In the latest ep of our miniseries American Emergency, @micahloewinger.bsky.social on why old rumors of “FEMA camps” resurfaced during Hurricane Helene: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

The American Emergency series currently airing on @onthemedia.bsky.social has been fascinating. Do not pass this up.

We traveled to North Carolina for this episode of American Emergency to understand how MAGA's lies about FEMA and Hurricane Helene played out on the ground. This one features militia threats, media confusion, cold war conspiracy theories, and a harrowing flood rescue. It's a great listen:

Episode 3 of "American Emergency: The Movement To Kill FEMA" is up now! It's about Hurricane Helene, a storm that unleashed a torrent of misinformation and put the agency in MAGA's crosshairs. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

This is a soon to be shuttered boondoggle that squandered hundreds of millions of dollars and simultaneously engaged in human rights violations. In a functioning political system, it would be a massive scandal.

DeSantis says he doesn't care when or if FEMA reimburses Florida for Alligator Alcatraz, which... is reportedly closing soon due to high costs. Construction for the facility came out of a state disaster relief fund. This project was a disgrace and Floridians should be pissed

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

For all of FEMA’s faults, and there are many, can we really afford to dramatically scale back the agency, especially with another potentially devastating hurricane season just around the corner? @micahloewinger.bsky.social investigates in a new four-part podcast series.

The embers of a dying local and regional media landscape tie directly to the embers of a dying American democracy. We can't have local news when national pubs make 9-figures a quarter. Eg; the NYT brought in $719 million in Q1; AJC shuttered its print edition in Jan. www.npr.org/2026/05/11/n...

I interviewed Cameron Hamilton in the final episode of American Emergency, our series about FEMA. Excited for y'all to hear it in the coming weeks... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/c...

ICYMI: *Ep. 2* is out now from @onthemedia.bsky.social! We couldn't explain how FEMA became distrusted without looking Hurricane Katrina. Hear about it from the only FEMA employee on the ground (a PR guy no less), and a survivor who suffered from FEMA's failures www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Listen to part 2 of American Emergency, our investigation into how FEMA became so distrusted. This week, @micahloewinger.bsky.social looks at how Hurricane Katrina triggered an identity (and publicity) crisis at FEMA: on-the-media.visitlink.me/WIhv4h

I didn’t know that I needed a Slow Burn for FEMA but @onthemedia.bsky.social has successfully built the case www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

This series is amazing.

When many people hear about FEMA, they think of Hurricane Katrina. In the latest episode of American Emergency, @micahloewinger.bsky.social explores where the agency went wrong, and the identity crisis the disaster triggered for FEMA: on-the-media.visitlink.me/QWEjUs

there's no marcomentum, stop trying to make marcomentum happen.

Episode 2 is all about how the creation of DHS and the War on Terror left FEMA under-staffed ahead of Hurricane Katrina -- similar to where the agency is today. This episode follows an unlikely hero: a PR guy who was FEMA's only person on the ground during Katrina. I found this one really moving.

I know I’m old because I saw this and went Ooooh I need to go to bed so I can wake up early and listen to this on my morning run.

Episode 2 is out!

@micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Flora Lichtman, host of the @scifri.bsky.social, all about FEMA — and how the far-right militia movement has used climate disasters to gain a recruiting foothold.

Man, this episode was so good—looking forward to the rest! OTM miniseries are top tier radio

Just listened to this and it is incredibly well done. Highly recommend. Leave it to OTM to take a seemingly boring/wonky topic, the history of FEMA, and make it totally riveting.

Please, please, PLEASE Listen to this series. Micah and OTM are absolutely creating one of the most engaging real-time-ish series. Listening may help you better understand who's NOT coming to your rescue when a - natural or otherwise - disaster hits your town/city/state 💜💪

Episode 2 of “American Emergency: The Movement to Kill FEMA,” our new @onthemedia.bsky.social series, comes out tomorrow! It’s about how the creation of DHS weakened the agency ahead of Hurricane Katrina. Definitely check out the first episode if you haven’t already 👇

“Forcing”

Very proud to be a small part of this Pulitzer Prize finalist reporting on immigration www.pulitzer.org/finalists/st...

Wow! This is really cool. Congrats to @pablo.show for winning a pulitzer!!! www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

So proud that this is finally out in the world, and that I got to work so closely with @micahloewinger.bsky.social on this project. We learned so much about how the country got here, and about the agency that's meant to help us when the unthinkable happens. Listen!!! 🎧

This is absolutely spellbinding. Can’t recommend more highly.

ICYMI: OTM just released a new series all about FEMA! In our first episode, @micahloewinger.bsky.social investigates why the agency became so despised, distrusted… and defunded. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

We‘re really happy to see this series out in the world,finally. FEMA is misunderstood & this does a good job of covering its history & where we are now. Please consider listening to the entire series as it releases! Happy to answer any questions. #FEMA www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

The great irony of the militia conspiracy theory about FEMA -- that it will declare martial law and put rw activists in FEMA run concentration camps -- is that Trump's DHS is currently trying to use FEMA funds to pay for Alligator Alcatraz. Listen to our brand new @onthemedia.bsky.social series!

This is really fun

OTM's new mini-series on FEMA is fascinating, but I have to admit I laughed at @micahloewinger.bsky.social appearing to have never heard of the satirist Mark Russell, whose shows I used to watch all the time as a kid (yeah, I was quite the nerd).

How did FEMA, the agency tasked with saving America, end up distrusted and defunded? Listen to Ep. 1 of our new series, American Emergency: The Movement to Kill FEMA, hosted by @micahloewinger.bsky.social and ft. @vermontgmg.bsky.social lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

The Trump admin's craven gutting of FEMA will literally kill people. Thank you @onthemedia.bsky.social for this reporting. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Listen to episode one of our new miniseries all about FEMA! Hosted by @micahloewinger.bsky.social and ft. @vermontgmg.bsky.social lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

listen listen listen!

For 10 months, I’ve been working on a 4-part @onthemedia.bsky.social investigation into FEMA, one of America’s least favorite agencies: why MAGA nearly killed it and how we got here. The first episode just dropped. We’re super proud of it. Hope you’ll listen: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

@micahloewinger.bsky.social addresses the rumors on r/onthemedia about his absence.

Why worry whether a case has merit when you can screw your enemies just with an indictment?

New: Manosphere influencer Clavicular is everywhere, and that’s not an accident. A paid marketing campaign is spreading video clips of his controversial antics across social media. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Just chatted with @taylorlorenz.bsky.social on the phone, and there's some confusion that I want to help clear up: she was not attending the dinner, did not have a ticket to the dinner; she was seriously just there to try to talk to someone who was at an event at the Hilton.

On The Media is always good but this episode is especially important. @micahloewinger.bsky.social interviews @democracynow.org's Amy Goodman. You'll definitely want to hear about her story of the massacre in East Timor paid for by US taxpayer money.

@timheidecker.bsky.social on @onthemedia.bsky.social, whatta time to be alive www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

I gotta say Amy Goodman is the friendliest famous journalist I've met. She engaged genuinely with everyone she met at WNYC. Asked people their names and lots of questions. You can tell when people are just being polite and professional and this was not that. She's a real mensch

I was honestly kinda nervous that @timheidecker.bsky.social was gonna show up to our interview entirely in character as Alex Jones. He turned out to be a really sweet guy, though I later learned he spoke with CNN shirtless in character this week and they still haven't run the interview LOL

Show’s up! Featuring @davidgilbert.bsky.social, @bencollins.bsky.social, @timheidecker.bsky.social, and Amy Goodman:

Journalists who are still attending the WHCD this year don't seem to get just how much things have changed. It isn't 1998. You're not going to pose for cute photos with the West Wing stars at "nerd prom." You're enabling a regime who's assaulting your own profession & you're torching your career.

Some delicious things I’m eating this weekend at Jazz Fest in New Orleans: this Cochon de Lait Po-Boy from Walker’s BBQ 🤤