Here's a question from an essay in the cut, that New York magazine section, that starts

to get at how warped our sense of time has become due to the pandemic, quote, if we slept

through three years of normal life development, how old are we exactly? If we spent two to

three years in isolation, connecting on Zoom, missing school, or putting off important

life choices, how much or how little have we aged at all? For so many now there's a

sense that, quote, our bodies might be out of sync with our minds in the words of Katie

Schneider, features editor at New York magazine and the author of that piece in the cut, Katie

has deemed this the pandemic skip. Does it sound familiar? More than once I've heard people

refer to something that occurred in 2019 as happening last year. Have you heard that? So we'll

spend a few minutes now reflecting on the time warp she calls the pandemic skip with Katie Schneider

and your calls. Hi Katie, welcome to WNYC. Hi, thanks so much for having me. And listeners,

this is for you too, who has a story about encountering the pandemic skip in some

significant or jarring way. We can take your calls on the way you've navigated the sense

that the pandemic has warped our perception of time. 212-433-WNYC, 212-433-9692, who has

a story about yourself or maybe a perception of somebody else. How has the pandemic impacted

your perception of time and aging? And what do you do about that sense? Maybe that something

is off. 212-433-9692, call or text that number or tweet at Brian Lear. And Katie, do you

want to flesh this out for us? What do you mean exactly by the pandemic skip? I quoted

a few lines from your article, but tell us more.

Sure. So it actually took me a while to properly articulate this thing. I'd been feeling

really strongly. So I guess I'll just quote myself again. I wrote like the strange sensation

that our bodies may be a step out of sync with our minds. Basically that some of us are

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