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Michael Loewinger

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482 total appearances

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The disaster problem

storms, floods, and fires are ever more extreme.

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And yet, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is fighting for its life.

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I've never been a big fan of FEMA.

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FEMA is very expensive, and it really doesn't get the job done.

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How did the agency tasked with saving America become so despised?

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FEMA's a disaster.

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FEMA's a dirty word.

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So distrusted.

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And defunded.

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We could see the next Katrina-level disaster based on the stripping away of FEMA that we have seen.

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Can the agency survive the stories that have been told about it?

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And can we survive without FEMA?

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Whenever there's a disaster, the first thing people say is, where's FEMA?

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American Emergency, the movement to kill FEMA, is a brand new On the Media series.

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The first episode is coming up right after this.

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From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media.

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I'm Brooke Gladstone.

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And I'm Michael Ellinger.

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Okay.

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Thanks, Brooke.