-based Solutions | Introducing Dr. Brian Bledsoe, Director of the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Georgia and farmer, guitar player, and dad (not in that order.) Our hosts Alysha Helmrich and Todd Bridges join Bledsoe in reviewing his lifelong commitment to research and interdisciplinary collaboration. His career has largely focused on river management and hydrology, leading him to work not just with engineers but ecologists,... | 35m 38s | ||||||
| 6/17/24 | ![]() Urban Morphology: Buildings, Streets, and the People In Between | This month, our host Alysha Helmrich and her guest Lynn Abdouni are coming to you live from halfway across the world. This pair of UGA engineering professors recently visited Doha, Qatar for a meeting about the Proactive Resilience Plan (PReP), a collaboration between UGA, Texas A&M, and the Qatar Foundation. During their trip, they took a moment to chat about urban morphology: "the study of the buildings, the streets, and the spaces in between them." "We're talking about the urban fabr... | 38m 17s | ||||||
| 5/15/24 | ![]() Implementing Change: Progress on Climate Resilience in Atlanta, Georgia | This month, we're welcoming practitioners from Atlanta Regional Commission: Katherine Zitsch, Deputy COO, and Jon Philipsborn, Climate and Resilience Manager. Regional commissions work on many subject areas across a metropolitan area, from community development and transportation to water security and climate change. At ARC, resilience is a key defining factor in how they make decisions around all of these topics and more. In this episode, hosts Alysha and Todd and their guests discuss how A... | 48m 07s | ||||||
| 4/15/24 | ![]() Expect the Unexpected: Resilience and Life Advice from the Late Bronze Age | This month, anthropologist and historian Dr. Eric Cline and USACE research social scientist Dr. Ben Trump come together with hosts Alysha and Todd to explore large-scale regional destabilization and collapse in the Late Bronze Age. Around 1200 B.C., an interconnected network of eight large, thriving civilizations collapsed in a matter of decades. Dr.s Cline and Trump wanted to explore how this collapse came about, whether the civilizations could have predicted or prevented it, and what resil... | 48m 12s | ||||||
| 3/15/24 | ![]() Special Guest: Rachel Jacobson on Climate Resiliency in the Army and Beyond | This month features a special guest. The Honorable Rachel Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, visited UGA for the Southeast Defense Communities Resilience Workshop this week. During her busy visit to Athens, she stopped by to chat with Alysha and Todd about climate resilience in the U.S. Army: on military bases, in outreach projects and construction, and overseeing climate policies. Ms. Jacobson is an experienced environmental lawyer who previ... | 35m 11s | ||||||
| 2/15/24 | ![]() Equitable Engineering: Nature-based Solutions in the Global South | Alysha and Todd speak with Marta Berbés-Blázquez and Stephanie Cruz Maysonet from the University of Waterloo about the implementation of Nature-based Solutions in the Global South. NbS research has primarily taken place in the Global North. The group discusses how to build solutions that satisfy the ecological, economic and sociopolitical needs of the Global South. Berbés-Blázquez introduces the idea of "urban labs," spaces for communities to engage in place-based experimentation. Cruz ... | 58m 58s | ||||||
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8 placements across 8 markets.
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