How to Stop a Fire in Your Home

Today’s episode is all about fire: how does it work? Why is it so dangerous? And could we ever make it safe? And it's an extra special episode because it's hosted by Julia Llinas Goodman!

Guests:

• John Lentini, a certified fire investigator who has served as an expert witness in over 200 legal cases.
• Dr. Lynn Hulse, a psychologist with the University of Greenwich’s Fire Safety Engineering Group.
• Nisha Baliga, the co-executive director of urban planning nonprofit Hester Street, and Jimena Veloz, a senior project manager at Hester Street.
• Dr. Frank Lake, a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service who has family in the Karuk Tribe and the Yurok Tribe.

→ → → Further reading & resources here! ← ← ← 

Flash Forward is hosted by, Rose Eveleth and produced by Julia Llinas Goodman. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky.

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