Disaster Tough Podcast

John Scardena

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Booking Overview

Disaster Tough Podcast offers emergency-management guidance “for emergency managers, by emergency managers,” blending data-backed preparedness lessons with practical tips for the full disaster life-cycle. Guests are field experts, and the host’s style mixes serious readiness with unexpected humor—useful for PR outreach to preparedness, public safety, and resilience stakeholders.

Metrics

Episodes: 251

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 0.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.4k followers

Contact Information

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Host

John Scardena - Former Federal Emergency Response Official with Type 1 response experience. Leads Doberman Emergency Management, which delivers customized plans, mitigation, training, and emergency products; the p...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Emergency management practitioners, resilience leaders, and field experts (e.g., co-founders/thought leaders in emergency management tools/education) with experience across disaster readiness, response, mitigation, recovery, or public safety stakeholder coordination.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or co-founded an emergency management-related organization (e.g., Logista), Produced influential emergency management content or thought leadership, Demonstrated readiness/response experience across major disaster life-cycle activities

Recent Guest Discussions

Drew Downing - Credibility And Measurement Of Readiness; Burnout; Prevention Vs Response; Limitations Of Traditional Funding; Resilience And Self-sustainability; Leadership And Communication; Measuring Readiness With Data And Relationship-building

Recent Topics

Emergency Management, Resilience, Preparedness, Public Safety, Disaster Recovery

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Disaster Tough Podcast
:

5 Executive Problem Solving Skills For Emergency Managers

June 26, 2026

What separates exceptional leaders from everyone else? It isn't intelligence, experience, or authority—it's the ability to solve the right problems. In this episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast, we explore executive problem solving through the lens of emergency management and explain why the principles used to coordinate disasters can improve decision-making in any profession.We begin by defining emergency management as the strategic coordination of emergency services to protect life, proper...

2026 FIFA World Cup Final Prep

May 28, 2026

As the FIFA World Cup 2026 approaches, emergency managers, stadium operators, law enforcement, hospitals, transportation agencies, airports, and public safety leaders are entering a critical final phase of readiness. In this episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast, John Scardena breaks down the six core pillars of Dynamic Population (DyPop) emergency management planning and response that every host city, venue, and public safety organization should be focusing on before major global events.Draw...

Drew Downing: Choosing the Right Hard, Gratitude & Building Trust

May 26, 2026

In this episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast, host John Scardena sits down with emergency management thought leader and Logista co-founder Drew Downing for a candid discussion on the future of emergency management, readiness, and disaster resilience. Known for his influential social media content and honest takes on the profession, Downing explores why the field struggles with credibility, burnout, and measuring true readiness. The conversation dives into prevention versus response, the limi...

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