Coexisting

Season 2 opens with one of my favourite episodes.

Day 105 Sydney, Day 0 Melbourne - as Melbourne locked down suddenly again in a second wave - we speak to artist Belinda as she gazes out onto Sydney Harbour the night that Melbourne locked down.

She talks about the arts community in Australia in lockdown and the Sydney Biennale, the first time it has been curated by an Indigenous artist Brook Andrew - turned on its head at the very last minute as it coincided with lockdown.

She talks about what happens to an artist's practice under stress, nurturing in a crisis and grieving and celebrating her father who died during the lockdown when gatherings were not permitted.

She covers the fascinating changes happening in Australian society across states and the seen and unseen in all our lives that the pandemic will bring to light.

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/aboriginal-artist-and-provocateur-brook-andrew-on-shaking-up-the-sydney-biennale-20190930-p52w6c.html

You can follow Belinda and her work @belinda_brighthouse on instagram and at https://www.belindapiggott.com/

This episode was recorded on 8 July 2020.

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Season 1 wraps with 13 beautiful snippets of human life.

SO..what are we going to do next? Exciting times - we are going into the FUTURE!

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Day 75 We speak to Jaems at his desk in Accra, Ghana

Jaems is a digital media rockstar, videographer, sound producer and podcaster - which is how we met.

He covered so beautifully the pressures of the pandemic - not just personally but across the country where gathering and in-depth communication is part of the DNA.

The unique situation in developing countries and why long lockdown were just not possible and the efforts by the government to answer the needs of its population.

You can connect with Jaems at African Masters Broadcasting Centre on https://ambc.site.live/

And listen to his beautiful podcast Every Day People https://anchor.fm/everydaypeopleshow

This episode was recorded on 19 June 2020.

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Day 103 Today we speak to Alicia in her writing space in Rhode Island, East Coast US

As school closed for the year and now parents are dealing with the uncertainty of what will happen next school year I really wanted to speak to someone teaching.

Alicia is a middle school teacher and a creator of phenomenal teaching resources. Beautifully softly spoken and wise.

From the smallest state in the US, we talk about how its been for our beloved teachers, their struggles and for the students and their families navigating this time.

She talks movingly about the struggle of working and parenting simultaneously and how to find the good in a hugely stressful situation.

You can connect with Alicia here:

This episode was recorded on 25 June 2020.

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Day 60 Today we speak to Lisa on her balcony in Tokyo, Japan.

Lisa is a freelance photographer and perpetual nomad, travelling out of her 'home country' for 27 years.

Japan had just declared the April State of Emergency to combat the virus which was a hot topic. Cases were at the time worryingly climbing but then stabilised although in recent days sadly they are on the rise again.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/08/national/coronavirus-cases-state-of-emergency/

We talk about things unique to Tokyo's economy at this time. How Coronavirus has highlighted how small the world is and what it is to live somewhere where masks are ALWAYS used.

We also get personal and talk about Lisa's view of the crisis after cancer and how tough it is being so far away from your kids for so long

You can connect with Lisa here: www.capturingthefabulise.com and on instagram at @capturingthefabulise

This episode was recorded on 21 April 2020.

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Day 150 - Today we speak to Creighton at his desk in a dark noisy night in the capital Ho Chi Minh City.

Creighton is the founder of a digital marketing agency that he runs location-independent as a digital nomad.

We talk about what happened when Vietnam closed its borders with him inside, and how despite proximity to China, Vietnam, a densely populated country of 97 million and developing infrastructure has been a success story - with only 300 cases of Coronavirus and not a single death.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/asia/coronavirus-vietnam-intl-hnk/index.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52628283

We talk about why and how Vietnam has handled things so well, what is different in the attitude in America and how to ensure you put self-care central in your life to help you cope with the personal and professional upheaval so many are going through.

You can connect with Creighton here - https://exponentialclients.com/

And his socials here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/creightonwong/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/exponentialclients

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Day 46 Today we speak to Brian standing next to his diaper box desk in LA in the United States

Farewell to Spring, the searing Summer of LA is arriving and we talk beautiful gardens, the very real struggle of caring for kids at home and turning up with all your emotional energy to do the work you need to do.

From his background in psychology, social work and sports Brian talks about the lessons to take with us from these disciplines and how to be there for our colleagues and our families.

You can follow Brian's vegetable and California native flower garden on instagram at www.instagram.com/bdrinla

And the incredible non profit that he works with here:

Imagine LA - working to end the cycles of family homelessness and poverty by pairing families who have experienced homelessness with a case manager and a team of volunteer mentors: www.imaginela.org

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Week 17 - Today we speak to Bec perched on the floor in the dead of night in Shanghai, China.

As a journalist she talks about how the lockdown in China also brought with it an intense period of work reporting on the unfolding of the Coronavirus story.

The unique challenges of working with kids at home, feelings working mums everywhere will recognise!

The fascinating controls that were put in place in parts of China to control the spread of the virus and what happened when tables were turned and badly affected China became badly affected America.

🌏 LOCAL LINGO? 🌍

In this episode Bec talks about WeChat. What is WeChat?

WeChat is THE app in China, an equivalent in hybrid of Whatsapp, FB messenger and Instagram- its a VERY widely adopted app used for messaging, payments, sharing photos - you name it, its done by WeChat.

Bec Kanthor is a radio and print journalist based in China for the last 17 years. She was CBS News Beijing asst. producer in the years leading up to the 2008 Olympics and her work has appeared on PRI's The World, Scientific American, CBC Radio, CNN, CBS, ABC News, BBC and ESPN.

She also works with her husband, folk-rock musician Liu Jian producing China's first international children's music festival 'Hand in Hand' touring musicians through 20 cities across China www.handinhandchina.com

You can find Bec here:

Twitter: @rebeccakanthor

linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccakanthor

and listen to some of her recent work at:

https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world

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Day 40 Lisbon, Portugal.

Today we speak to Lissanthea at her borrowed dining table in Lisbon.

Having flown out three months ago she is still on the road travelling until the country she calls home opens its borders again.

She talks about what happens to weddings during lockdown and what a great preparation for marriage this time is.

Lissanthea is a physiotherapist and pain educator, she talks about what this time is doing in our bodies physiologically and what methods can help us cope.

I was excited to talk to the ever-wise Lissanthea in relation to this time as I was sure she would have some great insights.

You can follow Lissanthea and her work in pain on Twitter at @lissanthea and on facebook at www.facebook.com/painchats.

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Day 14 Cambridge, UK The very first interview of the series, when in lockdown everyone was just beginning to find their feet.

Today we speak to Jana in the study where she writes, in Cambridge.

What is it like to live completely alone during lockdown? What do you miss? What becomes yet move vivid in the quiet?

Jana talks about missing human touch and finding joy in unlikely places - the beauty of a corner of a Persian carpet.

This episode was recorded on 20 March 2020.

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