Christine Runyan — On Healing Our Distressed Nervous Systems
The years of pandemic and lockdown are still working powerfully on us from the inside. But we have trouble acknowledging this, much less metabolizing it. This conversation with Christine Runyan, which...
View ArticleA Straightforward Guide To Reducing Your Holiday COVID Risk
COVID-19 has a knack for rebounding just as life starts to reopen a bit more in New York City.This fall, many businesses began hybrid operations — with a mix of office time and work-from-home...
View ArticleLike Working From Home, but at the Office
Many companies are requiring workers to go back to the office but still conducting remote work practices, like virtual meetings and social distancing. Listeners call in and talk about this strange...
View ArticleNYC Principals Grapple With Social Distancing Recommendations
There's just over a month until the city's public schools are set to reopen fully for in-person learning, but principals are still figuring out how to fit their students. Federal guidelines say kids...
View ArticleReopening a Comedy Club is No Joke as Pandemic Eases
The biggest risk in going to a comedy club used to be getting spotted as an easy target for laughs by the comedian on stage. But audiences now have to consider their health. For more, go to Gothamist.com.
View ArticleSocial Distancing Requirements Will Be Pivotal In School Reopening
Mayor Bill de Blasio has said repeatedly that his goal is to get all students back into school buildings next fall. But some educators worry there won’t be enough physical space or staff to welcome...
View ArticleChristine Runyan — What’s Happening in Our Nervous Systems?
The light at the end of the COVID tunnel is tenuously appearing - yet many of us feel as exhausted as at any time in the past year. Memory problems; short fuses; fractured productivity; sudden drops...
View Article[Unedited] Christine Runyan with Krista Tippett
The light at the end of the COVID tunnel is tenuously appearing - yet many of us feel as exhausted as at any time in the past year. Memory problems; short fuses; fractured productivity; sudden drops...
View ArticleAcross the U.S., Some States Loosening Pandemic-Related Restrictions
A number of states, including Texas, Mississippi, Arizona, West Virginia, and Connecticut, have eased pandemic-related restrictions in recent weeks, from mask mandates to limits on indoor capacity.At...
View ArticleWhat Does a Pandemic Ending Look Like?
The pandemic won’t end just because we’d like it to. This week, James Hamblin of The Atlantic likened the decision to end masking and other precautions in Texas and Mississippi to taking off your shoes...
View ArticleIs Your Pandemic Pod Safe?
Early in the pandemic, many people formed bubbles or pods—small groups of people to stick with through COVID, sharing the risk but also the benefits of continued human interaction and vital support....
View ArticleThe New COVID Normal
As part of WNYC's Time Capsule, listeners call in and share the ways of life that, before the pandemic, seemed routine and ordinary but now feel unthinkable.
View ArticleA Dogsledder's Tips On Staying Warm While Social Distancing Outdoors This...
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine began this week, but it will be months before most people are inoculated. That means seeing friends and family outside will remain the safest way to socialize...
View ArticleFighting the Latest COVID Surge
Wafaa El-Sadr, university professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University, the director of ICAP at Columbia University, and director of the Global Health Initiative at the Mailman School...
View ArticleNewark's COVID Shutdown
Newark, New Jersey is dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases. Karen Yi, WNYC reporter covering New Jersey, reports on what's happening as the city shuts down.
View ArticleAll Your FAQs About Staying Safe (And Sane) This Thanksgiving
From safety concerns about travel to staving off fights about politics once you arrive, there's nothing simple about Thanksgiving in a pandemic. Julia Marcus, infectious disease epidemiologist and...
View ArticleYour Social Reopening
Listeners call in to share what changes they've made in the past month of the pandemic, and how life has changed since March.
View ArticleStraphangers Say Social Distancing Is Not Possible Inside Elevators at...
Public health officials warn against congregating in small confined spaces like elevators. MTA signs recommend only three riders at a time, but as more riders return to the subways, straphangers say...
View ArticleCOVID News; Revel Suspends Scooter Share Operations; Protests From History;...
Coming up on today's show:Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, infectious diseases physician with expertise in emerging infections and biosecurity, talks about the latest COVID-19 news, including what needs to happen...
View ArticleShould There Be a Shutdown Do-Over?
Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, infectious diseases physician with expertise in emerging infections and biosecurity, talks about the latest COVID-19 news, including what needs to happen to avoid another...
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