Cleaner Air and Weirder Dreams — Such Is Life in April 2020

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

As we shelter-in-place, a lot of people on Twitter are sharing the strange dreams they're having. We look into why that might be. And, listener Anne-Marie Rochè wants to know: Are there any positives for the natural environment from humans staying home? Additional Reading: Feel Like COVID-19 Is Invading Your Dreams? You're Not Alone Has Sheltering-In-Place Been Good For the Environment? Bay Area Pollution Way Down, Air District Estimates Reported by Michelle Wiley and Kevin Stark. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Asal Ehsanipour, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey and Don Clyde.

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0:00.0	from K-QED.
0:03.0	Hey everyone, Olivia Alan Price here.
0:06.0	It's another week and another episode of Bay Curious coming at you as the team shelters in place.
0:12.0	Today we're answering your questions about the unexpected ways that coronavirus is changing our lives.
0:19.0	Like why some of us are having very vivid dreams.
0:23.5	I know I am.
0:24.6	And also what impact all of this not doing stuff
0:28.0	is having on nature.
0:29.7	Let's get started with reporter Michelle Wiley.
0:32.4	Are you having fun so far?
0:34.0	So I'm standing in this building and right there on stage is Dolly Parton.
0:40.0	Country music superstar Dolly Parton.
0:44.0	This is a real thrill and a real treat.
0:46.0	She's giving a concert and she's starting to introduce the song Jolene.
0:50.0	This next one is a song about another woman trying to steal another woman's man.
0:57.0	Lord somebody tried to steal some of the guys I've been at would be more like petty theft.
1:01.0	And just before she starts, Dolly sees me and tells me to come up on stage and
1:08.3	sing Jolene with her. So I walk up to the stage right next to Dolly freaking Barton and to be honest I thought I was going words. They start the music up again.
1:27.0	And I can't remember the words.
1:29.0	They start the music up again. Joline, Joline, Joline, Joline.
1:39.0	Still nothing.
1:41.0	And Dolly's being really nice about it at first, but I can tell things are getting kind of weird
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