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DisasterClass Podcast | Your Masterclass in Disaster Preparedness.

DisasterClass Podcast | Your Masterclass in Disaster Preparedness.

By: Jason Perez & Wesley Long | Instinct Ready Inc.
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 Welcome to the DisasterClass Podcast, your trusted source for expert guidance on disaster preparedness, emergency management, and building resilience in a chaotic world. Hosted by real emergency responders, EMTs, and risk professionals, this show is dedicated to helping you educate, prepare, and equip yourself for life’s disruptions—whether personal, professional, or community-wide. Each episode features powerful insights, real-world case studies, interviews with industry leaders, and practical tips on topics like:
  • Emergency planning for families, businesses, and schools
  • Crisis leadership and decision-making under pressure
  • Bleeding control and life-saving medical interventions
  • Business continuity and disaster recovery strategies
  • Risk mindset development for everyday resilience
  • Emerging threats and real-time lessons from recent disasters
Whether you're an emergency manager, first responder, school administrator, business owner, or proactive individual, DisasterClass delivers actionable content that empowers you to face any crisis with clarity and confidence.

🔔 Subscribe now and join the class—because preparedness isn’t paranoia, it’s power.

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Episodes
  • 88_International Travel Preparedness: Shelter in Place, Embassies & Travel Emergencies Overseas

    88_International Travel Preparedness: Shelter in Place, Embassies & Travel Emergencies Overseas
    Mar 2 2026
    Every day, thousands of Americans board international flights thinking about beaches, business meetings, and bucket lists.

    Very few think about embassy locations.
    Very few think about hospital systems.
    And almost no one thinks about what they would do if they were told to shelter in place in a country that isn’t theirs.

    Recently, tourists in parts of Mexico were advised to remain inside their hotels due to instability. Flights were delayed. Movement was restricted. Information was fragmented.

    But this type of disruption isn’t isolated to one country.

    Across the world — including regions like the Middle East and Iran — travelers have faced sudden airspace closures, government advisories, unrest, and rapidly changing conditions that left tourists relying on embassies and emergency planning instead of itineraries.

    That’s not a political conversation.
    That’s a preparedness conversation.

    In this roundtable discussion, Jason Perez, Pappy, and Anthony Escoto from Disaster Operations Group break down what smart travelers do differently before they leave the country.

    We discuss:
    • How the U.S. STEP Program actually works
    • What embassies can — and cannot — do for you
    • Documentation redundancy and passport planning
    • Financial and logistical buffers for travel disruptions
    • A real experience calling an ambulance overseas
    • Travel medical and evacuation considerations
    • Shelter-in-place vs evacuation decision-making
    • Traveling internationally as a father responsible for a family
    • Leadership and psychological preparedness abroad

    If you travel internationally — for business, vacation, or mission work — this episode will change how you think about preparedness.

    For Instinct Ready services or Capable Community courses:
    📩 disasterclass@instinctready.com

    o learn more about operational preparedness:
    🌐 disasteroperationsgroup.com

    Prepared travel isn’t about expecting disaster. It’s about respecting uncertainty. ⸻

    🔗 Sponsors & Partners
    🩸 STOP THE BLEED® Coalition
    Uncontrolled bleeding is a leading cause of preventable death after injury. But in just one hour, you can learn three simple steps to save a life. The STOP THE BLEED® Coalition is a nonprofit organization formed to support and scale the national STOP THE BLEED® campaign, helping bring bleeding control training and tools to communities across the country. Find a class near you and learn how you can get involved. 🌐 Visit: StopTheBleedCoalition.org

    🛡️ Instinct Ready
    DisasterClass is proudly brought to you by Instinct Ready, dedicated to educating, preparing, and equipping communities for emergencies and disasters through quality training, comprehensive planning, and premium products. 🎁 Get 10% off your order with code DISASTERCLASS 📞 Call: (845) 244-6360 🌐 Visit: https://www.instinctready.com

    Chapters
    00:00:07 – Why Travel Preparedness Matters
    00:00:20 – Mexico Shelter-in-Place Context
    00:03:45 – How the STEP Program Works
    00:05:29 – Evacuation Considerations
    00:08:32 – Documentation & Passports
    00:12:17 – Traveling Internationally with Family
    00:14:09 – Communication Planning While Abroad
    00:16:45 – Financial & Money Considerations Overseas
    00:18:33 – Travel Insurance & Coverage Discussion
    00:24:53 – Calling an Ambulance Overseas (Real Experience)
    00:37:09 – Disaster Operations Group Perspective
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    40 mins
  • 87_How Risk Becomes Visible (Part 2)

    87_How Risk Becomes Visible (Part 2)
    Feb 16 2026
    In Part 1, we asked a difficult question: Why does preparedness fail so many people after disasters?

    In Part 2, we go deeper.

    This episode explores what changes when risk becomes visible — not as a checklist, not as a warning, but as something that can actually be understood, measured, and acted on before disaster strikes.

    As insurance companies, real estate markets, and governments increasingly price risk into everyday life, homeowners and communities are often left reacting to decisions already made without them.

    So what does visibility really mean? And why does it change recovery outcomes?

    In this documentary-style episode, DisasterClass hosts Jason Perez and Jason “Pappy” Martin continue their conversation with Ben Gilliland, founder of Future Proof Property Intelligence, to examine:
    • Why risk is already visible to insurers — but not to homeowners
    • How small, hidden failure points lead to catastrophic loss
    • Why preparedness often stops at survival instead of recovery
    • What it means to understand how things actually fail
    • How visibility shifts decisions, priorities, and outcomes
    • Why recovery is becoming harder even after “smaller” disasters

    This episode is not about fear or forecasting. It’s about agency — and what becomes possible when people can finally see the risks shaping their future.

    🎧 This is Part 2 of a two-part documentary series. If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, start there to understand why preparedness alone is no longer enough. ⸻

    🔗 Sponsors & Partners

    🩸 STOP THE BLEED® Coalition Uncontrolled bleeding is a leading cause of preventable death after injury. But in just one hour, you can learn three simple steps to save a life. The STOP THE BLEED® Coalition is a nonprofit organization formed to support and scale the national STOP THE BLEED® campaign, helping bring bleeding control training and tools to communities across the country. 🌐 Visit: StopTheBleedCoalition.org

    🛡️ Instinct Ready DisasterClass is proudly brought to you by Instinct Ready, dedicated to educating, preparing, and equipping communities for emergencies and disasters through quality training, comprehensive planning, and premium products. 🎁 Get 10% off your order with code DISASTERCLASS 📞 Call: (845) 244-6360 🌐 Visit: https://www.instinctready.com

    Chapters
    00:00 – The Question Preparedness Never Answers
    00:25 – How Risk Becomes Visible
    00:33 – DisasterClass Introduction
    00:55 – Why Insurers Don’t Guess
    01:35 – Where Preparedness Falls Short
    02:30 – Understanding Failure Before It Happens
    03:25 – Why Small Failures Lead to Big Loss
    04:20 – Risk Is Already Being Priced In
    05:30 – Translating Risk for Homeowners
    06:30 – What Visibility Changes
    07:30 – From Information to Action
    08:20 – The Role of Instinct Ready
    09:00 – Agency, Recovery, and What Comes Next
    10:05 – Final Reflection
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    11 mins
  • 86_Preparedness is broken

    86_Preparedness is broken
    Feb 2 2026
    Across the country, people are doing what they’ve been told.

    They build emergency kits.
    They follow alerts.
    They evacuate when ordered.

    And still — they lose everything.

    Not during the disaster.
    After it.

    In Part 1 of this documentary-style episode, DisasterClass examines a hard truth most preparedness conversations avoid: survival is not the same as recovery.

    Homes may survive storms but become unlivable. Insurance claims may be approved but still fall short. Families may do “everything right” and still never fully recover.

    To understand why preparedness is failing — and why that failure is accelerating — hosts Jason Perez and Jason “Pappy” Martin speak with Ben Gilliland, a technologist and disaster-resilience expert whose work focuses on what determines whether recovery is even possible after first responders leave.

    This episode does not offer quick tips or checklists.

    Instead, it asks a deeper question:
    Is the way we define preparedness still working?

    🎧 This is Part 1 of a two-part documentary series.
    Part 2 explores how risk becomes visible — and what changes when people can finally see it. ⸻

    🔗 Sponsors & Partners
    🩸 STOP THE BLEED® Coalition
    Uncontrolled bleeding is a leading cause of preventable death after injury. But in just one hour, you can learn three simple steps to save a life. The STOP THE BLEED® Coalition is a nonprofit organization formed to support and scale the national STOP THE BLEED® campaign, helping bring bleeding control training and tools to communities across the country.
    🌐 Visit: StopTheBleedCoalition.org

    🛡️ Instinct Ready
    DisasterClass is proudly brought to you by Instinct Ready, dedicated to educating, preparing, and equipping communities for emergencies and disasters through quality training, comprehensive planning, and premium products. 🎁 Get 10% off your order with code DISASTERCLASS 📞 Call: (845) 244-6360 🌐 Visit: https://www.instinctready.com

    Chapters
    00:00 – The Problem No One Talks About
    00:32 – Is Preparedness Still Working?
    00:40 – Why This Episode Is Different
    01:05 – DisasterClass Introduction
    01:27 – Why Preparedness Is Failing
    01:36 – Introducing Ben Gilliland
    02:01 – Survival vs. Recovery
    03:10 – Where Preparedness Stops
    04:15 – The Hidden Cost After Disasters
    05:35 – Why Recovery Is Getting Harder
    06:45 – What Preparedness Misses
    07:45 – The Question That Changes Everything
    08:34 – Final Reflection & What Comes Next
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    10 mins
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