On the Scene: Stories about showing up when disaster strikes
b"This week we present two stories about being the one who is there when it happens.\\nPart 1: Journalist Sarah Kaplan normally covers the science beat, but when tragedy strikes in Las Vegas, she takes on an assignment unlike any she's had before.\\nPart 2: While covering the devastating impact of an earthquake in Thailand, journalist Maryn McKenna reflects on tragedy in her own life.\\nSarah Kaplan is a reporter at the Washington Post covering news from around the nation and across the universe.\\n\\nMaryn McKenna is an independent journalist who writes about public health, global health and food policy. She is a columnist for WIRED\\u2019s Ideas section and a Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Human Health at Emory University. She is the author of the 2017 bestseller BIG CHICKEN (tiled PLUCKED outside North America), SUPERBUG, and BEATING BACK THE DEVIL; her TED talk, \\u201cWhat do we do when antibiotics don\\u2019t work any more?\\u201d, is closing in on 1.8 million views. She lives in Atlanta. \\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"