Coexisting Lara Lightbody

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This is it - a 2 minute race through the podcast
A compilation episode I put together for a competition entry.
8 questions 8 voices - what does it mean to coexist with Coronavirus....?

Today we speak to speaker and life consultant Jose Carlos (JC) in his home office in Tijuana, Mexico.
JC and I met through a podcast network and his enthusiasm for this project and his commitment to creating in a crisis really stood out for me.
And as it is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, December 3, JC's episode was important to share as he highlights so eloquently the particular challenges Covid has brought to people who are living with a disability.
* Every seventh person alive today – more than 1 billion people in total – lives with some form of disability. Despite this persons with disabilities are still overwhelmingly overlooked in times of emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. What did this mean for JC personally?
* When we spoke it was the height of lockdown in Mexico, and the challenges Mexico faced in particular due to late shut down, high numbers hospitalised and lack of resources;
* the power of people, and what he is missing without this physical contact.
* the power of awareness and how that has changed in a quieter, slower world.
* What resilience means to JC and how gratitude is the cornerstone of his approach to life.
This episode was recorded on June 17, 2020
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Guest Insights
You can learn more about JC and his life coaching and speaking work here: 
Website: http://youareintime.com/ English language
and https://estasatiempo.xyz/ Espanol
Twitter https://twitter.com/jctellaeche
FB https://www.facebook.com/jctellaeche/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/jctellaeche/
Podcast Inside My Mind: https://open.spotify.com/show/41t5NXTZCYxJfaLc37sJL9
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Today we speak to Alia in an exhausted evening between her many media appearances, sitting between her bed and her desk in London on the edge of summer. 
CW: limited mention in episode of suicide and domestic violence
* how Alia went from psychotherapist to activist appearing on our screens almost daily, fighting for the survival of the NHS during Covid for the campaign 'Keep Our NHS Public' and creating the first 'People's Covid Enquiry'
* what the NHS, the National Health Service is in the UK - why it is so unusual and why its existence is in danger.
* how the Covid crisis has played out in the UK, lack of PPE, corruption in government procurement, unclear lockdown rules and the pressure that is falling on our healthworkers as a result.
* how mental health services are seeing the results of Covid mismanagement firsthand. 
* feeling hopeless about what you can do? Alia has ideas. 
This episode was recorded on 4 March 2021.
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Episode links:
Alia our interviewee @QualiaInterAlia
 
NHS Staff Voices
Twitter @NHSStaffVoices
FB @nhsstaffvoices
Or email them at NHSStaffVoices.KONP at gmail.com
Website:
https://keepournhspublic.com/local-groups/nhs-staff-voices/


Keep Our NHS Public
website: keepournhspublic.com
Twitter @keepnhspublic

People's Covid Inquiry
https://www.peoplescovidinquiry.com
 
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It is a year from the date that the World Health Organisation declared Covid a global pandemic and exactly 365 days since today's guest, Mario, set foot on a plane - an anniversary of deep significance for this international aid worker, sitting in the corner of his home where he has carved out an office, overlooking a sea of skyscrapers in Dubai
* Dubai, known internationally for its jaw dropping architecture and multicultural buzz, Mario paints a vivid picture about what happened in this city that never slept before this year. 
* the challenges faced by international aid workers globally - during the expected and unexpected of the worst of the Covid pandemic.
*What happens when our countries' leaders deny the crisis and a question we may ask - who will be held accountable?
* what it meant to deliver aid to help people where they never thought it would be needed - in Italy and America and how we capture the stories, the voices of those that cannot speak for themselves
* What it means to say "I am Pro Science" in 2021 and what we all need right now - the rallying cry to action within all our power.
This episode was recorded on March 3 2021
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Its World Environment Day and in honour of this we pop back to China in Month 5 to speak to Grant, global sustainability and environmental advisor - at his desk, between night and day, China and Holland - with a deep hold on the historical legacy of this year. 
* the changes he has seen take place overnight in the sustainability world as a result of Covid and why this can't be wasted - its the test run the world needs. 
* the deeply personal reflection on the loss of his father at this time. And what it really means to celebrate a life and empathy in the virtual space.
* reflecting on what 'lockdown' and 'spike' meant in China, words its quite hard to fathom when you think of the size of cities involved
* his genius and simple idea to deal with zoom/meeting burnout (seriously me right now)
* and something we are all reflecting on now:-being on the right side of history
This episode was recorded on July 16, 2020
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Day 134 and we speak to poet Togara Muzanenhamo at his writing desk in Harare, Zimbabwe.
We spoke at an incredibly tense time in Zimbabwe and covered what was happening out on the street, but also how Togara was carving out space during the crisis to write.
Including at the end of the episode a beautiful quiet and transporting reading of one of his works that he had written during lockdown - an extract from long form poem, Sundogs.
* Zimbabwe's economy in collapse and the very real danger of a pandemic in this context, with healthcare workers striking to protest Government corruption
* a new wave of protests were taking place as we spoke sparked by the arrest of a prominent journalist and activist and it was suspected that the Government was using Covid to implement a crackdown on protestors and to put a curfew in place
* we speak about working within a crisis and how to create a refuge in writing when the world is going mad around you
* the surprising new intimacy created during this time
This episode was recorded on 10 August 2020
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Guest Insights
Togara read from his poem, Sundogs, that he has been working on during lockdown.
It details the 1910-12 Japanese Antarctic Expedition lead by Lieutenant Nobu Shirase. Sundogs will appear in Togara's  collection of poems ‘Virga’ published by Carcanet Press in August 2021. Virga retells stories of the twentieth century using the weather and the memory of the wind.
Read more of Togara's work here: 
https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/10960/en/tile
And listen to Togara reading more of his work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taKJyLC67rc&ab_channel=poetryinternational
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