Welcome to the first episode of this special pandemic mini-season of The WALKING Podcast. And this time, it's a family affair!

I've hired my two daughters as co-hosts because I can't figure out what else to do with them. That's right! It's a whole new kind of walk, with the wordless, contemplative pitter-patter of THREE sets of feet and—they've promised; really looked me in the eye and promised—minimal complaining.

Why are these girls doing it? Is it because they love going out on a ramble with their dear old dad? Nope! In fact, they hate it! I'm always asking and they never come. It's because they want to get paid!

We're selling classified ads—$1 each. Send us your well-wishes to far away friends; your quarantine complaints, your self-promotions; your tractor parts for sale. As always, we'll read them in the middle of the walk and post a picture of where we were when we read them. Venmo a buck to Jon Mooallem LLC with a 3-5 sentence message.

PS: The person who was crying at the end of this episode was fine. See you next week. We'll try to keep the stage whispering to a minimum.