When Culverts Fail: A Case Study of Infrastructure Resilience in Rural Massachussets
What happens when a small piece of infrastructure fails? Researchers from UMass Amherst and an engineering firm discuss their study on culvert failures in the Deerfield Watershed and why these often-i...
18 Aug 28min
Density, Not DUI | What's Really Driving Spring Break Traffic Crashes
Most people assume the holidays are the deadliest time to drive. The data says otherwise. In this episode of Risk InSight, host Anya Grondalski talks with Professor Michael French, PhD (University of ...
24 Jul 23min
How We Can Keep Biotech in Check with Dr. Kate Sixt of USDA
What happens when cutting-edge biotechnology meets artificial intelligence, and who's responsible for governing it? Kate Sixt, Executive Director of the Office of the Chief Scientist at the USDA and ...
24 Jun 10min
What's in Your Water?
Every time you turn on the tap, you're trusting a complex system to keep you safe — but what happens when that system faces threats we're still learning to understand? In this episode of Let's Talk Ri...
26 Mai 9min
The Case for Honest PFAS Communication
"Forever chemicals" have been in headlines for years, but are people actually getting the information they need to protect themselves? In this episode, we sit down with Lyn van Swol, professor in the ...
15 Apr 22min
Words that work: talking climate change with the public
When we think about communicating risk, we often focus on the evidence: the data, the models, the science. But what if the words we choose to frame that risk are just as important as the risk itself? ...
9 Apr 12min
Inside the Supply Chain Trust Game
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Zachary Collier, assistant professor at Radford University and longtime member of the Society for Risk Analysis, to explore a hidden but increasingly urgent probl...
31 Mar 9min
With Access Interrupted, How Do We Rebuild?
When disaster strikes, how do we rebuild...and do we do it differently? The answer might start with something simpler than we think: listening to the people already living with risk. In this episode,...
4 Mar 25min
