Leveraging The Power Of Community Storytelling With Dr. Sarah Fox

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Science, Self-improvement, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Education

5.0 • 22 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

There is no forever solution to nuclear waste, and humanity is doomed to always live with its drastic consequences. With underserved areas always getting the small end of the stick, Dr. Sarah Fox helps to elevate their voices by putting community storytelling in the spotlight. In this conversation with Corinna Bellizzi, she shares how she underscored the disproportionate impact of environmental contamination on marginalized regions by highlighting the stories and activism of ordinary people. Dr. Sarah also explains why the lives of everyday individuals must not be treated as less important than in-depth scientific researches, which both aim to build healthier and more sustainable communities.About Guest:Seattle-based author and historian Sarah Fox is drawn to the stories we tell about places, bodies, and the relationships between them. Fox is the author of Downwind: A People’s History of the Nuclear West (University of Nebraska Press, 2014). She is currently completing the manuscript for her second book project, At Home in the Plume: Unruly Waste and Reckoning in the Pacific Northwest. Fox holds a PhD in History from University of British Columbia.Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-alisabeth-fox-024a9391/Guest Website: https://www.downwindhistory.comGuest Social: https://www.facebook.com/downwindapeopleshistoryAdditional Resources Mentioned:Downwind: A People's History of the Nuclear WestMerchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. ConwayShow Notes: Raw audio00:02:51 - Author And Historian Sarah Fox00:12:07 - Highlighting The Voices Of Ordinary People00:15:56 - Trust The Experts Vs Questioning The Science00:25:50 - How Underserved Communities Are Harmed By Fallout00:34:49 - Hesitancy Around Preserving Nuclear Documents00:42:23 - How To Tell Stories That Matter00:51:17 - Answering Lightning Round Questions00:57:14 - Episode Wrap-up And Closing WordsJOIN OUR CIRCLE. BUILD A GREENER FUTURE:🌴 Subscribe to our newsletter, and we’ll plant a tree in your honor!🌲 Subscribe and rate us wherever you listen, and we’ll plant another tree Follow us on social media:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@circleb.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caremorebebetter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better

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0:00.0	What I have come to believe is necessary in any moment, in any problem, is a form of triangulation
0:06.1	where the quote unquote experts, we don't look at them as a monolith. We look at them as individual
0:12.9	entities who bring something to our understanding of a problem and that a woman from a rural community
0:19.6	who is pointing to clusters of birth defects and who has concerns that they might be related to, for example, a pesticide that's being used in her community, that her perspective is equally worthy of being aired as the perspective of a scientist who's maybe spent decades studying that chemical
0:39.2	and has published papers on that chemical.
0:41.8	And that when we're going to make decisions about that chemical, that both of those people
0:45.9	should have a right to be in the room and ask each other questions.
0:49.8	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact
0:56.0	of conscious companies and everyday heroes. Hear inspiring stories from those who put people
1:01.8	in planet before profit and personal gain. You'll learn how you can make a difference,
1:06.5	vote with your dollars, and get involved today. Here's your host, Karina Belize.
1:12.9	It is the start of summer, and we're prepping to take some time off.
1:16.8	This may, in fact, be our last episode of June as we recharge, refresh, spend time with family
1:24.0	and the outdoors, as I encourage all of you to do as well.
1:28.9	Now, there's a tremendous back catalog of episodes, so you can feel free to peruse the 240-plus episodes that are already out in
1:34.9	the world. Perhaps he'll do some ketchup as well. But today, I've got a very special episode for you.
1:41.2	I'm honored to be joined by Dr. Sarah Fox. She's a historian, writer, and author of Downwind,
1:48.0	a people's history of the nuclear west. Based in Seattle, Sarah's work explores the deep
1:53.5	connections between places, bodies, and the stories we tell about both. Her forthcoming book,
2:00.2	At Home and the Plume, continues this
2:02.6	path of inquiry and exploration, inviting us to reckon with the unruly legacy of toxic waste
2:09.6	and community activism in the Pacific Northwest. A quick note before we begin,
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