2020 Did It to Me

All anyone seems to be talking about lately is AI. The 2020s have been a revolutionary period for AI, changing the way we work and navigate life, and it will continue to change things moving forward.…

I’ve heard a few mentions of declining crime rates in the US since 2020. Naturally, I had to explore. Here's what I learned. 

 Sources: 

• Pew Research Article by John Gramlich 
• Brookings 2020 Homicide Sp…

Here are three key points from the 2025 World Happiness report that help shed light on how we’re different on the other side of 2020. 

Source: 

• 2025 World Happiness Report 

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The mental health crisis in youth across the world is still a major issue in the 2020s, and the pandemic didn’t help. 

Sources:

• The Book - The Anxious Generation 
• The Evidence - The Anxious Generation 
• N…

Rachel Edwards helps us understand what it’s like to work in international humanitarian aid in the US in 2025, as executive orders from President Trump call for a pause in US foreign development assi…

Since President Donald Trump took office in January, he's issued several executive orders against DEI. Companies are walking back their DEI efforts at an increased rate, and consumers are boycotting.…

Let's unpack a Pew Research Center report from February 2025 that looks at COVID’s impact in four specific areas of American life: 

1. Personal health and policy 
2. The workplace 
3. Religious life 
4. Technology u…

It’s December 2024, and this is my last episode of the second season of 2020 Did it to Me. 

Across my two seasons, I’ve been exploring the ways we’ve changed since 2020. 

I truly do believe we’re still…

As we face the first presidential election in the wake of January 6, 2021 what has changed when it comes to voting since 2020? 

 
Sources: 

• https://news.gallup.com/poll/649397/democrats-drive-surge-elec…

Let’s dive into some of Gallup’s latest findings on emotions and the global workforce, and look for clues that tell us how our relationship with work and our outlook on life is shifting in the wake o…

2023 was the warmest year on record, and climate change has been in the news quite a bit the last several years, so I thought it right time to talk about it on the podcast.


Sources: 

• https://www.wefor…

I came across an interesting Reddit thread that starts with a question - “Does anyone else not feel the same since 2020 and the pandemic?” The conversation sparked by the post piqued my interest.

Sour…

Let's take a look at the economic impacts of 2020 and where we are today. 

Sources: 

• https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2024/20240408
• https://www.gallup.com/workplace/612143/post-pandem…

George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis in May 2020. His death ignited an uproar in racial justice and caused a ripple effect of calls for and promises of change. So what’s really changed …

Apparently, it’s actually rare to see population-wide personality shifts, even after stressful events, but this is actually what psychologists have noticed since the pandemic. 


Sources: 

• https://www.np…

What did COVID really do to birth rates? Was there an increase in babies due to the pandemic or not?

Sources: 

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-caused-a-baby-bump-when-experts-expected…

Hear key findings from author David Hochman's May 2023 AARP Bulletin cover story, "Three Years Later: What We Learned from COVID: The Pandemic's Impact on Home, Family, Healthcare, Work, Technology, …

 Life and career coach Natalia Tamburini highlights the trends she’s seen in her clients around career and life goals, as well as how her own life has changed, since 2020. 

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Thank you for an incredible first season of "2020 Did It to Me!" We'll be back after a little break to recalibrate for season two. 

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For years, Jonny Atkins and his wife, Jodi, tried to have a baby with no luck. Eventually, they decided to adopt. When they got the call to come pick up their newborn, adopted daughter in February 20…