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Scientific, cultural, and personal stories from the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, hosted by Velocity Hughes, a microbiologist and research coordinator in clinical epidemiology. Location: Malmö, Sweden.

  1. 06/02/2020

    High schoolers at home

    Josefine Nielsen and Sebastian Beckman are high school students in the architecture program at Pauliskolan in Malmö, Sweden. In this episode, we hear their thoughts, two and a half months into the switch to distance learning in high schools and...

    12 min

  2. 05/14/2020

    Parenting, free associations, and the pandemic

    How is social distancing affecting parenting, and how deep has the pandemic lodged itself in your subconscious? In this episode, I speak about these things with Christopher Honey, an assistant professor at the Department of Psychological and Brain...

    8 min

  3. 04/27/2020

    What happens in Sweden

    Paul Franks is a professor of genetic epidemiology at Lund University in Sweden. In this episode, we discuss Sweden's unique and rather controversial approach to COVID 19, relying on voluntary compliance with social distancing guidelines rather than a...

    23 min

  4. 04/21/2020

    Same struggles, hugely different contexts

    Gareth Lipunga is a study coordinator with the Brain Infections Global initiative in Malawi, where he works with diagnostics and management of infectious brain diseases in this developing country. In our conversation, we talk about some of the unique...

    11 min

  5. 04/13/2020

    Oh yeah, I enjoy cooking

    "...It's not just a problem I have to solve," recalls Linn Johansson, now that she has time to reflect in the midst of a pandemic. Linn is a freelance theater actor and recent graduate from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London,...

    8 min

  6. 04/02/2020

    The over-supply chain

    As runs on the supermarkets leave store shelves empty during this pandemic, I speak to Axel Holst, who is an employee of Asko, Norway's largest wholesale grocer. We discuss just how much supply there is in the supply chain, and talk about his personal...

    7 min

  7. 03/29/2020

    The view from China

    Chao Jiang is a researcher at the Life Sciences Institute in Zhejiang University in China. He is interested in evolution, especially of microorganisms. We chat about the initial Coronavirus outbreak and its control in China. We also talk about the...

    12 min

  8. 03/26/2020

    Perspectives from geriatrics

    Sarah Richards is a nurse studying to be a specialist in geriatrics, working at the Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. She discusses the challenges faced by hospitals and their elderly patients as we prepare for COVID 19 in Sweden. She also shares a...

    14 min
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Scientific, cultural, and personal stories from the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, hosted by Velocity Hughes, a microbiologist and research coordinator in clinical epidemiology. Location: Malmö, Sweden.

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    Velocity Hughes
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  • Episodes
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