IEM Unscripted: DisasterSmiths™
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Latest episodes
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The Emergency Operations Center: More Than a Room
October 6, 2026 · 34 minWhat makes an Emergency Operations Center succeed when the pressure is highest? In this episode of DisasterSmiths®, hosts Chris Smith and Diana Rothe-Smith sit down with emergency management veterans Mel Bartis and Bruce Lockwood to pull…
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AI Is Already Here. Now What?
September 2, 2026 · 39 minA lot can change in a year, especially when it comes toartificial intelligence. DisasterSmiths hosts Chris Smith and Diana Rothe-Smithwelcome back Dr. Ryan Rockabrand and Dr. Sarah Miller to revisit one of the fastest-evolving topic in…
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Blue Sky Work: The Communications Foundation Every Disaster Tests
August 5, 2026 · 35 minSilence is never neutral. When official information lags during an emergency, something rushes in to fill the void, and it is rarely anything an agency would have chosen. In this DisasterSmiths episode, our guests, Nancy Leuenhagen…
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Faster Recovery, Stronger Communities: Inside the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
July 21, 2026 · 22 minIn this episode of DisasterSmiths, we explore one of the most significant changes to disaster recovery policy in decades. The newly enacted 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act establishes a more predictable framework for Community Development…
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Case Management: Building the Recovery Table Before the Disaster
June 30, 2026 · 34 minWhen disaster strikes, recovery is not just about roads, bridges, and programs. It is about people. In this episode of DisasterSmiths, Chris and Diana explore the evolving role of disaster case management and why local relationships…
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Resilience Before Disaster: Lessons from the Yakama Nation
June 2, 2026 · 30 minThis episode of DisasterSmiths spotlights how resilience is built long before disaster strikes. Featuring Elizabeth Sanchey, Emergency Environmental Management Director for the Yakama Nation, and Yolanda Jackson, IEM’s Manager of…
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Built for Bricks, Tested by Pandemics: FEMA Public Assistance
May 5, 2026 · 27 minWhen disaster strikes, one federal program stands between a community and collapse — yet most leaders don't fully understand it until they desperately need it. FEMA's Public Assistance program moves billions of dollars into…
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Evacuation Messaging: They Got the Message. They Just Didn't Leave.
April 1, 2026 · 36 minYou sent the alert. You issued the order. You did everything right. So why didn’t they leave? In this episode of DisasterSmiths™, a local emergency manager and a resiliency officer get honest about one of the hardest problems in…
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Public Assistance in Action: Expectations vs Reality
March 4, 2026 · 27 minWhen a severe storm tears through a mountain community in Tennessee, the real work begins the moment the rain stops. In this episode of DisasterSmiths, we sit down with a mayor who experienced recovery firsthand, from the coordination, the…
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From Allocation to Action: What Comes Next?
February 4, 2026 · 27 minThe award letter arrives. The headlines hit. The community exhales. Your agency has been allocated CDBG-DR funds. Now what?In this boots-on-the-ground episode, we sit down with Chuck Lane, Director of Disaster Recovery Resources for Pasco…
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Emergency Management: At the Edge of Change
January 7, 2026 · 27 minAs Season 2 of the DisasterSmiths™ comes to a close, we sit down with IEM leadership to reflect on a defining year for emergency management. In 2025, shifting federal priorities, expanding responsibilities, heightened accountability, and…
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From Bikes to Demogorgons: Running ICS in the Upside Down
December 30, 2025 · 13 minAs a pre–New Year’s gift to our DisasterSmiths listeners—and as fans of Netflix’s Stranger Things ourselves—we’re heading straight into the Upside Down to tackle a question no one in Hawkins seems to ask: who would run their Incident…

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