In It Together

Host Arun Rath checks in with WGBH Radio’s Tori Bedford, who’s been speaking with locals about how their love lives are faring during the coronavirus pandemic. And he gets some advice from Dr. Anne Fishel, director of the Family and Couples Therapy Program at Mass General.

Host Arun Rath speaks with the head of Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester about its pandemic plan. Almost half of the tests the Center’s administered for coronavirus since March have come back positive. Then, Arun gets a take on these times from someone who’s seen more than most of us. Eleanor Kaplan is 99 years old and lives at Springhouse Senior Living in Jamaica Plain.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Lucie Sullivan from WGBH’s FRONTLINE Dispatch podcast about her experience with COVID-19.

Host Arun Rath speaks with a local nurse who was exposed to coronavirus at work and was required to self isolate for two weeks following the encounter. During the quarantine, she says she was counting down the days until she could get back to work and continue helping people. Next, while coronavirus is taking up a lot of our bandwidth these days, other struggles are continuing. Arun checks in with the head of a local residential treatment facility about how those in recovery are staying sober during this pandemic.

Host Arun Rath speaks with an immigrant advocate about how the immigrant community is navigating barriers to healthcare and economic support during the coronavirus crisis. He also gets the story of a Tufts Medical Center nurse who’s been collecting cards for COVID-19 patients suffering alone in the hospital. And Arun checks in with the director of the Brookline Public Library, whose main building has been converted into an auxiliary fire station.

Host Arun Rath speaks with the president of the Boston Pride board, Linda DeMarco, and board member Marco Torres, about the decision to postpone the city's Pride events due to the coronavirus pandemic. Arun also catches up with WGBH Radio's Tori Bedford for another segment of "The Check In." And he speaks with Rev. Dr. Julianne Buenting, Interim Rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Northampton, about how her congregation will observe Easter at a distance.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Dani Hackner, the Chief Clinical Officer with Southcoast Health, which operates hospitals in Fall River, New Bedford and Wareham. Southcoast Health opened the first drive-through coronavirus testing site in Massachusetts last month. Then, Arun speak with a Medford man who tested negative for the coronavirus this week. He walks us through the testing protocols at another drive-through site in Lowell.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey about scammers who’ve been trying to take advantage of the coronavirus crisis. And he gets some COVID-19 cooking tips from Marjorie Druker, chef and owner at the New England Soup Factory.

Passover starts tomorrow. Host Arun Rath talks with his rabbi, Rabbi Howard Jaffe about how their congregation is staying connected during the holiday while also social distancing. Then, Arun checks in with the head of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association on how the state’s bars and restaurants are surviving with all non-essential businesses still ordered closed until next month.

Host Arun Rath checks in with Donna Kelly-Williams, president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, about what local nurses are dealing with on the ground during the coronavirus pandemic. And with so many of us holding meetings on Zoom, Arun speaks with a Boston FBI agent about how users can keep themselves safe and avoid trolls.