Dukes of Hazards: The Emergency Management Podcast - Mitch Stripling & Andrew McMahan

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Episode 10: Trains Derail and Will Forte drinks Margaritas Mar 11, 2015

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The Dukes break down the Lac Magantic train disaster (although Mitch can't pronounce it) and compare it to the recent West Virginia train derailment. Plus, Austin in 1960 may be better at civil defense than we are and it turns out Ebola is stll happening. Not to mention the Dukes of Hazards review of The Last Man on Earth! All that plus the one place in the USA you are most likely to die from zombies.

Episode 9: Ebola Exports ICS and Aaron Sorkin calls us un-American Dec 19, 2014

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We run through the story of Ebola in Liberia, and the latest on modelling trends for the disease. Plus, Loma Prieta cancels baseball and bring class issues to emergency response and the Sony Cyberattack sends an office back to 1992. Also, Andrew continues to be obsessed with drones and Mitch keeps pressing the wrong buttons.

Episode 8: #Ebola (Many people will die if I don't find this monkey) #Ebola Aug 06, 2014

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The Dukes come back from summer break to take on Outbreak, Ebola, Brooklyn in the 1890s, Disaster Innovation and Earthquake-proofing. Pop quiz: What kind of extreme weather kills the most people? Also, does the fact that Martha Stewart loves drones mean drones are over? And, what were CDC's Top 7 disaster songs in 2011 and, I mean, who does a Top 7 list, anyway? Dukes!

Episode 7: Are you a good tweet or a bad tweet? May 30, 2014

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We play Good Tweet / Bad Tweet with emergency social media guru Jim Garrow and dig into the science of Firenadoes (along with their even scarier horizontal cousin). Plus, Andrew continues to be obsessed with drones, Ikea makes shelters so good nobody wants to go home, hackers smoke weed, and Mitch discovers his tweets are not actually, erm, that important. All that and more on this week's Dukes of Hazards.

Episode 6 - The South Korean Ferry, How to get an EM job, and FEMA is funny. May 09, 2014

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We're back after a vacation (we promise never to leave you again) and we take on Texas fire codes, a minute-by-minute breakdown of the South Korean Ferry Disaster, and Socialist Flood Control. Plus, a listener asks how to get into emergency management, FEMA puts the funny back into the PSA and we watch the drones that are watching us - with special guest Dr. Jordan Pascoe. Go Dukes!

Episode 5 - Chemical Spills begat Disaster Movies begat Tommy Lee Jones Apr 11, 2014

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Would better Incident Command keep Hollywood from destroying America? Listen to The Dukes to find out. Plus, we break down the West Virgina Chemical Spill, and game how good an Emergency Manager Tommy Lee Jones REALLY is. Also: earthquakes, the complexities of disaster planning, celebrating 90s Christian Rock, and mourning the Ultimate Warrior. And Idris Elba makes a speech with, like, four pauses. Whew.

Episode 4 - That is Rad, Bro. Rad. Mar 28, 2014

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The Dukes talk the Oso mudslide, Fukushima three years later, and Craig Fugate (our idol) and his Waffle House index! Plus, a review of Broad City's Hurricane Wanda episode and a brand new listener question about everybody's favorite topic: How To Get a Job. Also, um, Mitch's dog goes wild.

Episode 3 - Interview from the Philippines (Plus, Andrew rolfs.) Mar 14, 2014

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We go in depth with Alex Theran, a worker with All Hands Volunteers, on the impact and recovery from Typhoon Haiyan (called Yoland in the Phillippines) - and why karaoke may sometimes help more than ICS. Plus, drones, Vladimir Putin, and a 30,000 year old virus that may take out your ATM. Or something.

Episode 2 - Water, Olympics and Pompeii Feb 12, 2014

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The Dukes are back with a bang as they take on the Atlanta Clusterflake, the British floods, the California drought, plus the Sochi Olympics and FEMA's new DRC designs. Also, we look back at the Atlanta Olympic bombing and review the song 'Pompeii' by Bastille. Watch out for frostquakes!

Episode 1 - We get it started in here. Jan 31, 2014

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First episode of this emergency management podcast! We do a disaster news roundup, What's in your Go Bag, OMGIAP (our emergency management advice) and a review of This is the End, a movie about the end of the world.

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