Stories of COVID™
"[Listening to] Stories of COVID has been really helpful in reminding me to be ok with the [ups and downs] — literally daily affirmations." - one of our listeners
We are living history. Join me in learning what this paradigm shift means in the past, present, and future, for a book for future generations.
Veronica Kirin is an anthropologist, author, and entrepreneur who studies paradigm shifts. Her first book, Stories of Elders, documents the high-tech revolution through interviews with those that lived it.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 230
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
174. Dino — Pandemic Abroad
Dino is an international student from China, studying in Canada. He describes what it was like to be away from his home and family during this time and what it has meant for him to have found the be…
173. Finnian Burnett — Bringing Grapes
Finnian lives in British Columbia with their wife, having recently moved there from Michigan. One noticeable change was that due to travel restrictions, Finnian found themself unable to attend to th…
172. Laurel Phillips — Wedding Bells
Laurel Phillips is a newlywed living in Alberta, Canada. In her interview, she describes what it was like to find her wedding plans completely disrupted by the pandemic and how that shifted their pe…
171. Waldeman von Frenckell — A Student in Finland
Waldeman is a student in Finland, and in his interview describes what its like navigating matriculation during a global pandemic. Interviewed 8 April 2021. Learn more about leaving a story for futur…
170. Alberto Martucci — In Rome
Alberto works in the event industry and lives in Rome, Italy. In spite of their best efforts at staying safe, Alberto reflects on how the virus was able to infect their family, hospitalizing his fat…
BONUS: Final Messages #17
Every ten episodes I publish a bonus episode highlighting the final messages participants leave for future generations, as the purpose of this book is to both document this era for posterity and to s…
169. Florence Dawagne — In Brussels
Florence lives in Brussels, Belgium, and works as an IT developer. In their interview, they describe the perspective shift that the pandemic brought on and how they see that happening all around the…
168. Chiao Chen — In Taiwan
Chiao Chen is an IT expert who lives in Taipei, Taiwan. In his interview, he expresses his frustrations with the WHO, EU, the United States, and Japan, because he felt they didn’t listen when Taiwan…
167. Rachel Kunnath — A Shift in Perspective
Rachel is a social worker for the local government, and helps in providing assistance to those in need. In her interview, she describes the experience she had being a distributor of resources throug…
BONUS: Anniversary Retrospective
It has been one year since the launch of the Stories of COVID project, and to commemorate this milestone, we hosted a live retrospective event with some of the first participants of the podcast. Thi…
166. Mallorie Dunn — Fashion Forward
Mallorie Dunn is a fashion design professor and founder of the size-inclusive SmartGlamour fashion line. In her interview, she describes how she was able to pivot her fashion business at the start o…
165. Milan Patel — Connection through Twitch
Milan Patel lives in New Jersey, and is a person living with muscular dystrophy. In his interview, he describes the fear and loneliness he experienced having to strictly isolate himself due to this …
164. Chris — On Xenophobia
Chris lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and works in finance. In her interview, she describes her experience witnessing Xenophobia, leading her to avoid subway travel in order to protect herself. …
163. Eileen Gribbin — The Hardest Part
Eileen lives in Hoboken, NJ, one of the first cities in NJ that shutdown almost a year ago. In her interview, she describes the most difficult part of the pandemic for her — being away from her fami…
162. Anastasiia Samuseva & Alexander Samusev — In Russia
In our first interview from Russia, newlyweds Anasastiia and Alexander share with us about how the COVID-19 virus has been handled in Moscow. Anastasiia describes what it was like to go forward with…
161. Eve Wong — An Anthropologist in South Africa
Eve Wong shares her insights as a fellow anthropologist, as well as the current state of the virus in South Africa. She also speaks about how the pandemic has affected her anthropological studies, an…
160. Danielle — Making Tough Choices
Danielle makes her career as a vet tech and nanny, and currently lives in Florida. In her interview, she speaks about the tough choices she has had to make — basically putting her life on hold, and …
BONUS: Final Messages #16
Every ten episodes I publish a bonus episode highlighting the final messages participants leave for future generations, as the purpose of this book is to both document this era for posterity and to s…
159. Ann Victory — The Doctor
Ann Victory is a doctor of internal medicine and lives in Michigan. Her story about the onset of the COVID-19 virus in their rural community is harrowing. She describes her fight to procure proper …
158. Thorsten Huettemann — In Berlin
Thorsten lives in Berlin, Germany, and oversees several restaurants and had to act in real time to manage his locations and their staff. He also shares a story about a virtual retreat that the compa…