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phyllisgoode recommended:Jun 27th, 2020
This podcast is amazing and really breaks down what went wrong in Hurricane Katrina, and how the governments reaction exacerbated the crisis. It exposes racial tensions that shaped the response - from reports of looting and wide spread rape - that the media and police irresponsibly ran with.
I thought this episode was:
mmJun 27th, 2020
@phyllisgoode So beautifully produced too!
mm recommended:Mar 15th, 2020
Woooowwwwww......the sound design for this was incredible πππ New Orleans is one of my favourite places in the entire world. I went there a few years after Hurricane Katrina. This new podcast from The Atlantic paints a vivid picture of what led to the disaster. Those people in the hotel βstorm pa...Show More
mmMar 15th, 2020
@fiercefab Youβll love this new podcast about Hurricane Katrina.
hummingbird95Mar 16th, 2020
@mm I live in Louisiana, right outside on New Orleans. It was so devastating.
mmMar 16th, 2020
@hummingbird95 π’ I canβt even imagine...
jhawthorne recommended:Mar 24th, 2020
Wow, this is well made. It truly is the time for Bush-era pods
mmMar 24th, 2020
@jhawthorne Sooo well done πππ
jhawthorneMar 24th, 2020
@mm I'm glad to see other publications besides the nytimes making this kind of stuff. Makes me optimistic
mmMar 25th, 2020
@jhawthorne So interesting that there weren't any ads on this other than encouraging listeners to go to check out more Atlantic content and support them. Really interesting strategy because this podcast was obviously not cheap to make!
jhawthorneMar 31st, 2020
@mm yeahhh, i bet they're regretting that a bit now. But they probably wanted to use that to elevate their 'brand'. Curious what they're going to do with any similar projects in the works
mmMar 31st, 2020
@jhawthorne The Atlantic is all about brand elevation ;) I hope they are going to do more projects because whoever's behind the production of this is πππ
michelle_ebooks recommended:Mar 15th, 2020
episode one of the atlanticβs new series (just came out on the 12th!) all about revisiting the tragedy and complete incompetence surrounding hurricane katrina. deeply beautiful series on history, giving platform to voices, and unraveling this national story, yet truly misunderstood event. (it is a b...Show More
michelle_ebooksMar 15th, 2020
βhurricane katrina was not the disaster, the disaster was what happened after....β
mmMar 15th, 2020
@michelle_ebooks Thanks for the recommendation. The sound design blew me away. π±