Finding trustworthy news sources is already hard in the digital age, but throw a global pandemic into the mix and all hell breaks lose! Don't worry, Sam Thielman, Editor at the Tow Center and contributor to NBC News and the Guardian, is here to help us sort through the media circus to try to find trustworthy sources. Follow Sam on twitter @samthielman.

With everyone on edge and locked in their homes, chef Joe Marple devised a brilliant distraction: the March Sadness Sandwich Tournament. A Facebook based voting tournament among his friends, pitting America's favorite sandwiches against one another. Grilled Cheese vs Meatball Hoagie, Patty Melt vs Fried Chicken, Pulled Pork vs the Bacon Egg and Cheese. People got really into it, and it was, oddly, just what many needed to not think about the world burning down outside.

Today we visit Los Angeles to talk with Managing Editor of Foodal Allison Sidhu about how to make the best use of those overstocked pantries during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Jon explores the ripple effect business closures have on one another in downtown Asheville, and talks with alt-weekly Mountain Xpress Managing Editor Virginia Daffron and Development Coordinator Laura Hackett about the recent layoffs and Xpress' new vision to save indie journalism in a post COVID-19 world.

We hop over to Freiburg Germany to check in with cook and Dirty Spoon artist Katrin Dohse on life in Germany under the COVID-19 lockdowns. Katja compares the German response to other nations in the EU, and explores the perils of being an expat in a time of crisis.

Jon talks to Kara Irani, the communications director for Western North Carolina's largest food bank, MANNA. In the midst of this crisis, millions of American's have lost their jobs. That can make it hard to keep food on the table. Places like MANNA are here to help. To get help from MANNA call their helpline at 1(800)820-1109 or to donate to pay it forward, head to mannafoodbank.org.

Jon checks in with Americana rocker Beth Bombara on how her home town of St. Louis is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak and what kind of impact it is having on the music scene there. They also talk about and listen to selections from her new record Evergreen, and Beth gives some suggestions of records to keep you entertained during quarantine.

In the wake of COVID-19, Jon and Catherine talk about Catherine's Asheville Strong campaign, a simple, but strong program that seeks to stimulate local restaurants while the city of Asheville shuts down for the Corona Virus.

Dirty Spoon Second Helpings: 3 Mountains Tea founder Sara Stender Delaney by Dirty Spoon Radio Hour

Entrepreneur Sara Stender Delaney talks about how her road to recovery drove her to found the fair trade tea company, 3 Mountains. Journalist Sofia Ferreira Santos explores an alternate history of the worldwide love of rice. And Ron Hayes reflects on family traditions in the kitchen, and the matriarchs and patriarchs that hold our cultures together.