May 13th 2020. Texas. 42,403 cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed, 1,158 have died. On March 13th, the country reported that just 40 people had died from the coronavirus, now, just two months later, the number increased to 76,617. I started this project with the idea in mind that I needed to get as many interviews with people as fast as I could to get a glimpse into a short and unique period of time. I was putting out three episodes a week there for a while because I thought, well, I better capture all of this as fast as I can because there's no way it's going to go for too long. It was meant to be a side project for my main podcast. It was meant to be for a little while. Now, as other countries who quarantined right are opening back up, ours is trying to do the same just because things don't look as bad. And... things went just about as we expected them too. We reacted too slowly, and we're reopening too quickly. I want to see my friends and family. I just moved home and I'm struggling with the fact that because our governments are so bull-headed that they're going to make things worse before they get better. And so, I keep recording. I keep collecting stories from all over the country and I probably will be for longer than I anticipated. I've been talking to friends, family, strangers, even some people that I never thoughtI'd ever get the opportunity to. Like, I'm still a little unsure if the interview with Days n Daze actually happened or if I was just delusional. I've been listening to them for a decade. They just signed onto Fat Mike from NOFX's label and their new record broke the top 100 charts. I'm going to do an interview this Monday with the person who inspired me to get into podcasting in the first place. My impostor syndrome can suck eggs. It's been really radical, and it's been teaching me a lot. For one thing, famous people are just people, and if you talk to them like that, it's just good conversation. Another thing is that... I really miss my friends. When the apocalypse started, I was in the middle of hanging out with my traveling friends, really living things up, and loving my time with them. Then, poof, it was gone. The most important thing I've learned through all of this is how much it means to talk to your friends, how easy programs like zoom make it to just... hang out. It lacks hugs, it lacks physical social cues, but it's really amazing that we live in a time like this. I sat down with my friend Annie who's living in Texas with her husband, living on a friend's property until all of this blows over. She's got a really great laugh, and listening to the audio to edit for this episode really made me smile. I'm glad to be alive in a time where, even though everything feels like it's falling to shit, we all have each other, no matter the distance. After getting all nervous and interviewing strangers for a while, it was really good to just sit down and catch up with my friend. This is her story from the Coronaverse. For more information, spicy memes, and more podcasts just find Counter Culture Media on Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts. You can also find the video interview on YouTube if you're a visual sort of human. Also, consider donating to my Patreon, it really helps me towards my goal of being a full-time creator. Stay safe out there. Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow Still Pickin by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5707-still-pickin License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
