On today's episode of The COVID Series, you'll hear from Grace Wanebo. She's a sophomore at NYU, and because of NYU's strict quarantine policy this academic year, Grace had to spend a total of 24 days alone in her dorm. This episode discusses mental health and eating disorders. If either of these topics could be triggering for you, please skip this episode.

Music:

[Stoned (no solo guitar)] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

https://josephmcdade.com/music/winters-mist 

On today's episode, the second in the COVID Series, you'll hear from Lindsey McMahon. During a large part of the pandemic, she worked as an ER tech. You'll hear Lindsey's stories about being surrounded by loss, and worry, and virtue-signaling. You'll also hear how she was able to maintain a sense of gratitude and pride through it all. Thanks for listening. 

Music: [Stoned (no solo guitar)] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

https://josephmcdade.com/assets/music/Joseph%20McDade-Winters%20Mist.mp3

Today's episode isn't part of The COVID Series, but COVID is part of the topic. After a year of anti-Asian rhetoric and a drastic spike in anti-Asian hate crimes came the murders in Atlanta, Georgia on March 17. A white man killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent. But, racism against Asians didn't start last March. So in this episode, you'll hear from Mei Marks, a Chinese-American woman who grew up in an all-white family and in mostly white communities. 

Ways to support the Asian and Pacific Islander communities: 

https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-hyunjungkim-to-support-my-brother-i

https://caasf.org/stop-aapi-hate/ 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-aapi-community-fund

https://www.napaba.org/page/HateCrimeResources&utm_source=homebutton 

For the first episode of what will be a series about people's experiences with COVID-19, you'll hear from Mae Blackwell. She's an artist, a student, and an overall really cool person. She shares how the pandemic changed her relationship with art and herself. You can find her art @art_bymae on Instagram. If you check my Instagram (@allyourthoughtspodcast) you'll see a series of photos of Mae, her art, and the places and things on Nantucket that inspired her, including a collection of bottles from the "'Sconset Dump". Thanks for listening. 

Theme song: 

Music: [Stoned (no solo guitar)] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

Other music: 

https://www.epidemicsound.com/

Today is International Women's Day, so I sat down with my grandmother, Abigail Thomas. She is a celebrated author of three memoirs, mother of four children, and grandmother of twelve. She was kicked out of Bryn Mawr her freshman year after becoming pregnant with her first daughter. She talked with me about sex, love, death, raising children, bad marriages, good marriages, and womanhood. She doesn't think she's very wise, but I learned a lot from this conversation, and I hope you do, too. Thanks for listening. 

Music: [Stoned (no solo guitar)] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

Other songs and sounds from: 

https://josephmcdade.com/assets/music/Joseph%20McDade-Winters%20Mist.mp3

https://ampletunes.com/downloads

https://www.epidemicsound.com/

https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/

Cover Photo: DUSTIN COHEN https://dustincohen.com/

Welcome to the first episode of All Your Thoughts. This episode shares three stories from people who witnessed and survived the devastating winter storm that hit Texas last week. Thank you to Quinn, Bryce, Stephanie, and Blake for sharing your stories. For resources on where to donate, and to donate to Casa Marianella, where Blake works, click the link in my Instagram bio (@allyourthoughtspodcast). 

The views expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect my views or the views of this podcast.

Welcome to All Your Thoughts, a podcast created to share stories on current events in the US from the everyday people living through them. Tune in next week for the first episode, where host Justine Waddell will interview her sister and brother-in-law, who live in Houston, about their experience with the life-threatening storm. I hope you'll join us.

You can follow the podcast on Instagram, @allyourthoughtspodcast, for information about upcoming episodes, or send a DM if you have thoughts or a story you want to share.

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