In It Together

Host Arun Rath talks with the owner of a Boston-based home care company on how family and caregivers can help home bound seniors deal with isolation and loneliness. Then, Arun speaks with longtime sports writer Bob Ryan about his memories from past opening days and what he’s doing in a time without baseball.

Host Arun Rath interviews the owner of a Hyde Park candy company, Kate McCrea, about how her business is handling the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. He also hears from the founder of a Watertown 3D printing company making protective masks for healthcare workers and swabs for virus tests. Plus, WGBH Radio’s Adam Reilly explains how the federal coronavirus aid package could affect Massachusetts.

Host Arun Rath speaks with the head of MassLandlords about what options renters and landlords have when there’s no money left for housing. Next, we hear how a local YWCA is continuing to empower young women in this time of social distancing and coronavirus. Finally, with all this working from home, you may not be driving as much as you used to. The good news is - mechanics are open, but we’ll give you tips on how to maintain your car before you have to check-in with them.

With recreational pot shops deemed non-essential, host Arun Rath speaks with the president and CEO of the Massachusetts Cannabis Business Association, David O’Brien. He also checks in with Georgia Katsoulomitis, executive director of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, about the economic toll the pandemic is taking on low-income residents and sort of help they can get. And WGBH Radio’s Paul Singer explains the concept of “third places,” where people gather outside the home and office, and how their closure could impact us.

Host Arun Rath checks in with Tori Bedford for our regular segment “The Check In.” Arun then speaks with Dr. Jack Maypole, a pediatrician at Boston Medical Center, who has some tips for parents working from home with young children who are out of school.

Host Arun Rath checks in with a local doctor who says while his hospital has enough ventilators, they don’t have enough masks, despite asking for more. Then, Arun checks in with Boston Public School superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius on how her and city teachers are keeping kids engaged with at home, virtual lessons. We end the show with a conversation with Dr. Robert Davey who is studying the coronavirus in a local lab, the only lab to have a sample of the virus in New England.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Kelly Turley from the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless about how the homeless population is coping with the coronavirus crisis. He also speaks with a local artist who’s immunocompromised.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Gina Garro, a first grade teacher at the Garfield Elementary School in Revere, Massachusetts about the challenges of creating meaningful lesson plans for students while they learn from home for the next few weeks. Next, we hear from Boston University business school lecturer Jay Zagorsky on how people can use this time at home to enhance their skills to enter what he predicts will be a future booming job market.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Mike Deehan from WGBH Radio’s State House Bureau about Gov. Charlie Baker’s stay-at-home advisory and his order to close all non-essential businesses. Rachel Rock visits a synagogue in Wellesley that’s using technology to keep congregants connected, and Marilyn Schairer explores the anxiety that’s been aroused by the pandemic.