Stories of COVID™

Dana Sumpter is a professor and scholar, who has had to learn to cope with running her household while also maintaining her work schedule.  Part of her research is studying gender roles during the pa…

Miss “Texas” 1988 was in the midst of touring when the pandemic hit.  In their interview, they describe the evolution of thought that they had to undergo to adjust from in-person performances to inno…

Dexter Dakota is a restaurant consultant who has had a first person view into the industry during the pandemic.  He expresses his fears, hopes and dreams about the future of dining experiences, as we…

Joyce shares the way that New Zealand acted swiftly when COVID-19 threatened their country.  She describes how contract tracing was set into motion straight away, and how that ultimately was the key …

Filip Ballesteros lives in Chicago, Illinois, and in his interview he describes the anger he feels when noticing the messaging disparity between communities who speak English and those who don’t.  He…

Dr. Olga Alexandrou lives in Cyprus, and as a medical worker was faced with severe shortages for patients who need them most.  She also reflects on the good times she had bonding with her family duri…

James Allen is an educator and entrepreneur based out of Michigan.  In his interview, he discusses the trepidation he feels regarding the outlook of public and private education during pandemic times…

Gorett and her husband welcomed a new baby at the end of January — right at the start of the pandemic in North America.  She shares about the positive effects that the lockdown brought to her new fam…

Joseph Trodden is a coach based out of Scotland.  While his working life didn’t change much, his interactions with his community did, and he found himself doing some personal reflection on what it me…

Sissy lives in Athens, Greece, and is an event producer.  In her interview, she shares a beautiful story about celebrating Orthodox Easter during this time, and how emotional the experience was for h…

Emily Wilkins lives in Michigan with her husband.  Already accustomed to working from home, she considers herself very lucky that her work hasn’t been impacted much by the pandemic.  She shares her a…

Barbara Gaines Kenyon is an event planner who lives in Birmingham, Alabama.  Heartbroken that the future of events are unknown at this point, and with a family to take care of, she decided to shift h…

Dori DeCarlo delivers an interview full of passion, passion about wearing masks, keeping positive during uncertain times, and caring for her father from afar during the end of his life.  Interviewed …

Philomena Mantella is the President of Grand Valley State University in Michigan.  In her interview, she discusses the role in technology as an accelerant for many in higher education.  She also shar…

Dan Snow and his team of developers were in the midst of creating their new app, Andie, designed to be a digital personal assistant.  Once COVID-19 struck, they realized their app could help benefit …

Like Julia Nussbaum in episode 70, Christina Alexandrou was in her third trimester of pregnancy during the lockdown.  While there were some benefits to being alone during her birth, her baby suffered…

Tara Brooke is a reproductive health entrepreneur and birth doula.  In her interview, she shares her observations on how the pandemic has changed both the birthing and dying processes and how these m…