Each story straddles time ... from before pandemic ... to after. We examine grief in a time of isolation. We explore the arts world's pivot as everything shuts down. We look at efforts to keep a roof overhead as the economy collapses. And we consider whether all this time in isolation might, at some point, help bring us closer together.

Welcome to "The Listening Well" where we go deep on one subject or theme and give you several stories from different points of view using layers of sound to take you there.