Covid Chronicles

LOS ANGELES (April 30, 2020): Today we check in with Eleanor to discuss what it was like to be tested for Covid-19.

LOS ANGELES (April 22): Today we check back with Eleanor, and hear about her experience with unemployment...

NEW YORK CITY (APRIL 19): Today we check in with Jay, who reports on the effect the pandemic lockdown is having on him, both financially and emotionally.

TACOMA, WA. (April 18): Today we check in with Noelle, and ask how her family finances are doing as unemployment spikes.

PORTLAND, ORE. (April 16) Today your host wonders what the new "normal" will look like...

TOKYO--April 11: Today we talk to John, a Canadian expat who now works and lives as a permanent resident in Tokyo. He tells us what the situation looks like from the perspective of someone still commuting to work five days a week...

BERLIN--April 9: Today we check back with Spencer in Berlin, a city that thrives on its social interactions, and is almost entirely locked down.

NEW YORK, April 4: Today we check back with Jay. Although his more uncomfortable symptoms have subsided, he has lost his sense of smell and taste...

PORTLAND, ORE.--April 4, 2020. Today we talk to Jane, owner of a small business making bespoke bow ties. Jane has closed her online shop and is instead using her skills to make protective face masks for friends, family, and caregivers in her community. This at a time when the CDC is recommending that all people wear a mask when going outside in public.

LOS ANGELES--April 2, 2020: Today we hear an update from Eleanor, 28 and living in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles. She talks about unemployment, paying the rent, and what she expects in the next cycle of bills.