Risk InSight (formerly known as Let's Talk Risk) is the official podcast of Risk Analysis, the peer-reviewed journal publishing original research on the assessment and management of risks to human health, safety, and the environment since 1980. Each episode brings the journal's research to life, with conversations spanning quantitative and qualitative approaches to risk across public health, engineering, environmental science, social science, and policy. Whether you're a practitioner,…
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What happens when a small piece of infrastructure fails? Researchers from UMass Amherst and an engineering firm discuss their study on culvert failures in the Deerfield Watershed and why these often-invisible structures matter far more than we realize. They model what happens when culverts fail during floods and hazardous events, and the results reveal how rural communities can suddenly lose…
Most people assume the holidays are the deadliest time to drive. The data says otherwise. In this episode of Risk InSight , host Anya Grondalski talks with Professor Michael French, PhD (University of Miami), and Gulchin Gomez, PhD (Florida Atlantic University) about their new study on traffic crashes during spring break across the entire state of Florida, not just the hotspot counties. Using 12…
What happens when cutting-edge biotechnology meets artificial intelligence, and who's responsible for governing it? Kate Sixt, Executive Director of the Office of the Chief Scientist at the USDA and former Principal Director for Biotechnology at the Department of Defense, breaks down why biological data is uniquely personal, why governance frameworks need to balance promotion with protection, and…
Every time you turn on the tap, you're trusting a complex system to keep you safe — but what happens when that system faces threats we're still learning to understand? In this episode of Let's Talk Risk , host Anya Grondalski speaks with three researchers on the front lines of drinking water safety. In this episode of Let's Talk Risk, Dr. Alexis Morass of The College of New Jersey breaks down…
"Forever chemicals" have been in headlines for years, but are people actually getting the information they need to protect themselves? In this episode, we sit down with Lyn van Swol, professor in the Department of Communication Arts at UW-Madison, and graduate researcher Rachel Hutchins, co-authors of a newly published study in the journal Risk Analysis . They analyzed the top 98 websites…
When we think about communicating risk, we often focus on the evidence: the data, the models, the science. But what if the words we choose to frame that risk are just as important as the risk itself? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Wändi Bruine de Bruin, a leading researcher in risk perception and behavioral science at the University of Southern California's Schaeffer Institute for Public…
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Zachary Collier, assistant professor at Radford University and longtime member of the Society for Risk Analysis, to explore a hidden but increasingly urgent problem in global supply chains: intellectual property theft through overproduction. Drawing on his research in semiconductor supply chains, Dr. Collier explains how designers and manufacturers navigate…
When disaster strikes, how do we rebuild...and do we do it differently? The answer might start with something simpler than we think: listening to the people already living with risk. In this episode, we chat with Ben Raschnock, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University, whose work sits at the intersection of civil engineering, operations research,…
Two veteran risk analysts reflect on how scientists, academics, and federal employees (both former and current) are planning for the day agencies can be rebuilt. Adam Finkel, professor at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health and former head of regulation at OSHA, and Vicki Bier, retired faculty from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and former member of the Nuclear Regulatory…
Biotechnology is advancing faster than ever before, and the stakes have never been higher. In this episode, Dr. Christopher Cummings, lead for the Center for Health Engineering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, breaks down why the convergence of biotech and artificial intelligence is creating both unprecedented opportunities and existential risks. From gene-edited foods that could…
