Storm Stories of North Carolina
Storm Stories of North Carolina is a collection of stories from Hurricane Florence. This podcast and radio series explores resilience and recovery in the coastal region through local stories. Broadcasting from the Narrative Arts' studio in coastal North Carolina the series tells real people stories.
Episodes
19 episodes
Storm Stories: Demucking
In this Storm Stories episode, pulled from the Shoresides' archive, we revisit the resilience of Pender County, North Carolina, in the wake of Hurricane Florence—a story that resonates now, as flooding again affects communities across North Car...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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6:33
The Next 1000 Year Flood
Welcome to Storm Stories, a Shoresides original podcast, where we explore the human experiences and science behind hurricanes in North Carolina. Host Rend Smith speaks with Imhotep Dlanod, a musician displaced by Hurricane Katrina who ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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14:27
What can I do now to prepare for a future hurricane?
What can I do now to prepare for a future hurricane?This month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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2:41
PSA: Early Voting Information For Coastal North Carolina
Want to vote early in coastal North Carolina? Here's how.¿Quieres votar temprano en la costa de Carolina del Norte? Escucha este anuncio.
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2:52
PSA: Free COVID-19 Testing
This is an important message from the New Hanover Disaster Coalition: There is free testing for COVID-19 in New Hanover County. All you have to do is call 910-798-6800 to talk with a nurse to setup an appointment. That is 9...
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0:39
Drug Use, Hurricane Florence, & COVID-19
Illicit drug users face unique challenges during disasters like Hurricane Florence and COVID-19. What happens when dealers leave town or shelter-in-place? How do overdose rates change? Find out on this week's episode of Storm Stories.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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8:27
HIV, Hurricanes & COVID-19 in coastal North Carolina
When people living with HIV in coastal North Carolina talk about how they prepared for Hurricane Florence, their considerations are about the same as the average person - with exceptions.HIV-positive community members have to think abou...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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9:35
Two Kinds of Storms: Coronavirus & Hurricanes
In this episode, we explore how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting people who are still in recovery from Hurricane Florence. We also talk about how our experience with hurricanes in coastal North Carolina has prepared us to deal with the imp...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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10:33
Sex Work and Hurricanes
For the second episode of Storm Stories, we're diving deep into the transactional sex industry during and after hurricanes. How does the market for transactional sex change when natural disasters hit, and how do sex workers deal with these chan...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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9:17
Storm Stories: A Home Takes Heart
We kick off Season 2 of Storm Stories with stories about the struggle for affordable housing in the year and a half since Hurricane Florence. In this episode, two women tell us about losing their homes and communities and what they're doing abo...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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17:47
Yndiana Montes Special
In this short special, grassroots journalist and activist Yndiana Montes discusses how our water sources are impacted by discharge from the hog and poultry industries after storms. Montes uses audio clips from meetings with the Cape Fear River ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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4:10
Hurricane Dorian Special
Storm Stories podcast asked folks to call in messages of support to their neighbors and the response so far has been overwhelming - over 45 calls across 7 counties. Take a listen, and consider sharing your own message of encouragement by callin...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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18:36
Storm Stories: Should you stay or should you go
During a disaster, whether to evacuate or stay is probably the most critical decision you can make. What goes into it? For Chris Depompeis the answer is complicated. Storm Stories is a collection of stories from Hurricane Florence. This...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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5:38
Storm Stories: Neighborhood Love
When Hurricane Florence struck, the city of Wilmington got plenty of attention from media outlets and government agencies. But few had the ability to do what community activist Cedric Harrison did, which was to witness all the ways poverty and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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9:27
Storm Stories: Working Together
As climate change pushes ocean temperatures higher, the damage from hurricanes will increase. There’s the government response to these history-making disasters, and then there’s the response of people like trauma specialist Franchon Francees.&n...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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11:15
Storm Stories: EMT
As Hurricane Florence battered the Southeast, some had no choice but to stay. Before, during, and after the hurricane, the 911 calls kept coming, and first responders like Aaron Kasulis met them head on. Storm Stories is a co...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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7:49
Storm Stories: That isn't a lake
Every disaster has its evacuees, people who do just as they’re told and leave once the government sounds the alarm. But what happens when they have nothing to return to? Gerry Lenahan tells us what it’s like to lose everything and what it’s lik...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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9:24
Storm Stories: Fair Bluff
Gloria Walters is one of a growing number of people adapting to the new realities of climate change displacement. Hit by Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, her hometown of Fair Bluff North Carolina lost half its population and is considered a gho...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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8:50
Storm Stories: Love in the Time of Disaster
Sometimes resiliency isn’t just about personal fortitude. Hurricanes show us exactly who we are by showing us exactly how much we need each other. As Lacy Shannon learned, the challenges community members encounter and the solutions they bui...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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7:55
