Severe storms and fire are a part of life on Kangaroo Island. But the firestorms that blasted across the Island’s landscape in January 2022 were unlike anything ever seen before, and forbode of a changing climate.
Two years on, birds and mammals are only just starting to return to fire-ravaged habitats, and a question looms over the community - what will come when the fire siren rings again?
When Lightning Strikes Twice is made in Tribute to Sarah Strong- Law.
Content warning this feature contains stories from the 2019/2020 Fires.
Guests:
Jayne Bates
Brenton Davis
Sabrina Davis
Margi Prideaux
Sarah Strong-Law
Alice Teasdale
Credits:
Producer: Lisa Burns
Executive producer and sound design: Sarah Mashman
Engineer: Tegan Nichols
Theme composer: Oliver Beard
Management: Abe Killian and Sime Knezevic
In co-operation with KIX FM, Kangaroo Island
This podcast was made on lands of significance to the Ngarrindjeri-Ramindjeri, Kaurna and Narungga peoples and the land of the muwinina people from Country around nipaluna. These lands were never ceded.
From the Embers Season 2: Phoenix is supported by The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, The Paul Ramsay Foundation, Monash University’s Fire to Flourish program and The Minderoo Foundation Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative and broadcast across Australia via the Community Radio Network
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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