Corona Comfort

In this episode, Richard speaks with Katie Wiles of the Campaign for Real Ales (CAMRA) in the UK.

With many businesses taking a hard hit from the pandemic, many Americans are changing how they get their food. In this episode, we speak to Eric Martino, COO of ThinkFoodGroup, about how ThinkFoodGroup has shifted to accommodate hot meals for everyone. From providing free hot meals to setting up bodegas to provide resources, José Andrés’ business has gone above and beyond to help the community.

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People across the country are finding ways to support one another during the COVID-19 pandemic. With many schools staying closed until Fall, custodians are staying after to ensure that their facilities are cleaned and sanitized for when students inevitably return. In this episode, we speak to a local Vermont parent who is working with her community to help support the heroes who go unnoticed.

Life for nearly every American drastically changed over the past month. In response, local businesses and community figures quickly adjusted to bring resources and joy to their communities. In this episode, we speak with the co-founder of a company that began producing PPE for healthcare workers and a musician who is using an online talent forum to bring his community together.

News reports this week brought home the sobering reality that the COVID-19 pandemic will persist in America--and the world--for the foreseeable future. But every week, we are learning how people around the globe are providing much-needed food and provisions to their neighbors. In this episode, we speak with community and faith-based leaders about their efforts to provide basic needs to those in need.

Coronavirus impacts every part of civilian life--in ways that most people do not even realize. This episode features three guests who are impacting their local communities (and beyond) to address the wide-ranging consequences of coronavirus.

Amazing people around the world are finding ways to care for their neighbors and support their communities during the COVID-19 crisis. In this episode, Richard speaks with a father-son duo in Washington, DC who have created a website to link volunteers with vulnerable citizens, a restaurant co-owner in Washington state who is feeding healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 response, and a tech CEO who is helping the recently unemployed find work in the gig economy.

With social distancing being a thing of the present, many of us are worried about jobs, money, and family members. Despite the worriedness, many people are finding ways to help their neighbors and community through these troubling times. In this inaugural episode of Corona Comfort, host Richard talks with Gadi Ben-Yehuda, who began a nightly story-time on Facebook Live for children and Adam Zuckerman who has started a series of community chats online.

Corona Comfort is a new podcast to highlight positive, uplifting stories about humanity in this time of crisis. Americans are coming together — virtually — to lend a hand and comfort their neighbors and communities. These are their stories