In It Together

Host Arun Rath checks back in with Tori Bedford, who’s been speaking with people dealing with parents and other loved ones who aren’t taking the coronavirus crisis as seriously as they should be. And Arun talks to a local 12th grader who’s facing the disappointment of missing out on senior year’s usual rites of passage, as well her final softball season.

Host Arun Rath hears an update from WGBH News Investigative Reporter Jenifer McKim on how the novel coronavirus is continuing to make its way through the state's prisons and jails.

Host Arun Rath speaks with the owners of Porter Square Books in Cambridge and the Dogtown Book Shop in Gloucester to see how they’re going about their business without in-person customers. And Arun learns how educators in one school district in the Berkshires are helping students without internet access keep up with their studies.

Host Arun Rath speaks with the head of the Somerville non-profit Parenting Journey about the challenges facing low-income and all immigrant families during this time.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Nicholas Reich, a professor of biostatistics and and epidemiology at UMass-Amherst. Reich and his colleagues are trying to model the coronavirus pandemic to get a sense of its possible outcomes. Arun also hears from Francesca Panetta, Creative Director at MIT’s Center for Virtuality. Panetta is an organizer of the Corona Diaries, an open-source effort to document the pandemic.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Cape Cod journalist Greg O’Brien about how those who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease like himself are handling the coronavirus crisis. And Arun checks in with WGBH News reporter Tori Bedford about part two of her investigation into love during the time of COVID-19.

Host Arun Rath checked-in with WGBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen about how museums and art institutions are continuing to manage in this pandemic.

Next, we heard how one institution — the Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning in Framingham— is adapting its programming for virtual learning.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Fatima Watt, director of behavioral health services at Franciscan Children’s hospital in Boston, about how kids and teens can cope with the coronavirus crisis. And Arun talks with local author Nina Livingstone, who’s navigating the pandemic with the additional challenge of being blind and partially deaf.

Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Host Arun Rath finds out ways to safely celebrate nature with Lisa Vernegaard, the executive director of the Sudbury Valley Trustees.

Arun then chats with Jill Palese, a local fashion designer based in Hingham who put her new swimsuit line on hold to instead produce masks and gowns for healthcare workers on the front lines.

Host Arun Rath spends what would have been Marathon Monday speaking with someone who knows the Boston Marathon better than most - former Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans. And Arun interviews Cara Soulia, co-founder of the Front Steps Project. Photographers across the globe have been taking pictures during the pandemic of families stepping outside the isolation of their homes and posing on their front steps.