Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors.

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and helping this podcast. These days more than ever, our future seems uncertain.

Every day we hear the news.

We listen to the numbers of coronavirus cases rising.

We're given new guidelines about social distancing strategies to flatten the curve.

It's a global pandemic and the tragic stories about people dying alone and shortages of medical supplies are heartbreaking. Lives are on the line and if you can stay

home, you should stay home.

But what can this isolation teach us about ourselves?

Our relationships, the communities we've grown to rely on for socialization and support. How does this pandemic put the stressors of what we knew as everyday life into perspective.

On this episode, our production intern Ben Montoya shares his quarantine story

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