Hey everybody, winter is coming and we're all really getting quite anxious about what will happen with this pandemic and certainly here in New York we're already seeing a spike in a lot of neighborhoods and so this week's show is really an opportunity

to just check in on that. We thought it was important to open the phones and hear from people

and we got tons and tons of calls that we were not able to get to.

So here's another chance.

Before you hear this, also we want to invite you to send us a voice memo,

just to tell us what you're doing,

what you're dealing with around risk as we go into this winter and what choices are you making, what challenges are you facing.

Just record a voice memo and send it to anxiety at WNYC.org. Again that's anxiety at WNYC.org. Include your name and where you're calling

from and we will use it in a subsequent episode. Thanks so much.

I'm Kywright and this is the United States of Anxiety, a show about the unfinished

business of our history and its grip on our future.

With him remaining the same or improving, better yet,

then we will all take that final deep sigh relief.

I want everybody to be given the same treatment as your president.

Let's talk about caring about the American people.

The American people who have had to sacrifice far too much

because of the incompetence of this administration.

If it is not safe enough for us to go to the Senate to cast votes, it's not safe enough for us to proceed with a

confirmation hearing for Judge Barrett. That's why I put this a plexiglass up because

you know it's not just about me. The amount of times I've heard the phrase

selfish and reckless in the last few months is far more than I have ever heard it in my entire life.

Fall has set in here in New York and it's brought a kind of disorienting vibe to the city

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