This week Alan and Christine talk with Emma Painter and Christian Crawley, two highs school seniors, to hear about what it has been like for them to graduate high school in the midst of a pandemic. The nonprofits they lifted up are the RAM House (https://raminc.org) and Mrs. Dorsey’s Clothes Closet https://saemva.org/ms-dorsey-s-clothes-closet.

This week Christine and Alan talk with Ruthie Lerato, an ER Nurse in Northern Pennsylvania, about her experiences working in a rural hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 18. In this week’s episode, Alan and Christine talk with Master Licensed Aesthetician Daniella Tsamouras about how the pandemic has affected her MedSpa, Spa310, and what steps she is taking to prepare to cautiously reopen as the Governor of Virginia is about to allow many businesses to re-open with restrictions on May 15.

Christine and Alan talk with the Rev. Dr. Amy Laura Hall about the challenges and potential inequalities of distance teaching, media narratives of us vs. them, astroturfing in reopen America protests, and how the medieval mystic Julian of Norwich can help us think about our life together during this time. Dr. Hall’s nonprofit that she lifted up is the ACLU, which you can donate to/join at aclu.org.

Joey and Alan talk this week with the Dave Messinger, Chief Technical Office of Topcoder, about the gifts and challenges of technology and the gig economy during the time of COVID-19, tips for maintaining a work/life balance while working from home, and Zoom fatigue.

This week Joey Poarch comes out from behind the producer’s booth to join Alan for an interview with Rev. Taylor Mertins, thirty something pastor, podcast host of Crackers N’ Grapejuice and Strangely Warmed, and fan of parables. Joey, Alan, and Taylor about what it looks like to engage in ministry in the midst of a pandemic.

April 20. Christine and Alan talk with two college students, Annalese Galleo and Wells Carson, about their experience of being sent home from college because of the pandemic, what it’s like to transition to college online, the potential inequities that creates, and how they are faring sheltering at home with their families.

April 13. Alan & Christine talk to Hospital Chaplain Carly Sawyer about her experiences as being part of a hospital staff preparing for and dealing with the Covid-19 Pandemic.

April 6. Christine & Alan talk to Chef Scott Switzer about how the restaurant industry is managing risk and navigating changes to accommodate stay-at-home mandates.

March 30. Alan & Christine discuss tolerable uncertainty with guest Jamie Snead, VP of DePaul Community Resources and mother of an immuno-compromised child.