Joselin Tavarez, who receives mental-health services by teletherapy from behavioral-health organization CODAC, discusses how important they have been for living with her anxiety and depression in the coronavirus pandemic. Linda Hurley, president and CEO of CODAC, which serves some 5,000 Rhode Islanders, gives the big-picture view. @gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo – story and video at providencejournal.com

Humorist, journalist, actor and best-selling author Mo Rocca is best known for his off-beat news reports and satirical commentary. He is a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and the host of CBS’s series The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation. Rocca created and hosted the Cooking Channel’s show, My Grandmother’s Ravioli, in which he learned to cook from grandparents across America.  He is also a frequent panelist on NPR’s hit weekly quiz show Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! This week on Story in the Public Square, Rocca discusses his book “Mobituaries.”

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American Indian (Oglala Lakota) Dr. Donald Warne, Director of the Indians Into Medicine and Master of Public Health Program at the University of North Dakota, discusses generations of health disparities, genocide, the failure of the U.S. government to live up to treaties, the impact of COVID-19 on Native communities and more this week on Story in the Public Square.

Frederic Reamer, Rhode Island College professor and internationally renowned mental-health expert, discusses training of therapists and other professionals in the U.S. and abroad in telemedicine -- and the new challenges they and their clients face during the coronavirus pandemic. Among the many beneficiaries are therapists and service members on U.S. military on bases around the world -- and on an aircraft carrier. @gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo - story and video at providencejournal.com

Mark Lurie, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University School of Public Health, discusses the prospects for a coronavirus vaccine, where Rhode Island and the nation stand in mid-July in the pandemic, and what may lie ahead as the summer progresses and fall arrives. Also in this @gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo, Lurie offers guidance on staying safe. Story and #video at providencejournal.com

Dr. Leonard Mermel, Medical Director, Epidemiology & Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital, and a professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, discusses coronavirus transmission, risk, the possibility of a second surge this autumn and more in this @gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo. Story and video at providencejournal.com

Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician at Lifespan’s Rhode Island and Miriam Hospitals, has been on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic since the start. Ranney is also a professor at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and director of the Center for Digital Health. In this @gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo, she discuss COVID-19 risks and future projections – and she is concerned. Story and video at providencejournal.com

Award-winning photojournalist Maddie McGarvey @maddiemcgarvey returns to Story in the Public Square and SiriusXMRadio this week to discuss her work on #BlackLivesMatter, the #coronavirus #pandemic, the #PresidentialElection, her amazing Western road trips & more.

This week on Story in the Public Square: The esteemed New York Times sports reporter Ken Belson talks race, Black Lives Matter, player injury, CTE, whether there will be a season and more in the NFL today.