5. What does Michinori Watanabe's story add to the broadcast? 6. Is it important to hear Watanabe's firsthand account translated for an English audience? Explain.

7. What information does Emily Camlee-Wright provide?

8. Why do you think Shankar Vedantam includes the economist's thoughts after the stories of

people in disaster situations?

9. The central idea is reiterated at the end of the broadcast. How does the story of the fishing

villages contribute to the central idea?

10. What have you learned about the nature of survival by listening to this podcast?