London's New York

Candace, a rock and roller who was making a good living working in restaurants, moved from New York to North Carolina in search of a lower cost of living and reconnection with her family. Now she and her whole band are locked up together with no income. Difficulties abound, but optimism holds.

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You can find Candace's band, Fall of Another Year on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Fall-Of-Another-Year-567682636587705) and Bandcamp (https://fallofanotheryear1.bandcamp.com/)

For many of us, the only thing more frustrating than the constraints of quarantine have been the difficulties of accessing real help from the government. The severely overtaxed unemployment system is a dysfunctional mess, and other assistance is thin on the ground. I talked to my friend and colleague Matt - a successful freelance videographer here in New York - about the challenges of keeping himself afloat when he's not allowed to work.

With medical resources stretched beyond the breaking point, and hospitals barely able to keep up, what is it like to need medical care for some other reason? What in the world is it like for a New Yorker to have a BABY right now? I speak with expert NYC doula Megan Davidson about the unique challenges and hardships of giving birth in Covidville.

Two friends, 2,700 miles, a cardboard box, and a house plant. Not all quarantines are created equal.

It's been a full week now, and emotions are running high. I speak to Naomi, a college professor in the Midwest whose concern for her family in lockdown is becoming anger at larger problems that she sees as its roots.

The first week of whatever this is going to be is behind us... and however confused parents are about how to proceed, teachers are not much better off. I speak to Lindsey, a 4th Grade teacher in Brooklyn.

Day two of family lockdown, and life is rapidly descending in to the surreal. I speak to Quinn, a carpenter and production manager who is also a neighbor in Queens.

It's the first day of family quarantine, and emotions are running high. I speak to Angie, a graphic designer and mother of two who lives around the corner from me in Queens.

We can learn a lot from great architecture, but what can we learn from architecture that is, frankly, disastrous? In today's episode, Dan and David visit two miserable attempts at majesty: the David M. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building and the Surrogate's Courthouse, both on the corner of Centre and Chambers Streets, downtown, and in the process learn some interesting lessons about the ambitions and self-regard of New York in early 20th Century.