London's New York

There's been a lot of support for doctors and nurses as they care for those who are entering the hospital with COVID-19... but far fewer are talking about those who care the worst cases as they leave. Let's hear from Kaliq, a technician at the office of the New York City Medical Examiner, one of the unsung heroes who process the dead.

Even for a supermom like Megan Harper (of Red Tricycle, Tiny Beans, and the instagram feed @GirlGoneChildinNYC) being on lockdown with a husband and three kids in a one-bedroom apartment is a lot. Really a lot. An awful lot. A lot.

Ann and her family all had COVID-19, and even though the cases were mild, it was still a scary, frustrating experience... and one that held on for weeks and weeks.

Joe Apfelbaum of Ajax Union is entering the second month of lockdown with in a fighting stance - he's going to save his family, save his business, and if you let him, maybe even save you.

Today I spoke to Patrick Sasso of Loop 7, who, despite the hit his business has taken, is finding real causes for optimism in all this - in the way we care for each other, and in the resiliency of our fellow New Yorkers.

Dan London and I have made podcasts together before - there's a bunch of them over under "London's New York" on this same network... tonight we talked about changing plans, modified expectations, and the nature of national identity in the time of COVID.

Lindsay Heather Pearce is a fiercely talented singer and actress who worked for years before getting her big break - the lead part in one of the biggest shows on Broadway. Unfortunately, the world had other plans.

Despite all the politics and abstract philosophy that's creeping in to how most of the rest of the country is still talking about COVID-19, there's an actual disease at work here, and it's nasty business. Phil is my neighbor. He's a doctor. He got very sick with this damned virus and lived to tell the tale.

Michael Shaw Fisher, a celebrated playwright in Los Angeles, is spending this lockdown clinging to his job with a moving company as he watches his entire creative community go into a tailspin.