After multiple wildfires ripped through greater Los Angeles earlier this year, Californians were left to rebuild communities and grapple with the loss of life, nature and property. Thousands of homes were destroyed, and <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/09/los-angeles-wildfires-latest-at-least-5-dead-more-than-100000-forced-to-evacuate.html">as many as 180,000 residents</a> were under evacuation orders until the flames could be controlled. Unfortunately, this seems to be the new order in California; officials <a href="https://www.ksbw.com/article/california-new-c-130-tanker-fight-wildfires/64592194">are already working</a> to prepare for the next fire season.In this episode, host Ari Daniel speaks with photographer Ivan Kashinsky, who witnessed and <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/los-angeles-photographer-captures-the-devastating-fires-threatening-his-beloved-community-180985870/">documented</a> the devastation of the Palisades Fire up close, even as he tried to rescue his cats and valuables from his family home in Topanga Canyon. And we hear from writer and wildlife biologist Anton Sorokin, who <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/heres-how-the-los-angeles-wildfires-are-affecting-animals-from-fish-to-snakes-to-birds-180986004/">chronicled</a> the animals that escaped, fled and perished due to the fiery forces that are increasingly shaping our world.To subscribe to “There’s More to That,” and to listen to past episodes about <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/podcast/series/theres-more-to-that/season-2/the-swarm-of-people-intent-on-saving-our-bees/">a group of people dedicated to saving native bees</a>, <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/podcast/series/theres-more-to-that/season-2/the-truth-about-the-sex-lives-of-dinosaurs/">the sex lives of dinosaurs</a> and <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/podcast/series/theres-more-to-that/season-1/the-wild-story-of-what-happened-to-pablo-escobars-hungry-hungry-hippos/">the story of Pablo Escobar’s hippos</a>, find us on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theres-more-to-that/id1694965155?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=podcast_box_player">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4NYRCRxkYJTLjW71sqYOFv?si=08fa62c3e59d450f&nd=1">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/">iHeartRadio</a> or wherever you get your podcasts.“There’s More to That” is a production of Smithsonian magazine and PRX Productions. From the magazine, our team is Ari Daniel, Debra Rosenberg and Brian Wolly. From PRX, our team is Jessica Miller, Genevieve Sponsler, Adriana Rosas Rivera, Sandra Lopez Monsalve and Edwin Ochoa. The executive producer of PRX Productions is Jocelyn Gonzales.Fact-checking by Stephanie Abramson. Our music is from APM Music.Episode artwork by Emily Lankiewicz. Photos by Anton Sorokin and public domain.

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