Disaster Discussions Podcast
By Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)
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Episodes: 55
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Disasters like hurricanes, hailstorms, tornadoes, and wildfires can be devastating and frightening. They displace families, drive financial loss, and destroy communities. Join us as we sit down with science, insurance, and building industry professionals who will help us explore the intersection of these hazards with the built environment and steps being taken to prevent future devastation.
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S5E8: When Resilience Multiplies: The Road to 100,000 FORTIFIED Designations (Part 2)
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May 20, 2026 |
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S5E7: When Resilience Multiplies: The Road to 100,000 FORTIFIED Designations (Part 1)
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May 06, 2026 |
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S5E6: The Workforce Behind the Recovery: America’s post-disaster skilled labor crisis (Part 2)
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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S5E5: The Workforce Behind the Recovery: America’s post-disaster skilled labor crisis (Part 1)
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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S5E4: On the Radar: When Winter Hits the South- Science Communication, Infrastructure Stress‑Tests, & Interior Water Losses.
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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S5E3: New Revolution: How AI is Transforming Disaster Resilience, Part 2
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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S5E2: A New Revolution: How AI is Transforming Disaster Resilience, Part 1
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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S5E1: 2025 Resilience Recap: Building Safer Communities Together
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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S4E17: Calm After the Storm: Growing FORTIFIED in Oklahoma
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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S4E16: Burning Questions: Uncovering What Structure Fires Are Telling Us About Air Quality, Partners in Resilience, Part 2
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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S4E15: Embers at the Edge: Modeling Fire Spread in the Wildland-Urban Interface, Partners in Resilience Part 1
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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S4E14: Crafting Resilience: KB Home’s Journey to Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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S4E13: Hurricane Sally Takes Aim at Alabama: Analyzing FORTIFIED Performance Proof Points
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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S4E10: 20 Years Later: Josh Morgerman's Hurricane House on Katrina’s Forgotten Coast & World Record Chasing Adventures
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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S4E11: Summer of Science: 2025 IBHS Interns and Fellows, Part 1
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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S4E12: Summer of Science: 2025 IBHS Interns and Fellows, Part 2
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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S4E9: Crushing It: ICECHIP Takes a Giant Leap Forward in Hail Science
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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S4E8: Assessing Your Disaster Risk with Geotrek’s Hurricane Hal
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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S4E7: On the Radar: All Hail the ICECHIP Field Campaign
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May 22, 2025 |
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S4E6: Hail as America’s Loss Driver & Studying a Significant Hail Event in Rock Hill, SC
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May 07, 2025 |
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S4E5: Combating Conflagration in Communities: The Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood Standard
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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S4E4: The Storm That Changed Australia: Cyclone Tracy’s Impact & the Cyclone Testing Station as a Catalyst for Wind Engineering Research & Building Codes
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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S4E2: Observations in LA: How the Eaton and Palisades Conflagrations Became Two of California’s Worst, Part 1
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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S4E3: Observations in LA: How the Eaton and Palisades Conflagrations Became Two of California’s Worst, Part 2
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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S4E1: Weather, Research, & Resilience: 2024 Disaster Discussions Recap
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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S3E10: The Art of Communicating Science: Messaging Hurricane Helene
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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S3E9: Weathering the Storms: Small Business Resilience and Commercial Lines Mitigations
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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S3E8: From Science to Solutions: Advancing Resilience Through Public Policy and Investments
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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S3E7: Breaking the Chain of Fire: Wildfire Research & the Pathway to Wildfire Ready
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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S3E6: Using Science to Defend Your Home: The FORTIFIED Standard
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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S3E5: One Hail of a Trip: Recapping the 2024 Hail Field Study
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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S3E4: Hurricane Ready with Bill Read
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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S3E3: Rating the States 2024
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May 08, 2024 |
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S3E2: Unacceptable Loss - Demanding More from Building Performance
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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S3E1: Research and Operations: On a Tornado Damage Survey Together
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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S2E12: 1-Year Anniversary Podcast Top 5
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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S2E11: Water, Water, Everywhere: Pioneering Observations of Wind-Driven Rain
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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S2E10: Wildfire Risk Rising - There's More To Be Done
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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S2E9: On the Radar - Insights on the Lahaina Wildfires
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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S2E8: The Fifth Season: How Hurricane Forecasting Informs Industries
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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S2E7: Dollars & Disasters: The Value of Resilience
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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S2E6: On the Radar - Extreme Weather of 2023
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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S2E5: Committed to Resilience: Alabama and the FORTIFIED Program
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May 03, 2023 |
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S2E4: Reducing the Risk: Strategies and Solutions for Wildfire Mitigation
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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S2E3: Home Resilience and Real Estate: What's It Worth to You?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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S2E2: Are We Setting Ourselves Up for Disaster?
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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S2E1: Don't Let Winter Put You on Ice - Prepare Your Homes & Businesses
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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S1E7: It Only Takes One: Recapping Hurricane Ian & the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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S1E3: Severe Local Storms Series: Are You Talking to Me?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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S1E4: Severe Local Storms Series: I Spy with My Little Radar...Hail
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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S1E5: Severe Local Storm Series: Setting the Standard for Wind
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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S1E6: Severe Local Storms Series: EF-Scale, It's Time for an Upgrade
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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S1E2: Back to the Future of Hail
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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S1E1: IBHS & NOAA - Partnering Pathways to Resilience
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Episode 0: Introducing IBHS's Disaster Discussions
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Oct 03, 2022 |