Annie // Come What Mayday

Come What Mayday

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Everything is a lot less scary with a plan and a friend, and Annie is that friend you'd call when everything feels like it's on fire. Come What Mayday is made with care for anyone who doesn't want to make disaster preparedness their whole personality, but sure would like a plan. *** Climate disasters. Infrastructure failures. Supply chain chaos. You know you should prepare for an unexpected future, but where to begin? The goal is to help you feel more ready and confident to weather whatever comes your way, and to make this stuff easy to talk about with friends and neighbors. Whatever that * th...

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Annie // Come What Mayday

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Have a Little Light: The Electrical Grid Made Simple 26.05.2026 27:16

Annie comes from a family of electricians, three generations deep. So, when the 2003 Northeast Blackout knocked out power for 50 million people, she started asking questions. She turned to her own personal expert on the matter, her dad. This episode is the answer to how electricity actually gets to your home, why the power grid is basically the biggest machine humans have ever built, and what its...

Border Collie Energy: An Origin Story 26.05.2026 15:22

Meet Annie: oldest child, snack provider, always ready for anything. After (gently) bugging people about getting their earthquake and wildfire kits together for years, she finally gathered up all her knowledge into Come What Mayday . This is the origin story: a lovely yet tough-as-nails grandma, a little kid’s obsession with learning about the olden days, and a belief that preparedness works bette...

Introducing Come What Mayday 26.05.2026 1:17

Come What Mayday is for anyone who doesn't want to make disaster preparedness their whole personality, but sure would like a plan. We see the cracks in the status quo: Climate disasters. Infrastructure failures. Supply chain chaos. I know... you know ....we all know....we should prepare for an uncertain future of ours, but where do we even begin? I'm Annie, and I made Come What Mayday , because I...