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From KQED.

Thank you. From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco.

This is Michael Krasny.

Two months into an unrelenting pandemic,

essential workers are suffering from the stress, burnout, and sadness

of being on the front line.

To help them cope, the frontline workers counseling project based in the Bay Area and founded by two local therapists is offering free mental health services to essential workers.

We'll hear how the organization is filling a need that is especially acute during this lead-up to the holidays.

Then at 930, former San Francisco Chronicle and Santa Rosa Press Democrat sports columnist

Lowell Cohen joins us to talk about the current state of Bay Area Sports and his new memoir,

Gloves Off, 40 years of unfiltered sports writing.

That's all next after this news.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. Yesterday on Forum, we heard from a group of health professionals who shared their struggles with being on the front line of the pandemic. And

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