Hello, friends of Dead End, it's Nancy Solomon. I wanted to let you know about something I'm doing

this week, live and in-person. This Wednesday, I'm hosting an event at WNYC at 7 p.m. It's all about the

history of FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Maybe you caught the recent series on On the

media. That's what we're going to be talking about.

Co-host Michael Lohinger did a fantastic job explaining the history of the agency and why there's

so much conspiracy and distrust associated with this part of the government. On Wednesday, I get to

interview Micah and his colleague producer Eloise Blondio about the making of the series,

and will be joined by a former FEMA staffer. I'm really excited for the conversation, and I hope

you'll come join me in-person Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Get a ticket at WNYC.org slash events.

Hope to see you there. And if you're not convinced

you want to know about FEMA, here's

the first episode of the series from

On the Media. Micah starts us off.

Storms, floods, and fires

are ever more extreme.

And yet, the Federal Emergency Management

Agency is fighting for its life.

I've never been a big fan of FEMA. FEMA is very expensive, and it really doesn't get the job done.

How did the agency tasked with saving America become so despised?

FEMA's a disaster.

Femma's a dirty way. So distrusted. People are waking up in droves to the FEMA camps.

The FEMA plans to imprison American citizens have generated a lot of interest around the

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