Day By Day Unknown
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- Society & Culture
Since the Bay Area’s shelter-in-place order went into effect, we've been checking in regularly with a mix of ordinary people to hear how they are dealing with these extraordinary times. Together, they are sketching out our new shared reality and how the pandemic is changing how we live and work. Subscribe on NPR One, Apple Podcasts, or Radio Public. Add this podcast to your favorite player using this RSS feed.
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Special: Hopefully Next Year
It’s been more than 250 days since health officials ordered Bay Area residents to shelter in place. In that time, life as we knew it has been turned upside down. On top of the pandemic, many people around the Bay took part in massive protests against police violence, watched our state burn, and cast ballots in a historic presidential election. Now, as the year comes to a close and we enter another lockdown, we check back in with folks from around the Bay to see how they're feeling.
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Ep. 14 - What People Get Used To
It's been 100 days since shelter-in-place began and people across the Bay Area are taking stock of how their lives have been transformed. Locals are trying to keep the spotlight on old injustices, while also dealing with our strange new corona-reality.
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Ep. 13 – On Edge With Waiting
This week the Bay Area entered its fourth month of shelter-in-place. And it's a confusing time: infection rates are climbing in some counties, just as local resturants are welcoming back diners.Even summer camps, casinos and malls are reopening.
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Ep. 12 - To Be Heard
Nearly three months into shelter-in-place, society is beginning to reopen. People are heading outside. For some it’s to restaurants or back to work. Many are joining the anti-racism protests that began over two weeks ago. And change is happening - in communities, and in government.
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Ep. 11 - Who Gets To Be Safe?
For the past 11 weeks, we’ve been checking in regularly with a mix of people to hear how they’re dealing with these extraordinary times. This week, many have started leaving their homes to protest another pandemic.
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Ep. 10 - I Have A Bucket
For the past 10 weeks, we’ve been checking in regularly with a mix of people to hear how they’re dealing with these extraordinary times. In this episode, we hear from a family questioning their memorial day trip down the coast, a potter who gets a positive test, and a mother afraid to send her kid back to school. It's Day By Day: KALW's Quarantine Diaries.