Introducing Stories of our times - Love (and divorce) in the time of Coronavirus
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Today something different for you - an edition of our new free daily podcast Stories of our times. It takes you to the heart of the stories that matter, with exclusive access and reporting. Published for the start of your day, it is hosted by Manveen Rana and David Aaronovitch.
If you want to hear more please search for Stories of our times and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Today - Couples all around Britain are being asked to make tough decisions. Apart or together, the Health Secretary's advice is clear: "make your choice and stick with it." We speak to one couple in the middle of a divorce in isolation together, and one couple very much in love but separated by coronavirus (and an ocean).
Guests:
Steph (a nurse in Chicago treating coronavirus patients) and Katie (a tech consultant from London) .
Kenny (a former journalist now in PR) and Helen (a business coach), both living in Wales.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Lorraine here. I've got something special for you today. We're giving you an |
| 0:04.4 | addition of the new daily podcast from The Times. It's called Stories of Our Times and is |
| 0:09.2 | presented by Manveen Rana. It comes out every day and focuses on one story. This episode is about a couple who |
| 0:15.7 | are about to get divorced and because of the current situation are in fact co-self isolating. |
| 0:21.1 | I hope you like it and if you do be sure to subscribe and rate it |
| 0:24.8 | and have a listen and let us know what you think. As we all learn to live in |
| 0:30.6 | isolation couples around Britain are being forced to make tough decisions. |
| 0:37.0 | Actually there are reasons why I'm quite happy that we're stuck in the house together at the moment. |
| 0:42.0 | You know, we're getting divorced, but it doesn't mean that I want her to be isolated with some hellish plague. |
| 0:50.0 | Today we talk to one couple, in love but separated by the virus. |
| 0:55.0 | I was supposed to visit Katie over in London and obviously that's been cancelled |
| 1:00.0 | and we don't know where we're going to see each other next. |
| 1:02.0 | And another couple who decided to part ways, |
| 1:05.0 | but have been forced to isolate together. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm a herbal tea-loving vegetarian and he's a pot noodle loving carnivore. |
| 1:14.0 | This is stories of our times, from the Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 1:18.0 | I'm Manveen Rana. |
| 1:20.0 | Today, love and divorce in the time borders and self-isilating quite happily for the meantime. |
| 1:47.0 | Hi, my name is Helen. |
| 1:49.0 | I'm currently self isolating with my ex-husband in mid Wales. |
| 1:55.0 | The universe works in strange ways, doesn't it? |
| 2:00.0 | Helen and Kenny were together for over 10 years and for them the coronavirus couldn't have come at a more peculiar time |
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