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What Next: Inside India’s COVID Wards

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Hey Trumpcast listeners! Your host Virginia has some big news. Her next podcast—After Trump—is a guidebook alongside legal scholars Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer—both former Trumpcast guests—to reforming our laws, norms, and ethical codes so we never get in that fix again. It's coming out in this feed, and you can subscribe and learn more at AfterTrumpPod.com. While you're at it, we want you to check out What Next, a daily news podcast from Slate. India started 2021 with government officials repeatedly declaring victory over COVID-19. But the virus has overrun hospitals and crematoriums, in part due to massive gatherings and a slow vaccination rollout.  Guest: Chahat Rana, health reporting fellow at The Caravan magazine.  If you like what you hear, subscribe to What Next. You'll get a short episode every weekday taking on ONE story, and going deep, behind the headlines. What Next is news you’re not going to get just scrolling through your phone. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Trump Castlesoners, it's Mary Harris from Over the What Next Feed.

0:04.6

I'm popping in here to invite you to go find me wherever you listen.

0:09.7

For years, you've come here to listen to a voice of reason as Donald Trump ran for president and then took office.

0:16.4

But here's the thing.

0:17.8

Now that he's out of the White House, there's still so much stuff to clean up.

0:23.2

And the news is still pretty overwhelming.

0:25.6

And that's where What Next Comes In.

0:27.5

That is my show.

0:29.0

We take you in depth on one big story five days a week, whether it's talking to people who are actually affected by the news,

0:36.0

or just explaining the twists and turns that you can't get out of a push notification.

0:41.2

We'll navigate you through some complex topics.

0:44.0

We'll guide you through complex topics with ease and give you the kind of understanding you're not going to find scrolling your phone.

0:51.8

I'm about to press play on an episode of the show.

0:54.4

If you like it, make sure to subscribe to What Next in your podcast app.

1:04.8

Shahat Rana says being an India right now means constantly asking yourself, when will I get COVID?

1:12.3

It's like a self-cooled that's closing in.

1:14.6

You hear a distant contact, then you hear your neighbor has COVID, then you hear a friend's parent has COVID.

1:23.0

A friend's parent has died, a grandfather's parent has died.

1:27.0

My father's colleague has died.

1:29.1

Stuff like that. So you hear these like it comes closer and closer to you and you wonder how long will you remain on stage.

1:38.8

And that's not just me, that's everyone.

1:40.7

It's everyone these days.

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