Have We Turned the Corner?

Social Distance

The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Health & Fitness, News, Science

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

People are getting vaccinated, but it’s not happening quickly enough. Case counts are dropping fast, but a near-record number of people are still sick. Do we have reason for optimism? Or could optimism still get us in trouble? Alexis Madrigal and Robinson Meyer, staff writers and co-founders of the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic, join Jim and Maeve this week. Where is Katherine? She’s still working on The Experiment, which launches next week! Hosted by WNYC’s Julia Longoria, the new podcast will examine the myths and ideas at the heart of the American experiment and the way powerful forces of history collide with our everyday lives. The trailer’s beautiful. Check it out here. And the first episode drops February 4th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello?
0:05.0	Hi Tim, it's Catherine.
0:09.0	Wait.
0:10.0	I trick to.
0:12.0	I was fooled there for a second.
0:15.0	You're back with us this week.
0:17.0	Yeah, I'm back and I have Catherine here.
0:21.0	No, I don't. I don't have her.
0:22.0	She's safe and well. She is. This is
0:26.2	Social Distance a podcast from the Atlantic about the pandemic, usually joined by
0:31.4	Catherine Wells. She's off launching a brand new show. usually joined by Catherine Welles.
0:32.6	She's off launching a brand new show called The Experiment,
0:36.7	which I'm very excited to listen to.
0:39.5	But sitting in for Catherine again this week is Maeve Higgins we are grateful to have you
0:44.3	Maeve thank you for coming on again thank you Jim how have you been look I'm having a
0:51.0	little bursts of sunshine from things that are not pandemic related.
0:56.0	I know that it was good to talk to you last week and to co-host the show.
1:01.4	And one thing that came from it was you know we were on Twitter afterwards and then a woman said oh I've
1:08.7	I've named my chicken after Maeve Higgins she's named a hen, Mae of Higgins.
1:14.0	Did you see that?
1:15.0	I did.
1:16.0	And how do you feel about that?
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