COVID Stories

Nathan J Vaughan

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Raising the voices of everyday people whose live and jobs have been turned upside down due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Go to https://www.covidstoriespodcast.com to learn more and submit your story for inclusion in a future episode.

12 FEB

72 Miles Chapter 1: Tell a Really Good Story

Here's Chapter 1 of 72 Miles til Kentucky. For the rest, you'll have to check out the main feed. Here's the quick blurb. You can check out the full podcast here.72 Miles features the stories of three separate interfaith Jewish families–two real, one not, and one mine. Together, they trace 150 years of Kentucky history, with experiences that resonate today—about being Jewish in America, about being Jewish and southern at the same time. About being Jewish, being interfaith, and the blendi...

21 min
12 FEB

Introducing 72 Miles til Kentucky

Hi there, it's been a while. I wanted to share my latest release with you. It's actually the story of how COVID Stories got started, when I was building skills to produce a family project. It's called 72 Miles til Kentucky, and it's a storytelling podcast all about Jewish life in my home state. Here's the quick blurb. You can check out the full podcast here.72 Miles features the stories of three separate interfaith Jewish families–two real, one not, and one mine. Together, they trace 150 year...

6 min
15/03/2021

Bonus Content — Episode 9 — Ross

I first met Ross after watching his campaign style video, announcing his availability for employment after he was laid off. If you haven't watched the video yet, visit my website, www.covidstoriespodcast.com, and check it out before listening to this bonus content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

4 min
04/12/2020

Episode 9—Ross

When I first started preparing for COVID Stories, I went online, to LinkedIn, and started searching hashtags, looking for people who had been laid off due to COVID. This was back in June and July of 2020, and it wasn’t hard. Every time I searched terms like laid off, unemployed, or furloughed, I found that the site was full of people sharing their stories. Emotionally raw posts about being laid off had hundreds of reactions and empathetic comments.I met most of the strangers I spoke with for ...

26 min
03/11/2020

Episode 8—Cassie

COVID-19 has affected the way all of us work, and for many people the dominant experience of COVID-19 has been months spent working from home. Work from home wasn’t a widely available option before COVID, so for most this is their first long term experience working from home.Working from home is hard, and it can have serious consequences for someone’s mental health. But working from home existed before COVID-19. For some it was a long dreamt of ideal work environment, but for others working f...

30 min
15/10/2020

Episode 7—Rafi Nova

Starting a business, any business, is hard work. It takes time, skill, more than a little bit of luck, and usually the business you end up with isn’t exactly the one you dreamt of from the beginning. Meet Marissa, she’s the CEO of Rafi Nova, an ethically minded, fair trade fashion company that purchases handmade textiles from women in rural Vietnam, and turns them into fashionable and family-friendly travel accessories. Marissa and her husband Adam met during a year abroad program in col...

24 min
15/09/2020

Episode 6—Jason

It’s wild to think that fall is here already, and school is back in session. Education in the United States relies, as it always has, on one all-important factor—the teacher. Meet Jason. He teaches Social Studies at a vocational-tech high school on Boston’s North Shore. He moved his classroom online when the pandemic first began. I spoke to him in late June about his experiences, and how it affected his students learning. He told me about the challenge of teaching Social Studies to high schoo...

21 min
26/08/2020

Episode 5—Brian

Brian has spent much of his professional life at sea, doing a job he loves, helping people explore the most remote corners of our world. When the pandemic first hit, Brian was working on a routine cruise from Argentina to Antartica, until borders began to shut down, and ships out of port found themselves stranded at sea.Brian found himself stuck on board his cruise ship, along with 200 passengers and 200 fellow crew members, part of a crisis that rapidly developed in seaports around the world...

24 min

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Creator

Nathan J Vaughan
Years Active

2020 - 2024
Episodes

14
Rating

Clean
Show Website

COVID Stories

COVID Stories

Episodes

72 Miles Chapter 1: Tell a Really Good Story

Introducing 72 Miles til Kentucky

Bonus Content — Episode 9 — Ross

Episode 9—Ross

Episode 8—Cassie

Episode 7—Rafi Nova

Episode 6—Jason

Episode 5—Brian

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