EPH, Estes Park featured in new United by Fire podcast
Ten-part series addresses living with wildfire in a warming world
The Institute for Science & Policy at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science is addressing an important issue for all Coloradans: living with wildfire in a warming world.
Season 4 of the award-winning podcast Laws of Notion launched this month. United by Fire is a ten-part series using in-depth interviews and storytelling to explore the catastrophic 2020 wildfire season.
Estes Valley residents know all too well how the East Troublesome and Cameron Peak Fires tore through Colorado and, as the producer of the podcast put it, “challenged what we thought we knew about wildfire behavior.
Along with residents, firefighters, ecologist, land managers, community planners and entrepreneurs, the podcast producers also interview Estes Park Health CEO Vern Carda about his experience evacuating the hospital on the fateful day all the Estes Valley had to leave, not knowing what their homes would look like when they returned.
“Including Estes Park Health helps highlight the intersection of multiple crises – catastrophic wildfires amidst the COVID-19 pandemic – and how that stretches healthcare resources to the limit, especially in a small mountain community,” explained Kristan Uhlenbrock, Executive Director, The Institute for Science & Policy and host of the podcast. “Their story captures the resilience of a community to take care of one another during extreme circumstances.”
EPH and local Estes Park residents are featured in episode three of United by Fire which goes live on Oct. 23rd.
You can listen to the podcast on these platforms:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laws-of-notion/id1592564134
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5tgmzeITAZkFr3T7dh2hoW?si=38d5bf9a09964dc7&nd=1
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fee87e36-80f4-4203-b2fa-d7a0e27aca33/laws-of-notion
Learn more about this season’s podcast at https://Institute.dmns.org/united-by-fire.
Estes Park Health’s story provided a small window providing a view into the larger issues sparked by the extraordinary 2020 Colorado wildfire season.
“Our approach to the podcast centers on including community voices and experiences, while weaving together the science, policy, and elements of our human nature to examine critical issues facing our state,” Uhlenbrock said. “The challenges faced by Estes Park Health during the East Troublesome Fire illustrate the difficulty of making decisions once a fire is knocking on your front door.”
New episodes of United by Fire are released weekly.