Resilient Futures Podcast
Resilient Futures is a monthly podcast on all things resilience! The show examines this topic by discussing ongoing research, highlighting current efforts, and sharing stories of resilience in diverse contexts across the world! By exploring a wide variety of perspectives, the show digs deep into understanding the many dimensions of resilience. New episodes will be released at the start of every month. If you have questions about things we've discussed or have suggestions for future episodes, please e-mail us at [email protected] or send us a message on Twitter @RFuturesPod. (This podcast was previously named Future Cities.)
- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
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…
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 an…
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 m…
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 Univers…
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 wat…
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…
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 classificati…
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 suppo…
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 house…
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 Unive…
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 wat…
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,…
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…
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…
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 …
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 Resili…
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 p…
An Interconnected World: Why Biodiversity Matters in Engineering
Alysha and Todd are joined by Kyle McKay (USACE Research Civil Engineer) and Charles van Rees (Conservation Scientist at UGA) to discuss BIODIVERSITY- and spoiler alert, it's a lot bigger than bugs a…
Promoting Resilience: Interdisciplinary Expertise and Collaboration
On interdisciplinary collaboration, promoting resilience projects and disaster management strategies with Executive Director of ASCE, Tom Smith
Alysha Helmrich and Todd Bridges are joined by Tom Smith…
Turning a new leaf: an introduction to the Resilient Futures Podcast
Join co-hosts Dr. Alysha Helmrich and Dr. Todd Bridges as they introduce themselves and the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, reintroduce the show, and try to define resilience! (Previo…