Don't log off: Grounded

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Alan Dein searches for the nspiring and moving stories of how the pandemic has changed people's lives on every continent. Today, airline pilot Peter in Australia talks about deciding to become a bus driver after the pandemic forced him to stop flying. And wedding planner Vithika in India discusses the dramatic impact of the pandemic on her industry. Plus, Chun Wing, a ballet dancer at the Paris Opera shares the frustrations of not being able to perform. Alan also speaks to Shira who lives in an orthodox community in Israel and he catches up with doctor Ahmed in Sudan who’s just made a major life decision.

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's a changed world and unsettling time. Connecting is more important than ever.
0:08.0	Hi Sir Alan. Hello is this Vithica? It is.
0:12.0	Hi. Hello is this vithaca. Hi.
0:13.0	Hello is this Chun Wing.
0:15.0	Nice to meet you.
0:16.0	How do you do?
0:17.0	I've been reaching out across the globe.
0:19.0	I am in Bangalore.
0:21.0	To every continent in Jerusalem in Paris Sydney searching for the things that
0:26.7	unite us in this time of crisis I think I'm very fortunate to have parents like mine.
0:33.9	It can't actually be underestimated the power of some positive words
0:37.9	from people that you care for and people that you love and you respect.
0:41.3	I think we were all going for break-neck speed without being
0:45.3	appreciative of what we had. I'm Alan Dean and this is Don't Log Off on the BBC World Service.
0:54.0	Hello, is that you, Ellen?
0:59.0	Peter, where are you?
1:01.0	In the suburb of Sydney in New South
1:02.8	Wales Australia. Tell me about what you did today.
1:05.1	I'm not doing my usual occupation of being an airline pilot.
1:08.4	I've taken up another form of transport of becoming a bus driver.
1:12.5	So I've gone from air bus to bus.
1:16.1	And I started work at 5 a.m. this morning
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