LA Fires: A heartfelt conversation about the human impact of the California fires with Matthew Felker
After Reality with Courtney Robertson
Courtney Robertson
4.8 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The devastating effects of the California wildfires firsthand with Mathew Felker Together, we explore the immense scale of destruction, the challenges residents are facing—like the lack of utilities and insurance issues—and the flood of misinformation spreading online. We also dive into the lack of compassion some have shown toward fire victims and the suspected involvement of arson in the fires. Toward the end, we discuss meaningful ways to help those affected, including the importance of verified donation channels and the power of community support. This conversation goes beyond the media’s focus on celebrity losses, shining a light on the human cost of this disaster.
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| 0:07.0 | I'm really mad, sad and bad. |
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| 0:13.0 | I've also had some real moments of sad, so I decided to make a podcast. |
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| 0:47.2 | Hello, welcome back to After Reality. I'm your host, Courtney Robertson. Different episode for you today. It's with my good friend Matthew |
| 0:55.6 | Felker, who is in Malibu. We are talking about the LA fires, how it's affecting him, and he shares |
| 1:02.4 | some light on how we can actually help. I've tried to do this intro a few times, you guys. |
| 1:08.4 | I'm trying to fight back tears. I can share all my beautiful |
| 1:11.7 | LA stories. I lived there for 14 years and it's just too much. It's too sad. You're seeing everything |
| 1:20.3 | online, but I've got Matthew here and he's going to talk about how we can actually help what's going |
| 1:25.7 | on. But my brain can't process it like it's it's just |
| 1:30.4 | too big it's one of the worst things that I've ever seen happen in my life and this is just a gentle |
| 1:37.2 | reminder um to not lecture people right now you know you can always replace things I think in our |
| 1:43.2 | nature is to help to, like, |
| 1:46.9 | offer help. And I ask him, I'm like how, I don't even know what to say. You know, I moved to Los Angeles |
| 1:53.4 | when I was 19, going on 20. I always say if you want to win the lottery, that's where the tickets are |
| 1:59.7 | sold. You know, I've had so many messages |
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