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When The Big One hits it’ll take under two minutes for more than 10 million Southern Californians to lose internet, power, and a sense of security. Host Jacob Margolis and Producer Misha Euc...

Some of the most striking images to come out of the Los Angeles wildfires are photos of a single intact house, surrounded by rubble. We wond...

The same factors that make Los Angeles an appealing place to live, like large urban scale development intertwined with nature, are also the...

Larry Mantle has been a radio host in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years. Over the course of hosting his live, daily, public affairs call-in sh...

LAist Science Reporter Jacob Margolis looks at what Angelenos affected by the LA wildfires can expect as they try to rebuild their lives. In...

LAist Science Reporter Jacob Margolis puts the wildfires and the devastation throughout Southern California into context and explains the sc...

Los Angeles County has been ravaged by multiple fires. Thousands of structures were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of Angelenos have e...

We get into our feelings. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared...

Jacob and retired LA County Fire Captain Derek Bart answer your burning questions. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Eme...

We check out an unconventional solution to wind-driven fires. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any...

Why prescribed burning won't solve all of our fire woes. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purch...

Digesting what we've learned. Plus, how other places in the U.S. have figured out fire management. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a...

We know prescribed burning is a major solution…so why aren't we doing more of it? Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Prep...

What it's like to put good fire to the ground. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $...

Gold, genocide and colonialism: our path to seeing fire as the enemy. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (w...

Why trees that are adapted to living with fire are now burning… and how we might save them. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a...

We examine one particularly pivotal wildfire - the Tubbs fire of 2017. Visit www.preppi.com/BigBurn to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (...

As the world enters a new age of wildfires, science reporter Jacob Margolis dives deep into personal stories that illuminate the history of...

For the first time in a generation, a pair of big earthquakes shook Southern Californians. If you felt it -- or even just heard about it --...

We're back at Union Station, moments before the Big One hits, but this time you, our hero, and the city are prepared. And then back to reali...

In this episode, a rat learns to skateboard and we learn how our brain processes (or doesn't) the idea of a big one. Visit www.preppi.com/Bi...

After six months of research, Jacob finally makes an earthquake kit and ends up asleep outside in the rain on Christmas Eve. Visit www.prepp...

The Buildings Every day when you walk into work you assume your building is safe. What if it's not? We try to get answers about two 52-story...

After the big one, the Los Angeles economy will be shook. Hollywood might be too big to fail but what does an economic hit like this mean fo...

You wake up in a city that feels unfamiliar and watch as neighbors choose to hunker down or head out. The aftershocks are unrelenting and yo...

A polar bear killer, a Sputnik-inspired scientist, a man who uses the past to see the future and seismologist Lucy Jones. What do they all h...

No car, the trains are down, the road's a mess and you need to get home. In this episode, you walk 15 miles back to your house through a cit...

You're at Union Station when the big one hits. The next two minutes are terrifying. By the time you make your way outside, the Los Angeles y...