Not Built For This #2: The Ripple Effect
23 August - 57 minsIn disasters where a lot of people lose their homes, the impacts are not confined to a single city or town. They ripple outward, cascading into the surrounding area, as the survivors are forced to go looking for new places to live. This is the story of what happened after the famous fire in Paradise, California, and where many of the survivors ended up. It’s a cautionary tale about a town caught in the cross hairs of both the climate crisis and the housing crisis, and what happened when thousands of displaced people showed up on its doorstep.
Not Built For This is a 6-part mini-series from 99% Invisible, with new episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays in the 99% Invisible feed. Listen wherever yo...
Series Episodes
Medellin, Revisited
Once considered the most dangerous city in the world due to drug cartel violence, by the early 2000s Medellin had reinvented itself. But gentrification is allowing criminal gangs to reap large profits from a shadow economy powered by the tourist boom.
33 mins
10 September Finished
Not Built For This #6: Maximum Temperature
In the final episode of Not Built for This, we reckon with the biological limits of climate adaptation.
41 mins
6 September Finished
Not Built For This #5: The Little Levee That Could
How the residents of Hamilton City, California finally got the levee they deserved.
48 mins
3 September Finished
Not Built For This #4: Unbuilding the Terrace
What’s it like for residents to fight like hell for help, but the help on offer means leaving the place they love?
48 mins
30 August Finished
Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong
As storms get more extreme and unpredictable, insurance companies are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore.
49 mins
27 August Finished
