Hope, in a time of disasters
Our Masters of Disasters tell us what scared them about 2021 — and what gives them hope in 2022.
Headlines From The Times · Gustavo Arellano, Lauren Raab, Shannon Lin, Shani Hilton, Jazmin Aguilera, Rong-Gong Lin II, Mario Diaz, Rosanna Xia, Alex Wigglesworth, Denise Guerra, Melissa Kaplan, Kasia Broussalian
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Show Notes
2021 has been a bad year for disasters: Drought. Oil spills. Bomb cyclones. Wildfires. Delta. Omicron. Yet if you’re reading this, you’ve survived.
Our Masters of Disasters — L.A. Times reporters Ron Lin, Alex Wigglesworth and Rosanna Xia — reflect on the year and offer a bit of hope on apocalyptic issues such as the coronavirus, the environment and wildfires.
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