Stories of COVID-19: Love, Part 1
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Throughout the tragic events of the past few months -- and despite the tragic events still to come -- love still perseveres and flourishes. From an unlikely pandemic wedding to the bond formed between researcher and patient, this episode will examine the powerful love that sustains us during this time.
Our first story is from Melanie Hamlett, a Moth-slam-winning storyteller and writer currently based in France. After a life of proud singlehood, Melanie considers settling down during the pandemic. (Just a warning -- this story is a bit "R-rated"!) As always, find photos and transcripts of all of our stories on our website.
After Melanie’s story, our host speaks with Joanne Davila, professor of psychology at Stony Brook University, about how the pandemic is affecting relationships.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of this episode on Monday!
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| 0:43.5 | Hello and welcome back to Story Clyder's Stories of COVID-19 series. |
| 0:49.5 | I'm your host, Erin Barker, and this is part one of our final episode of our first Stories of COVID-19 series, and this one is on the theme of love. |
| 0:57.2 | One of the most painful things about this time of social distancing, for me anyway, is that I can't show love to people in my life the way that I'm |
| 1:02.7 | used to. I've watched a friend cry from six feet away, wishing I could wrap my arms around them. |
| 1:10.2 | I'm keeping a long list of people who are very overdue for hugs when all of this is over. |
| 1:16.6 | And the irony of it all is that while love is more difficult than ever to express and communicate right now, |
| 1:23.6 | through social distancing restrictions, love will also be what gets us through this time. It has to be. |
| 1:31.5 | So in this episode, we have for you three stories of love, whether that love is romantic love, |
| 1:38.5 | like in our story today, or love between a daughter and her father, or even a COVID-19 researcher's platonic love for his subjects. |
| 1:47.4 | So today, in part one, we'll hear about an unexpected commitment from a storyteller in France, |
| 1:53.5 | followed by an interview with psychologist Dr. Joanne DeVilla about how COVID-19 is affecting relationships. |
| 2:00.7 | And on Monday, in part two, we'll hear these other final tales. |
| 2:05.2 | Our first story comes from writer Melanie Hamlet. |
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