Why Do We Stay?
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In the wake of natural disasters, those affected are faced with a tough decision: do you leave and go somewhere safer, or stay put and try to rebuild your life?
How do you navigate that choice? And for those who decide to stay: what seals the deal? Why do we remain in disaster-prone areas, after losing so much?
This episode takes us to an island in North Carolina and tells the story of one man who finds himself firmly rooted to place, despite growing environmental threats.
FOR FURTHER LISTENING: Check out our playlist "After the Storm," which explores why we live where we live, as the climate warms.
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Earth Day. Since today is a time for thinking about the environment, I'd like to tell you about one of our sponsors, Athletic Brewing. Athletic Brewing makes non-alcoholic craft beers. As you've probably heard on previous episodes, I've tasted several of their beers, and if I didn't know they were non-alcoholic, |
| 0:22.4 | I would have no idea. They have all the flavor without the alcohol. But what I really want to |
| 0:30.1 | tell you about today is something they do in addition to making beer. Athletic Brewing has a program |
| 0:37.2 | called Two for the Trails, whereby they donate |
| 0:41.0 | 2% of sales to maintaining trails and parks. If you'd like to treat yourself to some nice |
| 0:47.4 | alcohol-free beer and support the planet, Athletic Brewing has you covered. For 20% off your order, go to athleticbrewing.com and |
| 0:57.6 | enter the promo code Out There20 at checkout. That's athleticbrewing.com promo code Out There 20. |
| 1:20.6 | Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors. Before we get started, I wanted to remind you that we are currently accepting applications for our summer |
| 1:28.9 | production internship. This internship is a chance to work one-on-one with me and learn about |
| 1:35.1 | all aspects of making this podcast, from evaluating pitches to conducting interviews, to editing |
| 1:42.2 | scripts, to working on sound design. |
| 1:45.0 | Applications are due April 30th, and you can find all the details about the internship |
| 1:50.0 | on our website, Out Therepodcast the outdoors as anything beyond your doorstep. |
| 2:20.3 | And when we think about what's beyond that doorstep, we encounter a lot of different things. |
| 2:27.3 | The natural environment, the weather, our communities, and sometimes those things collide. |
| 2:36.6 | Many of us have experienced at least one extreme weather event, droughts, wildfires, hurricanes. |
| 2:46.4 | But what happens when the weather and the climate poses a longer-term threat? |
| 2:53.4 | If you live in a place that's prone to natural disasters, how do you decide whether to |
| 2:58.8 | uproot your family and find a new home, or just stay put? |
| 3:04.2 | And if you do decide to stay, why? |
| 3:09.5 | This week's episode is about how one person is navigating the difficult decisions about what to do when the outside comes in. |
| 3:19.8 | Anne Margaret Warner has the story. |
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