The New York Times Narrated

I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down

Episode Summary

When Helene disconnected my part of North Carolina for weeks, my neighbors and I had to relearn old ways of knowing what was happening — and what wasn’t. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/magazine/hurricane-disaster-information-media-blackout.html By Trevor Quirk Read by James Patrick Cronin Narration produced by Emma Kehlbeck and Krish Seenivasan Engineered by Quinton Kamara

Episode Notes

When Helene disconnected my part of North Carolina for weeks, my neighbors and I had to relearn old ways of knowing what was happening — and what wasn’t.

To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/magazine/hurricane-disaster-information-media-blackout.html

By Trevor Quirk
Read by James Patrick Cronin
Narration produced by Emma Kehlbeck and Krish Seenivasan
Engineered by Quinton Kamara