Marty Bamunde
FEMA public affairs official who was the agency's on-ground representative in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and provides first-hand testimony about the response.
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May 8, 2026 • 51min
The Psychology of Sticking Your Head in the Sand. Plus, Ep. 2 of American Emergency.
Marty Bamunde, a FEMA public affairs official who was on the ground during Hurricane Katrina, and Bryan Walsh, Vox senior editorial director who covers climate and economics. They explore why markets can ignore worsening realities and the biases behind that blindness. They also recount Katrina’s on-the-ground failures, how warnings were missed, and what that did to FEMA’s reputation.
