The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

By VICE

The Distance features short, first-person stories from all over the world about how the pandemic is changing the way we live. Each episode is a dispatch about one or two people and a brief window into... more

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How many episodes does The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches have?

The podcast currently has 126 episodes available.

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches episodes:

May 29, 2020 Sinchi Warmi
A community of indigenous Kichwa families living in the Amazon isolates and puts their eco-tourism business on hold.

This interview was conducted by Amazon Learning’s Andy Gavilanes.

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May 28, 2020 Monks in Japan
Morimoto is a Buddhist monk at the Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan, where they pray daily for the virus to be contained.

This interview was conducted by David Caprara.

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May 27, 2020 Abandoned in Brazil
Cosme lives in a favela in Rio de Janeiro and says the government is not testing people in poorer neighborhoods. Reporting by Mariana Simoes.
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4min
May 26, 2020 Virtual Doula
Jada Shapiro is a birth and postpartum doula who is now caring for clients virtually.
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May 25, 2020 Farmworker
After months of doing essential work in unsafe conditions, Emmi recently lost her job as a seasonal farmworker in Florida.

**Thanks to Paola Ramos, who met Emmi while reporting this VTN video: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4agj8d/were-scared-these-essential-farmworkers-have-little-protection-from-coronavirus

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May 22, 2020 Shanghai Disneyland
In Shanghai, Michelle visits the world’s only open Disneyland theme park.

*Thanks to Tomas Navia, who met Michelle while producing this VNT video: https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/a-day-in-the-worlds-only-open-disney-park/5ec337ed408b5830fc55c141

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May 21, 2020 Back in Tehran
Alex updates us on his life in Tehran, Iran, now that the country has largely reopened.
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May 20, 2020 “We have to keep our faith” -- A Church Reopens in Iowa
Despite the state’s loosening of restrictions, many churches in Iowa remain closed. But Ervin of Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church is grateful to return.
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May 20, 2020 “Feels like a bad dream” -- A Church Stays Closed in Alabama
Judy worries how she will keep her sister with Down syndrome safe as her town in Alabama reopens.
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May 19, 2020 Japan Reopening
As Japan is in a middle ground of re-opening, Megumi works at an Osaka area hospital preschool for children whose parents are working on a coronavirus vaccine.

This story was reported by David Caprara.

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FAQs about The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches:

How many episodes does The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches have?

The podcast currently has 126 episodes available.

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