Behind the Mic: On Fire in Paradise by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano, Read by T. Ryder Smith
Listen to an Outstanding Study of How Humans Create and Respond to Disaster
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On today’s episode, host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten discuss Fire in Paradise, a comprehensive study of the devastating 2018 Northern California fire. T. Ryder Smith narrates with dramatic pacing, speeding up during the nail-biting personal stories and slowing down when explaining the fire’s causes and behaviors. Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano have written an outstanding study of how humans create and respond to disaster, which calls to mind the continuing dangers of California’s fire seasons.
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