Shows
Shaping Ash5: going homeReturning to Talent for a picture of recovery.Written and recorded by Ro RuikisSound editing and original music: Tejas Leer HeydenProject management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.Special thanks: Susannah Cole, Mark Yaconelli, friends, family, community
2025-09-0852 min
Shaping Ash4: what is fire?Fire as a tool for cultural empowerment and ecosystem health in the Klamath-Siskiyous.Written and recorded by Ro RuikisSound editing and original music: Tejas Leer HeydenProject management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.Special thanks: Debra Whitall and Allie Rosenbluth
2025-09-081h 30
Shaping Ash3: where do we go? PART 2PART 2Harm Reduction and mutual aid in the Medford area following the fires. The City of Medford passes a camping ban, making it a misdemeanor to use a tent in public. Hopes for a more compassionate Rogue Valley.Written and recorded by Isabella Ro RuikisSound editing: Tejas Leer HeydenMusic by Simon FickerProject management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.
2023-06-2142 min
Shaping Ash3: where do we go? PART 1PART 1The Almeda Fire, from the Bear Creek Greenway. Local efforts to support unhoused neighbors in the immediate aftermath. The City of Medford raids a mutual aid camp at Hawthorne Park.Written and recorded by Isabella Ro RuikisSound editing: Tejas Leer HeydenMusic by Simon FickerProject management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the HearthShaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.Special thanks: Derek DeForest and Jayden...
2023-06-2134 min
Shaping Ash2: what do we do? PART 3PART 3: what we sowEfforts to secure housing for fire survivors. Community-based organizations collaborate to keep people safely housed. Reflections and hopes for the future in the Rogue Valley.Written and recorded by Isabella Ro RuikisSound editing: Tejas Leer HeydenMusic by Simon Ficker. Outro music in part 3 by Jeffrey ThielsenProject management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.Special t...
2023-06-2128 min
Shaping Ash2: what do we do? PART 2PART 2: what comes afterHow locals sprang into action in the immediate aftermath of the Almeda Fire. Fire survivors struggle to get FEMA aid.Written and recorded by Isabella Ro RuikisSound editing: Tejas Leer HeydenMusic by Simon Ficker. Outro music in part 3 by Jeffrey ThielsenProject management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the HearthShaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.Special thanks: Sara Cervantez and Hector...
2023-06-2133 min
Shaping Ash2: what do we do? PART 1PART 1: what happenedHow the Almeda Fire swept through four towns along Bear Creek. Local challenges in disaster management.Written and recorded by Isabella Ro RuikisSound editing: Tejas Leer HeydenMusic by Simon Ficker. Outro music in part 3 by Jeffrey ThielsenProject management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the HearthShaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.Special thanks: Sara Cervantez and Hector Flores
2022-09-0925 min
Shaping Ash1: who we areThe beginning of the journey. Join Isabella, Marcella, and Susan for their story of the Almeda Fire.Written and recorded by Isabella Ro RuikisSound editing: Tejas Leer HaydenIntro music by Bret LevickShaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University.Project management: Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth Special thanks: Mark Yaconelli, Susannah Cole, Allie Rosenbluth, Theo Whitcomb
2022-09-0841 min