Me, Myself & Disaster

Me, Myself & Disaster Australia's leading disaster podcast, with Andrew & Josh

🎧 Listen on your favourite podcast platform or at memyselfdisaster.com

02/04/2026

Researchers at the University of Sydney are building Sydney’s first terrestrial gamma-radiation map. It provides a background level of radiation across the city which can be used in the case of a nuclear accident in the future.

We spoke with Matilda Lawton and Tengiz Ibrayev to discuss their work and gain an understanding of the basics of radiation, after our recent visit to Fukushima, Japan.

Listen on your favourite podcast platform or watch the full episode on YouTube:
🔖 Read more: https://disaste.rs/v6okn5
🎧 Podcast links: https://disaste.rs/links
📺 Watch: https://disaste.rs/50twd1

Radiacode - Radiation Detector and Spectrometer University of Sydney

29/03/2026

How would we know if there was a radiation leak in Sydney? ☢️

This week we're talking with researchers from the University of Sydney who have mapped radiation levels to develop Sydney’s first terrestrial gamma-radiation map.

Tune in this Tuesday to Me, Myself & Disaster on your favourite podcast platform or YouTube to learn more: https://disaste.rs/links

11/03/2026

15 years 🌊

11/03/2026

Today marks 15 years since the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami which ripped through the Northern Japan coastline.

We caught up with Kiyoshi Murakami in Rikuzentakata this week to ask him about key lessons learned from the disaster.

Watch the full video on YT at https://disaste.rs/x911e8

22/02/2026

What if building back better isn't enough?

We're speaking with Dr Christian Dimmer (Wasada University, Tokyo) about how disaster resilience has evolved in Japan - from pre-modern times where people had a high level of disaster awareness, to today where catastrophes are seen as manageable by experts and authorities.

If we institutionalise and engineer our resilience, do citizens become disengaged?

Find out more as we approach the 15 year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, about what this means for the future of disaster resilience.

🎧 New episode - Tuesday 24 February.
Watch on YouTube and Spotify, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

📺 We’re on the big screen! 📺Our documentary was screened for the first time in Christchurch this week to emergency manag...
06/11/2025

📺 We’re on the big screen! 📺

Our documentary was screened for the first time in Christchurch this week to emergency management experts from across the Canterbury region.

Antz Rohan from the Student Volunteer Army inspired the first episode of the podcast in Christchurch in 2021. Since then emergency management leaders, academics, volunteers and disaster experts have shared their stories and insights with Andrew and Joshua on the podcast.

'Right Help, Right Time' details how communities have mobilised to help in some of the largest disasters in recent history - along with lessons and insights from leaders around the world.

More screenings coming soon - or contact us to arrange a screening near you.

Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsQ6dC_kViY

Thanks to Brenden Winder and Christchurch City Council for hosting us, to Jake Cleal-Cook for travelling over to Christchurch and supporting the doco and to the Winston Churchill Trust (Australia) for their support.

07/10/2025

How are communities mobilising in the face of increasingly impactful disasters? Our new documentary is coming soon 📺

06/10/2025

When disaster strikes, the community steps up to help 🙋

We're excited to share a sneak peek of our new documentary - Right Help, Right Time which explores how communities mobilise in the face of increasingly impactful disasters.

We spoke with experts from around the world to better understand how community can work in partnership with the official response and recovery effort.

We can't wait to share the doco with you soon!

Screening in November 📺
https://disaste.rs/doco

13/04/2025

We tried to package up Josh and Andrew... but they managed to escape to record another podcast episode. Coming soon 🔜

14/01/2025

Human caused climate change is affecting our weather. It's affecting us now.

Andrew and Josh asked climate change expert Professor Ilan Kelman what we should be doing differently to plan and prepare for the impacts of climate change in the future.

Ilan is a Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London.

02/12/2024

When the power is out after a disaster - dirty diesel generators are set up to provide essential power. Diesel emissions are a breathing hazard as well as damaging to the environment.

It doesn't have to be this way. We travelled to New Orleans to visit non-profit organisation Footprint Project and their Technology Manager Nate Heegaard to learn how they are building back greener - deploying solar panels and other devices to decarbonise disaster response and recovery.

Visit their website to learn more and support this project at https://www.footprintproject.org

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