The Response

The last decade has shown us that information on social media cannot always be trusted. In fact, it's oftentimes weaponized by nefarious forces. So how do we ensure that the information that is being shared during particularly sensitive periods — such as during natural disasters — is accurate and timely? Enter Atma Connect . Atma Connect on an award-winning organization building the digital infras...

Mutual aid is a concept and practice that has come up many times in the stories we tell on The Response — so we thought it would be helpful to devote an entire episode to exploring what mutual aid is with someone who is deeply immersed in it on the ground. Joshua Potash — an anti-capitalist abolitionist based in New York City. Joshua co-founded Washington Square Park Mutual Aid which provides free...

In the second of this 2-part series of The Response, we pick up where we left off in Episode 1 and continue our deep dive into how communities are responding to the growing abortion access crisis in the United States, sharing the stories of those impacted and highlighting a number of radical grassroots, mutual aid, and solidaristic efforts aimed at helping people access abortion in the places wher...

In the first of this 2-part series of The Response, we take a deep dive into how communities are responding to the growing abortion access crisis in the United States, sharing the stories of those impacted and highlighting a number of radical grassroots, mutual aid, and solidaristic efforts aimed at helping people access abortion in the places where it's currently outlawed or restricted.  Abortion...

Documentary #10: Wartime Mutual Aid in Ukraine Short: For the 10th audio documentary episode of The Response, we're going to focus on the war in Ukraine. As the fighting grinds on, what kinds of solidarity and mutual aid actions are taking place in the country and in bordering countries to provide relief and assistance to refugees?  Long: In February, after a month's long prelude which many never...

But Next Time: "Higher Ground" On this week's episode of Shareable's The Response podcast , we're continuing to delve into community-rooted responses to disasters with "Higher Ground," part four of BUT NEXT TIME , a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery.   In this episode of The Response we'll travel to Houston, Texas, with Chrishell...

But Next Time: "Rising Waters" On this week's episode of Shareable's The Response podcast , we're continuing to delve into community-rooted responses to disasters with "Rising Waters," part three of BUT NEXT TIME , a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery In this episode we meet activist-parents who are fighting to save their families...

But Next Time: "From the Ashes" On this week's episode of Shareable's The Response podcast , we're continuing to delve into community-rooted responses to disasters in California, from the fires to the pandemic with "From the Ashes," part two of BUT NEXT TIME , a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery Following climate-fueled wildfires...

This week, we're continuing our collaboration with the Rise-Home Stories Project to bring you the first episode of BUT NEXT TIME, a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery. As fires ravaged California's world-famous wine country in 2017, a community radio station, emergency dispatcher, and tenant organizers helped the most vulnerable i...

Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing episodes from BUT NEXT TIME, a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery .  Sounds familiar, right?  BUT NEXT TIME answers one vital question: how can we ensure that next time will be different? On today's show, we're featuring a conversation I had with BUT NEXT TIME co-hosts Chrishelle Palay & R...

The Response is an award-winning documentary film, book, and podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn.  A clear and present danger awaits our species if we are unable to keep global temperature below the 1.5 degrees Celsius rise that climate scientists have identified as proverbial the line in th...

The Response is an award-winning documentary film, book, and podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn.  It's the first week of November in 2021 and COP26 is in full swing. Many people had low expectations going into it, this is the 26th COP after all and the outlook for Climate Change is only get...

This weekend marks the beginning of COP26. After being delayed for nearly a year because of COVID, diplomats, scientists, corporate lobbyists, NGOs, students, demonstrators, corporations, heads of state, and many, many other invited and uninvited guests are already making their way to Glasgow Scotland for what has been projected to be the most consequential U.N. climate change conference since the...

In this bonus episode, Bob Stilger recounts his experience in Japan following the triple disaster of 2011 and shares how one community that was completely wiped away by the Tsunami, took the opportunity to truly build back better from the ground up. Bob Stilger is the founder of New Stories and author of the book, " AfterNow: When We Cannot See the Future, Where Do We Begin? " Episode credits: Hos...

Last week we participated in a panel discussion during the Regenerative Communities Summit where we talked about how Crisis can be a Catalyst for Transformation.  This episode features a recording of the second half of that event. We've decided to omit the presentations that were delivered by each panelist, so there are a few times when you'll hear references to what was presented earlier. If you...

The Response is officially back for a 4th season. Over the next few months, we'll be increasing the frequency of the show and releasing new episodes at least every other week. We've already got a number of exciting interviews and roundtable discussions lined up. We also encourage you to watch our award-winning 30-minute micro-budget documentary film on Youtube: " The Response: How Puerto Ricans Ar...

The Response is a podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn. Today is the four-year anniversary of when Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico causing what is largely considered to be the worst disaster to happen in the US or its colonies.  To mark the occasion, we're making our film, "The Respo...

After taking a long Summer break, The Response is back for a fourth season, well kinda. We're officially kicking things off at the end of the month with an audio documentary focused on European Heatwaves and how their impact is exacerbated by energy poverty. But for the next two weeks, we'll be returning our focus to Puerto Rico.  Monday, September 20th marks the four-year anniversary of when Hurr...

For the past decade, communities across the state have faced severe challenges on multiple fronts - from extreme fires and flooding to earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic. But how have they responded and what community resilience strategies have proved most successful? In this episode of The Response, we explore some of the answers to these questions with two guest speakers Lisa Beyer is an Urba...

In the latest episode of The Response Podcast, Chad Rittenberry discusses the community-led response to Winter Storm Uri in Austin Texas earlier this year. What began with a simple Facebook post offering free firewood to friends and family in and around Austin, Texas snowballed until he found himself organizing the National Guard to distribute water in the pink vests previously worn by street medi...

As of now, the majority of the global population has been impacted by the pandemic for more than a year. For the first time in a century, pretty much everyone on the planet has experienced the same disaster at the same time.  And while most of us have had our daily lives disrupted in significant, and in many cases catastrophic, ways, there has also been an incredible outpouring of support for one...

New TED Talk from The Response host Tom Llewellyn is out now: " Building Collective Resilience in the Wake of Disaster " Watch it here: https://youtu.be/-SamQq9-wTg I've been told that I never get tired of giving people bad news, so here we go.  The impacts of climate change are already being felt. This is no longer just a challenge that future generations are going to have to face. It's ours now....

Last weekend, mutual aid organizers from all over the world gathered together for the Solidarity Summit. Hosted by Humans United for Mutual Aid Networks (or HUMANS), the virtual event took place in order to build skills, relationships, and momentum while benefiting local work. During the Summit, we co-hosted a 2-part session which began with a screening of "The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Rest...

"H arm reduction is not just service delivery, it's not just a set of techniques, it's not just a viewpoint of how to engage problematic drug use or sex or whatever have you, it's also part of a social movement that looks for a more just world for drug users, sex workers — that population. So it has a social critique saying, no shit, this is not right." - Rafael Torruella This documentary episode...

Over the course of producing three seasons of The Response podcast, we've explored how natural hazards and other disruptions disproportionately impact marginalized communities at length.  But one population we haven't discussed before is people who use drugs. There is still so much stigma associated with using illegal and legal drugs despite the fact that it's a normal part of life for millions of...