Professor Daniel Aldrich sits down with us to discuss his most recent book, Black Wave: How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan’s 3/11 Disasters. (Table of contents below.) -Important References- https://www.amazon.com/Black-Wave-Networks-Governance-Disasters/dp/022663843X/ref=asc_df_022663843X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=366282406038&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17226654942961894797&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031040&hvtargid=pla-711112412840&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=78795692560&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=366282406038&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17226654942961894797&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031040&hvtargid=pla-711112412840 (Check out Black Wave) -Usual Links- https://www.spectacles.news/author-daniel-aldrich-focus-interviews/ (Leave a comment!) https://www.spectacles.news/insight-normalcy-an-inadequate-solution-in-a-changing-world/#/portal/ (Subscribe to our newsletter!) https://spectacles-insight.captivate.fm/listen (Listen to Spectacles Out Loud!) https://twitter.com/SpectaclesMedia (Follow our Twitter!) // https://www.tiktok.com/@spectacles.news (Follow our TikTok!) -Table of Contents- 00:00 — Getting started 01:08 — Summarizing the entire triple disaster, as it played out on 3/11/11 05:42 — Why doesn't Aldrich say "natural disaster" & what do "Networks and Governance" have to do with all this? 10:15 — Does Japan's one-party(-ish) democracy have a "clientelism" problem? 18:10 — Is liberal democracy too individualistic to develop the strong communities necessary for disaster resilience? 28:45 — Do democracy's strengths still apply to Covid? Have authoritarian regimes managed the pandemic better? 38:40 — Nuclear energy: is it a matter of bad regulation or just bad technology? 45:45 — Wrapping up