Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe investigates how flooding is increasingly impacting DC’s lower-income districts

Season 2 Wrap Up

Thank you for joining us for Season 2 of Hot & Bothered.

Giulio Salerno on Reoystering the Bay

We’re closing out the season and our water and environmental justice series with Giulio Salerno, Deputy Director of the Wild Oyster Project in the SF Bay Area. Learn about how we’ve changed the bay itself over the years, and what and why the Wild Oyster Project is doing to bring oysters back.  Follow Wild Oysters and find out how to get involved at https://wildoysters.org. Find us on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/hot-and-bothered-podcast/]. Listen on Apple, [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered/id1701617731] Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7dcDbLpgqLx7n7UMdmwXxy], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e2c1844a-ba64-4741-9fe9-07eebe4ebf20/hot-bothered], iHeartRadio [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-hot-bothered-120724288/] or wherever you get your podcasts! Email us at hnbpod@gmail.com with any comments or questions. Resources: * https://thewatershedproject.org/ [https://thewatershedproject.org/] * https://www.rowanjacobsen.com/books/the-living-shore [https://www.rowanjacobsen.com/books/the-living-shore] Music by QubeSounds [https://pixabay.com/users/qubesounds-24397640/].

Connie’s Dinacon Field Report

What’s with the delay you ask?! Oh, you didn’t notice? Well let me tell you about my two week adventure in Bali for an experimental conference, the fourth Digital Naturalism Conference. There’s boat people, missing tardigrades, and dinosaurs, oh my! Find us on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/hot-and-bothered-podcast/]. Listen on Apple, [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered/id1701617731] Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7dcDbLpgqLx7n7UMdmwXxy], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e2c1844a-ba64-4741-9fe9-07eebe4ebf20/hot-bothered], iHeartRadio [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-hot-bothered-120724288/] or wherever you get your podcasts! Email us at hnbpod@gmail.com with any comments or questions. Resources: *  https://www.dinacon.org/, https://2025.dinacon.org/ * https://www.seacommunities.com/ * https://www.scubadiving.com/pak-eka-named-june-25-sea-hero * https://www.alieward.com/ologies/tardigradology * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buugeng * https://visitnorthbali.bulelengkab.go.id/informasi/detail?kode=34020313&slug=rumah-plastik-mandiri * https://www.arkakinari.org/l * https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/filastine-and-nova-arka-kinari-ship-stranded-pacific-ocean-pandemic/ [https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/filastine-and-nova-arka-kinari-ship-stranded-pacific-ocean-pandemic/] * Laut Loud - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHONUjU6RafM0ny32U9cR-pMUXB0uVekS [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHONUjU6RafM0ny32U9cR-pMUXB0uVekS]  Music by QubeSounds [https://pixabay.com/users/qubesounds-24397640/].

Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe investigates how flooding is increasingly impacting DC’s lower-income districts

While flash flooding does make headlines in DC—like the dog daycare center in Northeast that flooded in August 2023 leaving 10 dogs dead—we don’t as often hear about how chronic flooding is increasingly problematic for certain District residents. This week, Hola Cultura Assistant Editor and investigative journalist Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe walks us through what he uncovered about the disproportionate impact flooding is having on poorer DC communities, stories of individuals being hardest hit, how climate change is exacerbating the problem, and the solutions that are bringing the most hope.   You can find Marcelo on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelo-jauregui-volpe-649aa2ba/] and learn more about Hola Cultura here [https://holacultura.com/]. You can also catch Marcelo hosting Hola Cultura’s podcast, “The Climate Divide [https://holacultura.com/podcasts/dcheatislands/],” which examines DC’s heat islands and related health disparities along racial, ethnic and class lines.   Resources: * The Hidden Costs of Flooding in D.C.’s Poorest Wards | Pulitzer Center [https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/hidden-costs-flooding-dcs-poorest-wards] (by Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe) * DC Flood Task Force [https://dcfloodtaskforce.org/about/] * Other Hola Cultura investigative reporting: * Development is wiping out trees in less-affluent parts of Washington, DC, putting residents’ health at risk, grantee finds - The Fund for Investigative Journalism [https://fij.org/development-is-wiping-out-trees-in-less-affluent-parts-of-washington-dc-putting-residents-health-at-risk-grantee-finds/] * Investigative Series: D.C.’s Heat Islands / Serie: Islas De Calor En D.C. | Hola Cultura [https://holacultura.com/seriesheatislands/]

Walt Ray on Expanding Atlanta’s Trail Network Through the Chattahoochee RiverLands

Getting our feet wet with our water and environmental justice series we are joined by Walt Ray who is the Chattahoochee Program Director for The Trust for Public Lands. He shares all about the process of creating a 100+ mile network of greenways, blueways, and parks along the river and connecting Metro Atlanta. Listen to learn about their collective impact methodology and how to launch a similar project in your community.     Follow Walt on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/walt-ray-abb876130/]. Find out more about the Chattahoochee RiverLands on their website [https://www.chattahoocheeriverlands.com/].