Why Everyone Is Watching "Contagion"

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The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Health & Fitness, News, Science

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Finding ways to relax is as vital now as ever. Culture writers Sophie Gilbert and David Sims join to advise on some purposeful ways to escape in place. Recorded 12pm, Saturday, March 21, 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello?
0:02.0	Hi, it's Sophie.
0:04.0	Oh, hey Sophie.
0:05.0	Hi.
0:06.0	Hey, what's up?
0:08.0	Y'all.
0:09.0	Yeah.
0:10.0	We're here with Sophie Gilbert and David Sims who write for our culture section at The Atlantic.
0:18.2	Welcome to the podcast. I mean the call.
0:21.6	Hi, Jim, hi Catherine, I miss you guys.
0:24.0	Hey guys.
0:25.0	How are y'all?
0:26.0	Are you okay?
0:27.0	What's happening?
0:28.0	Fine, you know, inside.
0:29.0	Yeah, it's that weird, deep, inescapable sort of existential boredom, but then anytime you look at the news, it's like just screaming.
0:39.0	So it's the weird whiplash between those two inputs basically.
0:43.6	Are you both still in New York?
0:46.2	Yes.
0:47.2	We're now a crisis center, right?
0:50.1	We're a major disaster area.
0:54.7	Jim, why should I be if I'm pregnant with twins?
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