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2025-W3 The Evacuation Edition: Fire, Recovery, and Reflection
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Re:Productivity Podcast - Week 3, 2025
In this episode, Christine and Casey discuss their recent evacuation experience during the LA wildfires, exploring themes of emergency preparedness, community resilience, and the aftermath of natural disasters. They share personal insights about family dynamics during crisis situations, reflections on urban planning and fire prevention, and their impromptu journey to Palm Springs and the Salton Sea, weaving together discussions about infrastructure, technology, and parenting.
"The Salton Sea lives rent free in my brain. When it's full, it's 240 feet below sea level, but historically, that's an anomaly. Over the last 1000 years, it was actually mostly full – and by full, I mean 40 feet above sea level. Like really high up. You can see the water line. It would go from completely full to completely dry in about ten years. And then remain dry. You stand on the edge of it, and you think this is not a puddle – it's a sea. The shoreline is 110 miles. For an absolute environmental festering hellhole, it was actually pretty nice. And now we're thinking: what if we turned it into the world's largest swimming pool?"
Media and Books mentioned:
Watch Duty app
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Becoming Trader Joe by Joe Coulombe
The Wild Robot series by Peter Brown
The Settler Sea by Traci Brynne Voyles
Richer, Wiser, Happier by William Green
Acquired podcast (Microsoft episode one and Microsoft episode two)
Chopin’s Nocturne in C sharp minor
The Los Angeles Wildfires are Self Inflicted blogpost by Casey Handmer
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