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Queens Memory: Memories of Water
Hosted by Queens Memory Project · EN
The stories in this season, titled “Memories of Water,” document the experiences of climate change on a hyperlocal level and how affected communities are responding. Through in-depth interviews with local residents, community advocates, and climate experts, these episodes explore themes of belonging and resilience in the face of an unfolding crisis. Produced by journalists who live and work in Queens, the season strives to imagine a climate-resilient future by uncovering the hidden connections between the past and the present.
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Memories of Water Episode 4
Dec 1600:15:00Tap to summarizeIn this fourth episode of Memories of Water, Flushing teens meet theater artist and urban planner Sabina Sethi Unni to discuss Flood Sensor Aunty, a musical performance that turns flood sensors and emergency preparedness into community-centered storytelling. This episode was recorded at Edgemere Farm and the Flushing Library and produced by Queens-based audio producer, Rebecca Seidel, in collaboration with the Queens Memory Project and Queens Public Library's Teen Services team.
Transcribe →Memories of Water Episode 4 - Preview
Dec 1500:02:28Tap to summarizeFlushing teens interviews a theatre artist about her musical journey of bringing "Flood Sensor Aunty" to communities affected by climate change. This episode, titled "Live from Flushing: Flood Sensor Aunty," was recorded at Edgemere Farm and the Flushing Library and produced by Queens-based audio producer, Rebecca Seidel, in collaboration with the Queens Memory Project and Queens Public Library's Teen Services team.
Transcribe →Memories of Water Episode 3 - After Ida: Left in the Dark | 艾達過後 — 遺留在黑暗之中
Sep 1500:27:43Tap to summarizeFour years after Hurricane Ida’s deadly floods, reporter Yiyan Zheng returns to Flushing — and finds the most vulnerable are still being left in the dark, cut off from life-saving information. 本集由陽邊（Sunnyside）居民及社區記者鄭怡嫣製作。她在災後四年重返當年因洪水罹難的冷鴻升一家所在社區以及東法拉盛，走訪當地租客與房東，記錄他們對那一夜的回憶與反思，並探討洪水帶來的持續性衝擊。節目同時納入非營利機構、氣候專家與政府官員的深度訪談，呈現移民社群在資訊不平等與氣候風險夾擊下的脆弱處境。
Transcribe →Memories of Water Episode 3 - Trailer
Sep 1200:02:03Tap to summarizeHere's a sneak preview of Episode 3 - "After Ida: Left in the Dark." Four years after Hurricane Ida’s deadly floods, reporter Yiyan Zheng returns to Flushing — and finds the most vulnerable are still being left in the dark, cut off from critical information.
Transcribe →Memories of Water Episode 2 - "Live from Flushing: Teen Voices on Climate"
Aug 1100:19:03Tap to summarizeIn this special episode of the Queens Memory Podcast, local teens take the mic to ask questions about climate change. Recorded at the Flushing Library and produced by Queens-based audio producer, Rebecca Seidel, the episode features youth-led interviews with staff from the Queens Botanical Garden, uncovering the roots of flooding in Queens and what we can all do to build a climate-resilient future.
Transcribe →Memories of Water Episode 2 - Preview
Aug 700:03:10Tap to summarizeIn this sneak preview of a very special episode, local teens take the mic to ask their questions about climate change. This second episode, titled "Live from Flushing: Teen Voices on Climate" was recorded at the Flushing Library and produced by Queens-based audio producer, Rebecca Seidel, in collaboration with the Queens Public Library's Teen Services team.
Transcribe →Memories of Water Episode 1 - "A Forgotten Place"
Jun 900:25:48Tap to summarizeSeason four of the Queens Memory Podcast, brings you "Memories of Water," which examines the impacts of climate change on local communities in the borough. In this first episode, producer Roxanne Scott takes us to neighborhoods in Southeast Queens, where we meet neighbors who are organizing and demanding accountability for the decades-long flooding that has occurred in the area.
Transcribe →Memories of Water Episode 1 - Trailer
Jun 400:02:16Tap to summarizeSneak preview of episode 1 - "A Forgotten Place" - as producer Roxanne Scott takes us to neighborhoods in Southeast Queens.
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