Sep 18, 2022
Governor Kate Brown provided an update on how the state and partners are preparing and responding to the wildfire situation in Oregon. In this episode we hear from Governor Brown, Oregon Department of Forestry Fire Chief Mike Shaw, Oregon State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Travis Medema, and Oregon Office of Emergency Management Director Andrew Phelps. They explain forecasts for high winds, hot dry weather and lightning increase the fire danger. There is also the possibility of public safety power shutoffs to mitigate potential fire risks.
I also talked to Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Boston University Professor and National Book Award winning author, and one of Time Magazine's top 100 Most Influential People in the World, about his new book series for children as young as 4, to teach them even the most difficult parts of American history, including slavery and the Trail of Tears. For further insight we have comments from Jeremi Suri, The Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, Emily Conroy-Krutz, Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University, and Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols, the Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies and Professor of History, at The Ohio State University.
I also talk to Dr. Nichols about his upcoming fundraiser for the Oregon Historical Society this week, with Brown University historian and author Keisha Blain, for a talk about Black women, politics, violence, and history.