Flooding and Infrastructure
May The River Be With You
English - August 11, 2020 04:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Arts Performing Arts mississippi river myths music poetry stories clarksdale blues tourism agriculture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, Mark River interviews John Ruskey about the worsening flood events along the Mississippi River and how human engineering - in a benevolent attempt to keep the river stable for development, agriculture, commerce - has unintentionally endangered the crucial wetlands and put communities such as New Orleans at risk.