Episode 12: Journal Writers

Covid Conversations Episode 12 features two writers who created two public-facing journals during pandemic times. Amanda Lewis is the Founder and Executive Director of Trillium Project, a small arts and culture non-profit serving Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia; Co-Founder of Watch Me Grow Ohio, a non-profit that provides community-based programming in sustainable agriculture, environmental awareness and community engagement; and Founder of The Wandering Journal Project. Alejandro Alonso is a science and technology journalist and a writer of science fiction and fantasy. He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During the lockdown in his country, he created a fantastical Diario de un Cuarentenado. The two participants are joined by Rodolfo Vazquez, a Columbus-based flutist and Spanish/English interpreter and translator. Covid Conversations is funded by an OSU Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme grant. It is produced and presented by radio producer and folklorist Rachel Hopkin. Episode 12 was recorded on July 23, 2021.