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Ken Sweet
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FROM Ken Sweet
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How will Texans without flood insurance fix their homes? The recovery in and around Houston is going to take years. FEMA says it’s registered tens of thousands of people already, and some federal assistance is already being processed. But the vast majority of people in the Houston area don’t have flood insurance. In fact, an Associated Press investigation found that some 25,000 fewer properties had flood insurance compared with last year.
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Jesse Mockrin at Night Gallery and Taylor Mac at UCLA Hunter Drohojowska-Philp praises realist paintings based on Greek mythology
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
California Wildfires: Learning to Live in the New Abnormal We’ve just had some terrible fires: Woolsey, Camp, Thomas. More of those fires will come again -- bigger and hotter. Californians need to figure out how to cope with this new reality, and plan ahead. We broadcast a portion of Press Play’s live event: “California Wildfires: Learning to Live in the New Abnormal.”
Good Food
2018’s best cookbooks and restaurant openings Holiday gift buying is in full swing, and so we’re looking back on a year of stellar cookbooks with Celia Sack of Omnivore Books. We’re also highlighting two great indie food zines you should know about. Plus: chef Anita Lo goes “Solo” and Zach Brooks and Evan Kleiman dissect their favorite restaurants of the year.