This is NPR's life kit.

I'm Andy Tagle, one of the producers of this show.

It's been two years since the world as we knew it was forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic.

And I know you probably don't need that reminder.

There's probably a lot of people out there that don't want one.

But if you're hearing this, it means you've been through a lot.

Through lockdowns and empty grocery store shelves and social distancing,

through unemployment and essential work.

Zoom rooms and tiger kings and sourdough starters and all the sweatpants,

mask mandates and police brutality,

presidential election and insurrection,

vaccines and boosters and masks off and on and off and on again.

And running through all of that, a revolving door of fear and anger and uncertainty and suffering and loss.

But also a surprising amount of hope and kindness and new discovery and delight even.

All of this to say, it feels all but impossible to qualify two years of pandemic living in any one way.

But one thing is certain, somehow, some way amazingly life has gone on.

We're still here, but of course, we're changed.

So in this special episode of LifeKit, the team is here to share with you episodes that change

our mindsets and goddess through the past two years.

Lessons that can also offer a little hope for the future.

First up, producer Janet Eugen Lee.

Hey Janet, what do you have for me today?

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