After the Flood

September 8, 2026

Introducing: Where the River Took Us

Where the River Took Us is a podcast about what it was like to live through the July 4th floods in Central Texas. The show is about the complexity of being a disaster survivor.

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July 31, 2026

The Flood After the Flood

A year after historic flooding killed more than 130 people in the Texas Hill Country, we meet a local official fighting for change — and getting more pushback than he expected. In the midst of it all, another massive flood happened. Was the community better prepared this time around?

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July 22, 2026

A Note on Episode 5

As we were putting the finishing touches on the fifth and final episode of After the Flood, another flood hit the Hill Country. So, we had to pivot. How were these two floods different? Were elected officials more prepared? Did residents have timely information? That’s going to take some time to figure out, so our […]

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July 15, 2026

Feeling Forgotten

On July 5, 2025, one day after the deadly floods in Kerr County, another flood hit the community of Sandy Creek 100 miles away. Nine people died and more than 100 homes were damaged or destroyed. Ashlee Willis and her mother, Brandy Gerstner, lost everything in that flood and didn’t get the help they expected […]

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July 8, 2026

Who, When, Where…and Now What?

After Matthew and Wendie Childress buried their only daughter, Chloe, an 18-year-old counselor at Camp Mystic, they turned their grief into action. In this episode Matthew and other Camp Mystic families head to the Capitol in Austin to fight for stronger regulations around summer camps.

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July 1, 2026

A Place Where Memories Are Made

Winding rivers and scenic canyons make the Hill Country beautiful. But its beauty also makes it susceptible to flooding, so much so that it’s earned the nickname “Flash Flood Alley”. In this episode we dive into what makes the area so vulnerable and look into its history of flooding — and how residents and visitors […]

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June 24, 2026

The Day Of

Matthew Childress and his wife, Wendie, learn that their daughter, Chloe, an 18-year-old counselor at Camp Mystic, is missing. And residents in Kerr County recount how they survived the grueling initial hours of the flood. After the Flood is a collaboration of The Texas Newsroom and PBS’s Frontline.

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May 22, 2026

Introducing: After the Flood

Reporters from The Texas Newsroom have been talking to survivors of the July 4th flood about what happened that night and what it’s been like in the aftermath. This podcast is about their stories and the questions they have, that all of us have. Why did this happen? How could this happen with almost no warning? And could it happen again?

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