Notes from COVID

As we have seen in previous episodes, there have been more than human casualties during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to survive, businesses have had to shift gears and, at times, completely switch their operation. In today's episode, we talk with Bertil Tøttenborg, Restaurant Manager and Beverage Director at Gustu in Bolivia - the most famous restaurant in the country and the only to ever be in the Latin America 50 Best list. Bertil tells us what the restaurant is currently doing now that they cannot have guests visit the restaurant, and how COVID-19 affected Bolivia overall.

Being in a leadership position comes with its pros and cons. However, steering the wheel blindfolded is terrifying. This is the situation many people in leadership positions had to go through during the COVID-19 pandemic. In today's episode, we talk to Jonatan Morgenroth, Senior Director of Sales at TouchBistro to see what he and the leadership team had to do in order to stay afloat during the hardest lockdown months, and what it was like to make decisions that would affect his employees.

COVID not only disturbed everyone's personal life, but different industries were impacted in different degrees. One of the hardest hit was the entertainment industry, especially nightlife. We talk with Diego Hidalgo Saa, founder of Suah!, an event production company focused on crafting unique social experiences by curating the best Hispanic music, culture and gastronomy in Toronto, Canada. With more than 8 years in the industry, Diego shares not only how he was personally impacted, but also how the industry's comeback may look like

In our previous episode, we saw what it was like to homeschool while working from home, but today we check what's on the other side of the screen. Our guest, Amy, walks us through the challenges of teaching from home and how she cares for her students while she also cares for her four-year-old. Amy is a teacher at a charter school in San Diego, USA - California being one of the current hotspots of COVID-19. Tune in and listen to what it was like to transition in the middle of the school year.

Another of the challenges COVID-19 brought along was homeschooling children while also working from home. To explore how parents tackled this particular situation, we talk to Janine: mother of two (3.5 and 6.5), who also works full time. Tune in to see what were the challenges and the positive aspects of being locked down with children while working from home.

In this episode, we hear from Anna and Oli. Anna is from Sweden and Oli is from Australia and they were meant to get married in Spain in September. Due to the pandemic, they had to postpone the celebration of their love for the foreseeable future. This is the story of how they dealt with providers, their emotions and everything in between

During this episode, we talk with Andrea about actively dating during COVID and finding love while the world was experiencing one of its biggest challenges. We discuss dating apps, virtual dates and how the pandemic may have changed the game forever.

Today's episode talks about sharing your lockdown experience with none other than your parents. As adults, it gets harder to go back to a place where you are back to being someone's child and there are rules and routines that are not your own. We speak to Andrea, an odontologist who was in between moving countries; and Anubhav, who had just finished his MBA and was about to start a new job; both ended up, unexpectedly, extending what was meant to be a quick visit to their parent's.

In today's episode we talk to Lauren, who went from being in a fairly recent long-distance relationship, to 24/7 from the beginning of lockdown.. on a boat of all places. Tune in to learn about the challenges of navigating not only the waters of the Atlantic, but also of a relationship where the dynamics have completely shifted