Michael Loewinger
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17 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3d ago
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By the 1970s, it had become clear that the nuclear preparations had done little to protect America from an arguably greater threat.
Coming up, if our government could build a secret city, it does kinda make you wonder, what else could they be hiding?
This is on the media.
This is On the Media, I'm Michael Loinger.
To better understand the current day crisis at FEMA and why so many Americans believe wild conspiracy theories about it, I wanted to dive back into the era it was created, when state leaders began to realize that all the focus on Cold War civil defense had left them vulnerable to mother nature.
We just didn't have that many nuclear wars, which is great, but we do have a lot of natural disasters.
Garrett Graff is a journalist and author of a book about the origins of FEMA titled Ravenrock, the story of the US government's secret plan to save itself while the rest of us die.
Before the agency was created, America's disaster response system was, well, barely a system.
It didn't make sense for
Every state to be developing its own totally independent ability to respond to a hurricane, because in any given year, most states don't get hit by a hurricane.
Which became a big problem in the sixties and seventies when the country was rocked by a series of record-breaking disasters.
and ripped.
And flooded.
And killed.
These big disasters overwhelmed towns and counties and states, the big ones often do, but when they asked for help, the federal government was too disorganized to act quickly or efficiently.
Supplying extra ambulances, delivering food and water to survivors, fixing roads and power plants.
Each piece of the emergency management process could come from a different office or department.
A hundred agencies.
might play a role.
Navigating this patchwork of services and jurisdictions was a major pain in the ass for local leaders, especially during a crisis when lives are on the line and every second counts.
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