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Awareness of death is not everyone's favorite pastime. An interview with the Ernest Becker Foundation.
Do you feel numbed by reports of pandemic death tolls in the hundreds of thousands? Do thoughts of mortality make you reach for a distraction of any kind? There's a good reason tha...
Understanding trauma and suffering in the time of COVID. Interview with psychologist Dr. Steven Reisner.
We speak with psychologist Steven Reisner about the nature of trauma and suffering during the global pandemic, to tease apart the individual and societal factors at play. Steven Re...
Santropol Roulant: How a Meals on Wheels Program is Continuing to Support the Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jean-François Veilleux is the Communications Coordinator at Santropol Roulant. The Roulant’s Meals on Wheels program delivers fresh meals to Montreal’s community of seniors and peo...
The Need for Disability Justice and Support for Chronic Illness in a COVID-19 World
JD Davids is a writer and HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ health advocate based in New York City. He is currently working on a book titled “The Cranky Queer Guide to Chronic Illness.” In this e...
A Pandemic Literacy Game Plan: How to Think Critically in a Time of Media Overload
Jessie Curell is the Director of Hands On Media, which offers media and digital literacy training for students and educators in Canada and internationally. In this episode, she sha...
How a Montreal Mutual Aid Facebook Group is Helping Connect People and Build Solidarity
Rachel and Aaron are two organizers with the emerging Parc-Ex Montreal Mutual Support Group, which connects resources to needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aaron and Rachel sh...
Episode 2. Faraway so close: Coronavirus in Italy [Recorded March 14, 2020]
Part 1: Coronavirus in rural Tuscany Tiziana and Giorgio live in the rural area between Siena and Grosseto, Tuscany, not only far away from the epicentre of the Italian epidemic, b...
Episode 1: The challenge of getting tested for COVID-19 in Washington state. One woman's story. [Recorded March 14, 2020]
Alison lives in Seattle. Her son tested positive for COVID-19 and they are now under quarantine. In this unedited phone conversation, Alison shares her experience of Coronavirus co...
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