Coronacast

Our special guest this episode is the inspiring emergency medicine doctor Kelly Ameneshoa, who works in a busy London A&E department. She talks candidly about the key issues we face right now, including PPE, the large and disproportionate number of black and minority ethnic people affected by coronavirus, and community volunteering. Kelly also tells us what it was like to have the virus herself. Please follow, subscribe, rate, review, and send any questions, comments or feedback to [email protected].

Notes this episode:

The Quarantine Creations project mentioned by Tilly
https://www.instagram.com/5ASideTheatre/

The hospital treating all BAME staff as vulnerable is Somerset Foundation Trust in the West Country
https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/trust-treating-all-bame-staff-as-vulnerable-and-at-risk/7027500.article

Gareth Malone's Great British Home Chorus
https://www.greatbritishhomechorus.com/

In this episode, we talk all things art and isolation with the wonderful Karen Ashton, founder of the Art Car Boot Fair. And Dr Hannah answers an important question about what parents should do if their child falls ill. Producer Russ also gets involved, telling us about the solace he's been taking from birdsong on his sunny spring walks.

OpenDemocracy article: New evidence of child deaths linked to 'stay at home' COVID warnings: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exclusive-new-evidence-of-child-deaths-linked-to-stay-at-home-covid-warnings/

Karen's top art picks (as mentioned on the pod):
* Art Car Boot Fair
https://www.instagram.com/art_car_boot_fair/?hl=en
* Keith Tyson: Isolation Art School
https://www.instagram.com/isolationartschool/?hl=en
* Susie Hamilton: Dog-drawing workshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwIQS4JLxWw&feature=youtu.be
* Tracey Emin: Lockdown diary on White Cube instagram
https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/tracey-emin-white-cube-diary
* David Hockney: the arrival of spring in Normandy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52109901
* Gemma Peppe: Art on a Postcard, Art on a Podcast
https://artonapostcard.com/pages/art-on-a-podcast
* Matthew Burrows: Artist Support Pledge
http://www.matthewburrows.org/home
* Jeremy Deller: Thank God for Immigrants poster (proceeds to refugee and food bank charities)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-rmudml2i9/?hl=en
* ICA daily newsletter
https://www.ica.art/ica-daily
* Hayward Gallery: Among the Trees playlist
https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/blog/playlist-among-trees
* Tate Modern: Andy Warhol exhibition
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/andy-warhol
* Kristjana S Williams
https://trendland.com/mythical-world-collage-kristjana-s-williams-london/
* Whitechapel Gallery blog
https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/about/blog/

Russ's birdsong app: Birdnet UK
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.tu_chemnitz.mi.kahst.birdnet&hl=en_GB

In this episode, we talk to personal trainer Gaby Browne who gives a moving account of how her life has been transformed during the coronavirus crisis. As her business slowed down, she applied for a job in a local funeral home, and says it has given her a refreshing perspective both on the pandemic and on the end of life. Her words are surprisingly positive and comforting in these difficult times.

We talk with Dr Ben Ford in more detail about coronavirus in intensive care, organ support and what it means, also the importance of advanced care planning. And some light relief: the rise of the pub quiz.

Dr Rachel Clarke's excellent article:
'Do not resuscitate' orders have caused panic in the UK. Here is the truth
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/08/do-not-resuscitate-orders-caused-panic-uk-truth

Twitter @doctor_oxford

We debate opening windows, the controversial topic of facemasks, and hear from 83-year-old family friend Gloria Jenkins in Cardiff about how she is coping with self-isolation.

Links and references:

National Theatre Live (youtube and free!)
https://www.youtu

Tristan Barlow and Agi Katz Yoga Dynamics
https://www.facebook.com/tayogadynamics/

Articles about facemasks

Michael Klompas et al: Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era. New England Journal of Medicine, 1 April 2020
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372?query=featured_coronavirus

Ka Hung Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen: COVID-19 epidemic: disentangling the re-emerging controversy about medical facemasks from an epidemiological perspective. International Journal of Epidemiology, 31 March 2020
https://academic.oup.com/ije/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ije/dyaa044/5813980?searchresult=1

To help stop coronavirus, everyone should be wearing face masks. The science is clear. Article by Jeremy Howard, University of San Francisco

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/04/why-wear-a-mask-may-be-our-best-weapon-to-stop-coronavirus

Roman Wolfel et al: Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Nature, 1 April 2020
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2196-x

Video by Nobel-prize winning virologist Harold Varmus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSz5Gr7gG0&feature=youtu.be

We look at active ways to overcome pandemic fears and anxiety, by turning your mind to more nourishing ideas, and we talk to yoga instructor Ciara Watson, who has rapidly transferred her yoga studio online to comply with social distancing rules.

Our references:

COVID-19 Symptom Tracker app
https://covid.joinzoe.com/

Joe Wicks online
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Jane Fonda workouts
https://www.janefonda.com/workout/

The Yoga Mela - Ciara Watson
https://www.theyogamela.london/

Happy Not Perfect
https://happynotperfect.com/

Headspace
https://www.headspace.com/

Insight Timer
https://insighttimer.com/meditation-app

National Theatre Live (youtube and free!)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDq1XzCY0NIOYVJvEMQjqw

Radio Times - radio play competition (sorry deadline has closed for this one)
https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-03-23/bbc-scriptwriting-competition/

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-artists-way/julia-cameron/9781509829477

Cariad Lloyd on The Two Shot Podcast
https://twoshotpod.podbean.com/e/tsp075-cariad-lloyd/

Julie Hesmondhalgh on The Two Shot Podcast
https://twoshotpod.podbean.com/e/tsp089-julie-hesmondhalgh/

Jameela Jamil - Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-SiOACDxrR/

How the Pandemic Will End - Ed Yong, The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/

We hear from some of Tilly's friends about their experiences and coping mechanisms, and discuss ideas to combat anxiety and actively manage your mental health in this age of uncertainty.

Articles

 Tchiki Davis: Think Positive: 11 ways to boost positive thinkinghttps://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/click-here-happiness/201803/think-positive-11-ways-boost-positive-thinking  Podcasts Elizabeth Day: How to Fail featuring Mo Gawdathttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/special-episode-how-to-fail-mo-gawdat-on-how-to-cope/id1407451189?i=1000469228528 Dolly Alderton: Love Storieshttps://soundcloud.com/user-892136004 Fi Glover and Jane Garvey: Fortunatelyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p04x5pd7 Craig Parkinson: Two Shot Podcasthttps://twoshotpod.podbean.com/  Books Tracy Chevalier: A Single Threadhttps://www.waterstones.com/book/a-single-thread/tracy-chevalier/9780008153816 David Nicholls: One Day

https://www.waterstones.com/book/one-day/david-nicholls/9780340896983 

In this episode, Tilly and Hannah answer more questions and interview Dr Ben Ford, an intensive care doctor, about his experiences on the frontline and the importance of self-isolation to halt the spread of coronavirus and protect the vulnerable.

Tilly and Hannah talk more about Coronavirus, how it makes us feel, and how it will impact our everyday lives.  Thank you for listening.  Please send us any thoughts or questions: [email protected]

In this pilot episode, Hannah and her daughter Tilly introduce themselves and talk about some of the coronavirus basics.

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