Alone Together During COVID-19: Live Call-in

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Part of the mission of our show is to address our collective anxieties. The COVID-19 pandemic has already drastically reshaped our lives, our politics, and our health -- both physical and mental. Right now, it's not clear if or when things will feel normal again. In this bonus episode, host Kai Wright teams up with Anna Sale of Death, Sex & Money to take listener calls, and to talk about how everyone is coping so far.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. This is Kai. So I want to share something we just did that I think it's kind of special.
0:06.4	We got together with the podcast Death, Sex, and Money. It's another show that is made by WNYC and hosted by my friend Anna Sale.
0:16.4	And Anna I, we just, we wanted to hear from all of you, listeners of both of our shows,
0:20.8	about how we're all just coping with this moment of a COVID-19
0:24.8	outbreak, how it's shaping our lives and what we're doing about it and really just to
0:28.8	talk to each other. So that's what we did in a live call-in special and I'm just going to play that for you now.
0:35.0	I hope you find it useful. Let's stay in touch. Hello everyone I am Anna Sale, host of the podcast Death Sex and Money from
0:57.9	WNY studios and I'm here to take your calls right now. Along with my colleague, Kai Wright,
1:04.2	post of the United States of Anxiety,
1:06.8	Kai is joining me by phone.
1:09.0	Hello, Kai.
1:10.6	Hey Anna, and hello everybody. So today we want to hear from you the news of both of our
1:16.0	shows about how you're feeling right now this reality of the COVID-19 global
1:21.8	pandemic is sinking in for all of us here in the US.
1:25.0	Things are, of course, changing quickly in all of our lives.
1:29.2	And so we want to hear from you about what's making you worried, how this pandemic is affecting your immediate and
1:34.3	future plans and how you're coping with all of this uncertainty.
1:38.9	And the phone lines are open right now.
1:40.3	The number to call is 844 745 8255. That's 844 745 8255.
1:48.8	Kai and I are both in places that are feeling major disruptions in our routines this week.
1:54.7	I'm in the Bay Area.
1:55.8	Kai, you are in New York and you are joining this conversation by phone actually because
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