Centenarians in Lockdown
Joe Newman is 107 years old. He was 5 during the flu pandemic of 1918. Today, he lives in a senior apartment complex in Sarasota, Florida with his fiancé, Anita Sampson. The complex is on lockdown, so...
View Article'Corona-Conscious' Eating Now
Sophie Egan, MPH, director of health and sustainability leadership and editorial director for strategic initiatives at The Culinary Institute of America and the author of How to Be a Conscious Eater:...
View ArticleEssential Workers' 'Bill of Rights'
Progressives groups are uniting behind a “bill of rights” for essential workers today after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) announced a 10-part proposal this morning to...
View ArticleThe COVID-19 Crisis in Nursing Homes
Richard J. Mollot, executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition, talks about the COVID-19 crisis that's hitting nursing homes with particular force and what tools remain to protect...
View ArticleTesting; Half of New Yorkers are Worried about Hunger; COVID-19 in NYC By the...
Coming up on today's show:Gregg Gonsalves, co-director of the Global Health Justice Partnership and an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health and contributing writer to...
View ArticleLove from Six Feet Apart
Most of the country is social distancing in public, but some people are doing it under the same roof. Robert Jackson is 71 and had a kidney transplant four years ago. His immune system is severely...
View ArticleLiving the Questions: How can we find connection in disconnection?
To a question from listener Vanessa Parfett in Melbourne, Krista reflects on "Zoomzaustion" and relearning the primacy of our bodies. Also, how this helps explain poetry's rise in our midst, and can...
View ArticleWho's Really Behind the Anti-Lockdown Protests?
Emma Grey Ellis recently wrote for Wired that anti-quarantine protesters "are pint-sized compared to the vast majority of Americans who support social distancing" and that "protesters have much to gain...
View ArticleExploring Life in Biosphere 2
“Spaceship Earth” tells the story of eight researchers who locked themselves into the self-contained ecosystem of Biosphere 2 in the Arizona desert for two years. Filmmaker Matt Wolf documents the...
View ArticleMother's Day During a Pandemic
Listeners call in to share how they celebrated Mother's Day while social distancing, and Tanzina Vega, host of WNYC's The Takeaway, called in from maternity leave to share her story.Getting ready to...
View ArticleFauci Warns Against Re-Opening Too Soon
As Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the CDC and others testify remotely before the Senate about the country's plans to re-open, Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the Associated Press and...
View ArticleHow The Pandemic is Warping How You Feel Time
The quarantine feels like it's going on forever, but the days are flying by. Dr. Adrian Bardon, a professor of philosophy at Wake Forest University and the author of the book A Brief History of the...
View ArticleThe Latest on COVID-19 and Re-Opening
Dr. Ashish Jha, professor of Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, assesses the jumble of different ways states are...
View Article"Quarantine Fatigue" and Navigating the Risks of Expanding Our Bubbles
Many Americans have been in lockdown for over two months now and quarantine fatigue is becoming a part of our new reality. As the weather warms up and people increasingly feel the mental and emotional...
View ArticleLife After Lockdown, and the Politics of Blaming China
Peter Hessler, who reported from China during quarantine, describes the lifting of those restrictions to David Remnick; his children are going to school, and Hessler recently went to a dance club....
View ArticleLove in the Time of COVID
Dating is hard. Dating during a pandemic? Well, it's hard and complicated. We open the phone lines to hear how New Yorkers are (or aren't) dating using online platforms with Lane Moore, comedian,...
View ArticlePeter Hessler on Life After Lockdown
Peter Hessler has been in one of the strictest COVID-19 lockdowns in the world: starting in January, he was quarantined with his family in Chengdu, China, presaging what life would soon look like in...
View ArticleLife After Lockdown, and the Politics of Blaming China
Since January, Peter Hessler has reported from China under quarantine. Now, as restrictions lift, he tells David Remnick about his return to normal life; recently, he even went to a dance club. But,...
View ArticleSamantha Irby + Brandon Taylor
It's a book filled episode as Tobin and Kathy chat with authors Samantha Irby and Brandon Taylor. — Samantha Irby is the author of Wow, No Thank You., as well as Meaty, We Are Never Meeting in Real...
View ArticleJohn Darnielle of The Mountain Goats Takes It Back to the Boombox
Songwriter, guitarist, bestselling novelist, former nurse, and the mastermind behind The Mountain Goats, John Darnielle delivered an April surprise: a boombox album of songs. As he writes on The...
View ArticleMusic Will Not Be Quarantined
During times of intense crisis and upheaval, music can be grounding. Amanda Petrusich, a New Yorker music critic, co-hosts this special episode with David Remnick. John Legend and Phoebe Bridgers...
View ArticleMusic Will Be Important
“I once spent the better part of a year by myself in my apartment,” the novelist Donald Antrim writes in a recent essay. In a dispatch from the heart of the pandemic, Antrim describes that time and...
View ArticleLive at Home Part I: John Legend
Like everyone in the United States, John Legend has spent much of the past three months in lockdown. He has been recording new music (via Zoom), performing on Instagram, and promoting his upcoming...
View ArticleLive at Home Part II: Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers’s tour dates were cancelled—she was booked at Madison Square Garden, among other venues—so she performs songs from her recent album, “Punisher,” from home. The critic Amanda Petrusich...
View ArticleQuarantined in the Pizzeria
COVID-19 has forced many families to improvise childcare. For some, it's been like a four month long 'bring your child to work' day. Paul Montanaro runs a pizza shop in the Bronx. That's where his...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Politics; Heat Wave Danger; NYPD Complaint Database;...
Coming up on today's show: Ayesha Rascoe, NPR White House reporter, talks about the latest political headlines.Sonal Jessel, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s policy & advocacy coordinator...
View ArticleProposal For A Pandemic Response Do-Over
There was a lot we got wrong at the beginning of the pandemic. With cases rising around the country, maybe it's time to lock it down again, and take the second chance to get it right.On Today's...
View ArticleEurope Locks Down Ahead of the Holidays
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post columnist and author of Today's WorldView, the Post's international affairs newsletter, talks about how countries in Europe are responding to rising numbers of COVID-19...
View ArticleThe Local COVID Surge By the Numbers
As coronavirus cases continue to rise in the tri-state area and Governor Cuomo has announced new restrictions to try to stop the spread, Jake Dobkin, co-founder of Gothamist and Lindy Washburn, health...
View ArticleBelieve It Or Not
As the pandemic spreads, officials are imposing new public health policies. On this week’s On the Media, why so many of the new rules contradict what science tells us about the virus. Plus, what a...
View ArticleMusic Will Not Be Quarantined
During times of intense crisis and upheaval, music can be grounding. Amanda Petrusich, a New Yorker music critic, co-hosts this special episode with David Remnick. John Legend and Phoebe Bridgers...
View ArticleMusic Will Be Important
“I once spent the better part of a year by myself in my apartment,” the novelist Donald Antrim writes in a recent essay. In a dispatch from the heart of the pandemic, Antrim describes that time and...
View ArticleLive at Home Part II: Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers’s tour dates were cancelled—she was booked at Madison Square Garden, among other venues—so she performs songs from her recent album, “Punisher,” from home. The critic Amanda Petrusich...
View ArticleVirtual Worlds And Wildfire Health Effects. Dec 4, 2020, Part 2
Science Friday’s Second Life: The Voyage HomeDo you remember Second Life? That online virtual world where you can create an avatar, build whatever you want, and meet people? It was a hit in the late...
View Article[Unedited] Drew Lanham with Krista Tippett
The ornithologist Drew Lanham is lyrical in the languages of science, humans, and birds. He’s a professor of wildlife ecology, a self-described “hunter-conservationist,” and author of the celebrated...
View ArticleDrew Lanham — "I Worship Every Bird that I See"
The ornithologist Drew Lanham is lyrical in the languages of science, humans, and birds. He’s a professor of wildlife ecology, a self-described “hunter-conservationist,” and author of the celebrated...
View ArticleDrew Lanham reads from his book.
This is an excerpt from a chapter called “New Religion” in 'The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature.'There's also a video designed around this reading on our YouTube channel....
View ArticleDrew Lanham reads his poem “Love for a Song”
Ornithologist Drew Lanham reads his poem, “Love for a Song.” Krista’s conversation with him is our episode, ‘I Worship Every Bird that I See.’
View ArticleIntroverts & Extroverts & Lockdown
In any other year, extroverts had it over introverts in terms of dealing with the social pressures and interactions of daily life. This year, it may be the introverts who are having an easier time. We...
View ArticleCity Hotels Expect More Guests as New York State Lifts Quarantine for...
New York City’s battered hotel industry hopes more visitors will return starting April 1st, when domestic travelers no longer have to quarantine after entering New York from another state or territory.
View ArticleNYC's Summer School Just Started But Dozens Of Classes Are Already In...
New York City's expanded summer school aims to help kids prepare for in-person learning this fall. But in a sign of challenges ahead, dozens of the classes are currently in quarantine because of...
View ArticleTokyo Olympics Controversies
Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation and host of the Edge of Sports podcast, joins us for a conversation about the concerns and issues facing the Tokyo Olympics.This segment is guest-hosted by...
View ArticleA Proposal For Rapid Tests To Reduce Student Quarantines
The availability of at-home rapid COVID tests add a new dimension to our ability to prevent the spread of the delta variant. Could they play a key role in school reopenings?On Today's Show:Michael...
View ArticleOne Week In, NYC Announces Revised Testing and Quarantine Policies For Public...
The city will now test 10% of a public school's unvaccinated population every week, rather than every other week. Parents must still consent to the tests, and children in pre-k and kindergarten are...
View ArticleKate Walbert Reads “Marriage/Quarantine”
Kate Walbert reads her story “Marriage/Quarantine,” from the December 6, 2021, issue of the magazine. Walbert’s novels include “A Short History of Women,” “His Favorites,” and “Our Kind,” which was a...
View ArticleHow Long Should You Quarantine Or Isolate, And What's The Difference?
The CDC recently issued new guidance about how long to isolate following a close COVID contact or positive test. What does the science say, and how should risk factor into our behaviors now?On Today's...
View Article[Unedited] Drew Lanham with Krista Tippett
The ornithologist Drew Lanham is lyrical in the languages of science, humans, and birds. His celebrated books include The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature and a collection...
View ArticleDrew Lanham – Pathfinding Through the Improbable
The ornithologist Drew Lanham is lyrical in the languages of science, humans, and birds. His celebrated books include The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature and a collection...
View ArticleHow Testing Will Help Us Get Back to Regular Life
Paul Romer, economist, professor at New York University and former chief economist at the World Bank, and Dr. Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation and USAID administrator from 2009-2015,...
View ArticleHow to Exercise in Quarantine
Gretchen Reynolds, Phys Ed columnist for the New York Times Well blog, and author of the New York Times bestseller, The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train...
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