Special Edition: COVID’s Legacy - How Tech, Trust, & Isolation Changed Us
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
It’s been five years since the start of one of the most pivotal chapters in modern history: the COVID-19 pandemic. But beyond its impact on health, how has it reshaped our trust, relationships, and everyday interactions?
In this episode, we explore the lasting social effects of the pandemic – from the rise of digital technology to the retreat into isolation to growing political divides.
Listen now for a conversation about the ways COVID-19 reshaped society today and what it means for our future.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, March 15, 2025, five years since the start of one of the most pivotal chapters in modern history, the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 0:08.5 | Today, we're diving into the lasting impact on not just our health, but our trust, relationships, and day-to-day interactions. |
| 0:14.9 | Dr. Eric Kleinenberg is a social sciences professor and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. |
| 0:20.9 | He's a New York Times bestselling author whose most recent book is called 2020, One City, Seven People, |
| 0:26.4 | and the Year Everything Changed. From the rise of digital technology and the retreat into our |
| 0:30.7 | homes to the growing division in America, Kleinenberg offers thought-provoking analysis of how the |
| 0:35.5 | pandemic accelerated certain trends and impacted how we all behave. |
| 0:39.5 | Plus, the possible reason why we're still grappling with these changes. |
| 0:45.2 | Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special edition Saturday when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news. |
| 0:52.8 | Don't forget to tune in every Monday |
| 0:54.1 | through Friday for our regular episodes where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes. |
| 0:58.8 | I'm Erica Mandy. It's now time for today's special edition Saturday. |
| 1:05.1 | Eric Kleinenberg, thank you so much for joining us here on The Newsworthy. |
| 1:08.4 | Good to be here. So the COVID-19 pandemic obviously touched |
| 1:12.0 | every area of our life, but I want to focus in on how it's changed our behavior, both individually |
| 1:17.2 | and as a society. Is there one thing that really stands out to you when you're looking at the |
| 1:22.3 | trends as one of the biggest changes to our behavior or culture, even five years later now? |
| 1:27.7 | Yes. It's that I think since 2020, we've become more distrustful of scientists, of experts, |
| 1:37.0 | of government, of journalists, and sadly, of each other. I think we've grown more divided |
| 1:43.3 | and ideological. And I think we've grown more divided and ideological. And I think we've |
| 1:47.0 | become more angry. There's a kind of quiet fury. It's become a staple of American life, |
| 1:54.0 | and sometimes it gets very loud. Yeah, and it seems Americans agree. I know Pew Research |
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