Don't log off - part five

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Across every continent, people are trying to make sense of a new world – one that happens mostly behind closed doors and often alone. Alan Dein connects with seven individuals whose lives have shifted under the coronavirus pandemic as they nervously anticipate what will come next in an uncertain future.

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0:00.0	The world's borders are closed. The future is uncertain. We're keeping our
0:07.4	distance. But human beings still need to connect.
0:12.4	Hello is this fish? but human beings still need to connect.
0:13.0	Hello, is this fish?
0:14.8	Yeah, yeah, hi, Alan, how are you doing?
0:17.4	Hello, is this Novia?
0:19.0	Yes, I'm Novia, hi.
0:20.6	How do you pronounce your name?
0:22.4	It's Zani, where? I've been reaching out across the globe to every continent.
0:28.0	I'm in Singapore now. I'm in Cape Town in Hanjo, China,
0:33.8	searching for the things that unite us
0:36.4	in this time of crisis.
0:38.2	I want this lockdown to be finished.
0:41.6	This is a way of net asking questions. We're stuck and it's
0:44.7	three and a half thousand miles to get home. I'm Alan Deid and this is don't log Off on the BBC World Service.
0:57.4	Hello, is this Kimmerin?
0:58.9	Speaking, yes.
0:59.9	And where are you?
1:00.9	A county called Narooc County in southern Kenya.
1:05.1	The county is predominantly a Maasai pastoralist county keeping livestock and moving
1:10.4	from water and pasture.
1:12.4	What time is it with you now?
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