Chicken & Dreams

I MADE IT! I survived covid-19 long enough to post the season finale of Chicken & Dreams. I make this episode a family affair getting my cousin Mohsin, a clinical researcher at Sick Kids Hospital, on the show. We discuss how he's coping working from home and at the hospital and how bad covid is compared to the SARS outbreak back in 2003.

I caught up with Maisarah, owner of Chachi's Chai Bar in Scarborough to hear how restauranteurs like her are coping with covid, customers, landlords and predatory food apps.

I get Rudaina on the line to talk through her experience working at Wal-Mart during this pandemic and how the retail giant is coping with the virus. Rudaina goes further lamenting the end of her undergrad life and envisioning the job prospects in these uncertain times.

I bring Omar Shareef, a psychiatrist in New York and co-founder of Muslim Thrive to talk speak about his experiences dealing with Covid-19 in New York, the politics sorrounding the relief efforts and how this pandemic is impacting those with mental health illnesses and sound advice to combat it.

The U.S. has been hit hard by Covid-19. I check in with Meryam, a pediatrician in Florida to see how the state is coping with the virus. She walks me through the shortage of PPE, changing guidelines by the CDC, media hysteria, and the politics being played in front of your eyes.

Devon, an associate director of sales and engagement for Tafelmusik gives me a behind the scenes look into how the industry is coping with closure and the affects of Covid-19.

I bring Dawood Khan, a realtor for the Toronto and Durham region to run down how the housing and market is faring due to covid-19 and advice he has for potential buyers and sellers.

I drag my friend Shafquat to walk me through the data points behind Covid-19 and how the City of Toronto is handling the pandemic.

Ksenia is currently doing her PhD at Drexel University in Philadelphia and discusses how the university reacted to Covid-19, what students are upto in Zoom meetings and how she is more productive than ever without the need to venture outside.

I have my friend Hamza who along with his brother and dad run multiple retail locations in Toronto. Hamza gives his perspective of how Covid-19 has affected small businesses and his prediction of the retail industry in Canada.