The Corona Diaries
The Corona Diaries is an exploration of day-to-day living during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. From the safety of their couch in Berlin, and with time to spare, hosts Jill and Julia speak with their friends, colleagues and compatriots about everything from dating and shopping to travel and anxiety, in the age of Corona. Join them on their social-distancing journey together, but also apart.
Episodes
June 1, 2020 • 26 mins
TW: Police brutality & Racial Violence
In the final installment of the Corona Diaries, Jill and Julia look back on their favorite interviews and guests, and discuss all of the things they learned producing a podcast in the time of Covid-19. Jill looks back on her favorite episode, “Audio Storytelling in the Time of Corona,” and Julia discusses the powerful stories shared by interviewees working within their communities to combat the...
In the final installment of the Corona Diaries, Jill and Julia look back on their favorite interviews and guests, and discuss all of the things they learned producing a podcast in the time of Covid-19. Jill looks back on her favorite episode, “Audio Storytelling in the Time of Corona,” and Julia discusses the powerful stories shared by interviewees working within their communities to combat the...
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May 21, 2020 • 31 mins
In the final installment of our exploration of COVID-19 around the world, we head to Russia to find out how the transcontinental country is dealing with the pandemic.
Kira Tverskaya, the Social Media Manager at Echo of Moscow Radio, chats about how the public have responded to rules and regulations and Russia’s desire to avoid declaring a state of emergency. Kira also sheds light on the struggle that doctors in Russia are currently ...
Kira Tverskaya, the Social Media Manager at Echo of Moscow Radio, chats about how the public have responded to rules and regulations and Russia’s desire to avoid declaring a state of emergency. Kira also sheds light on the struggle that doctors in Russia are currently ...
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May 14, 2020 • 51 mins
In this episode we speak to Monique Mortlock, a friend and journalist at eNCA, about how South Africa has been handling the current COVID-19 pandemic. Monique explains how her life as a field journalist and essential worker has been affected, and how her team is finding new ways to report. She highlights the successes and failures by the South African government to support its people in this time and sheds light on the intricacies ...
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May 7, 2020 • 39 mins
This episode takes us to India as we chat to Swarnima Bhattacharya, the founder of TheaCare, a platform that brings women’s health and women’s bodies to the fore by creating awareness, and fostering healthy conversations.
Swarnima sheds light on how India and its people are navigating the coronavirus. She explains how the class divide has affected citizens in lockdown, and how peer-support networks in poorer communities have been a...
Swarnima sheds light on how India and its people are navigating the coronavirus. She explains how the class divide has affected citizens in lockdown, and how peer-support networks in poorer communities have been a...
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April 30, 2020 • 34 mins
Neuroscientist, improvisor and friend, Nacho Sanguinetti, sheds light on what life is like for him, his family, and the people of Uruguay during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nacho explores the general atmosphere of the country, explaining how the positive mood can be potentially harmful, but how the government is successfully reaching communities outside of the capital of Montevideo. He goes on to share how corona is affecting his own wo...
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April 23, 2020 • 35 mins
The COVID-19 pandemic reached Pakistan on the 26th of February, when a student in Karachi tested positive after returning from neighbouring Iran. For more on the situation in the South Asian country, we reach out to Saba Khalid, the founder of Aurat Raaj (https://www.auratraaj.co/), a social enterprise from Pakistan that creates interactive technology products and services to educate young girls on health, hygiene and safety.
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April 17, 2020 • 29 mins
In a bid to explore the effects of the Pandemic outside of Europe and the United States of America, in this series of episodes The Corona Diaries explores how African, Asian and South American countries are navigating corona.
In this episode we speak to Amy McConaghy, a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya, about how the African country has responded to the outbreak. Amy explains the measures that the Kenyan government has implemente...
In this episode we speak to Amy McConaghy, a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya, about how the African country has responded to the outbreak. Amy explains the measures that the Kenyan government has implemente...
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April 6, 2020 • 68 mins
Coronavirus has made life a little tougher for a lot of podcasters and audiophiles, who now find themselves managing teams remotely and recording in their closets. It has also awakened others to the value and necessity of audio storytelling.
Jonaki Mehta (https://twitter.com/jonakimehta), a Producer for All Things Considered (https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/), shares some of the challenges that have come with cov...
Jonaki Mehta (https://twitter.com/jonakimehta), a Producer for All Things Considered (https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/), shares some of the challenges that have come with cov...
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April 3, 2020 • 27 mins
While many countries and cities are in a state of lockdown or governed by curfews, German citizens have fortunately still been able to move around, albeit with restrictions.
These restrictions seem to be changing daily and the discussions around potential fines for breaking these rules have had many confused.
Fellow podcaster, Abby Ross of Berlin Briefing, a daily news podcast that translates German news into English, shares the lat...
These restrictions seem to be changing daily and the discussions around potential fines for breaking these rules have had many confused.
Fellow podcaster, Abby Ross of Berlin Briefing, a daily news podcast that translates German news into English, shares the lat...
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April 2, 2020 • 55 mins
The novel coronavirus is unique, it’s dynamic, and new to us all. We’re receiving an onslaught of information everywhere from social media to policy makers and our community - and it’s all different!
We reached out to Jessica Rohmann, an Epidemiologist at the Institute for Public Health at Charité, to help clarify what this virus actually is, how it’s being navigated by medical professionals and how we as citizens can best help fla...
We reached out to Jessica Rohmann, an Epidemiologist at the Institute for Public Health at Charité, to help clarify what this virus actually is, how it’s being navigated by medical professionals and how we as citizens can best help fla...
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April 1, 2020 • 43 mins
Aside from being a necessity, shopping is really all we have as a means to get out of the house these days. But with supermarkets regularly being sold out of eggs and toilet paper and citizens being naturally stressed about being in a close vicinity to others, shopping amid the COVID-19 pandemic has definitely been an interesting experience.
Caroline Clifford, a Comedian and friend, shares her day-to-day shopping experience as a Be...
Caroline Clifford, a Comedian and friend, shares her day-to-day shopping experience as a Be...
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March 31, 2020 • 46 mins
The cancellation of flights and the closure of borders, due to Coronavirus, has left many people stranded in foreign countries and far from home.
Trevor Silverstein, a writer, filmmaker and improviser based in Berlin, has found himself stuck in Hermosa Beach, California with his two 60-year-old parents after borders were closed and travel bans were implemented in the United States. This has had a massive impact on his life, what wi...
Trevor Silverstein, a writer, filmmaker and improviser based in Berlin, has found himself stuck in Hermosa Beach, California with his two 60-year-old parents after borders were closed and travel bans were implemented in the United States. This has had a massive impact on his life, what wi...
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March 30, 2020 • 47 mins
Things are pretty tough for all of us as closures and quarantining have become a worldwide reality but life has become incomparably more interesting for parents during the Coronavirus pandemic. Jill and Julia are neither pregnant nor parents so they reached out to a few friends to see how they’re coping and how they’re adjusting to their new lives as stay at home parents.
Lily, a friend and historian, is 5 months pregnant with her f...
Lily, a friend and historian, is 5 months pregnant with her f...
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March 27, 2020 • 38 mins
I’m just a girl, looking at a boy, asking him to quarantine with me.
Sex, love and relationships are challenging aspects of life at the best of times, throw Coronavirus in the mix and you’re sure to have some interesting stories...or a free PornHub Premium account.
In this episode, our unofficial love and advice correspondent, Jovana Panic, chats about whether or not it’s safe to go out on Tinder dates, how to get creative while virt...
Sex, love and relationships are challenging aspects of life at the best of times, throw Coronavirus in the mix and you’re sure to have some interesting stories...or a free PornHub Premium account.
In this episode, our unofficial love and advice correspondent, Jovana Panic, chats about whether or not it’s safe to go out on Tinder dates, how to get creative while virt...
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March 26, 2020 • 40 mins
The Corona crisis has become an economic challenge that will obviously have massive effects at the regional, domestic, and international levels. To learn more about how the German economy has been affected we spoke to Rüdiger Bachmann, a German-American economist who specialises in macroeconomics in cases of uncertainty ie. recessions/pandemics. He is a professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, as well as a...
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March 25, 2020 • 41 mins
The coronavirus has everyone staying home in search of something to do that isn’t work or exercise. With all this time on our hands and with way too much to choose from, we reached out to Cameron Cook, a friend and freelance culture journalist, to find out what’s hot right now.
Cameron shares his must-see shows and films (both on Netflix and not), gives book recommendations, favourite podcasts, as well as games and hobbies to take ...
Cameron shares his must-see shows and films (both on Netflix and not), gives book recommendations, favourite podcasts, as well as games and hobbies to take ...
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March 24, 2020 • 34 mins
It has become very apparent over the past couple of days who knew how to cook before Corona, and who has been thrown into the deep end with nothing but a shoe, a can of chickpeas and some pears. Shopping, cooking and food-prep has become increasingly difficult as weeks go on and shelves become emptier, so we reached out to someone in the know for a little support.
Esme, a friend and Archeologist, inspired us daily with Instagram po...
Esme, a friend and Archeologist, inspired us daily with Instagram po...
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March 23, 2020 • 43 mins
Your gym may be closed and your running group may have been temporarily disbanded but that shouldn’t mean you have to stop exercising altogether! Exercise and the endorphins that movement releases are vital right now, so we reached out to two friends who have found ways to make self-isolation as well as virtual and home-workouts work for them.
Lee Richards, Poet, Comedian & Yoga Instructor highlights the necessity of movement, taki...
Lee Richards, Poet, Comedian & Yoga Instructor highlights the necessity of movement, taki...
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March 20, 2020 • 39 mins
Many of us have found ourselves alone at home, with nothing but the news, social media and virtual dinner dates. We’re worried about our health and the health of our friends and family, we’re navigating new working environments, dealing with financial stress, and feeling the general weight of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But it doesn’t need to be all doom and gloom, so we reached out to two friends to check-in and find out how they’re ho...
But it doesn’t need to be all doom and gloom, so we reached out to two friends to check-in and find out how they’re ho...
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March 19, 2020 • 49 mins
Self-isolation and the pending quarantine has forced most offices and co-working spaces to close. This has meant that many freelance and employed people have had to start working from home for the first time.
Home office and managing your time effectively can be difficult for those who aren't used to it so we reached out to our working friends to see how they are handling things.
Freelancer and friend, Blake Farha, of Henri & Blake, ...
Home office and managing your time effectively can be difficult for those who aren't used to it so we reached out to our working friends to see how they are handling things.
Freelancer and friend, Blake Farha, of Henri & Blake, ...
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