Panic in a Grocery Store Parking Lot

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And The Next Thing You Know

Suzie Sherman

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And The Next Thing You Know is a podcast about how our lives go exactly not as we planned them. No matter how hard we cling to our plans for college and career and relationships and creative goals, it's actually the disruptions in our lives, the wrenches and the tangents, that throw us in a different direction and force us to inhabit these beautiful, messy, trauma filled, disappointing, gorgeous, sexy lives, despite ourselves. Find us, and host Suzie Sherman, at nextthingpodcast.com; nextthingpod on fb, gmail, & patreon; soozenextthing on insta & twitter.

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Panic in a Grocery Store Parking Lot

And The Next Thing You Know

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5 years ago

Panic in a Grocery Store Parking Lot

And The Next Thing You Know podcastEpisode 006: Panic in a Grocery Store Parking Lot

An empty toilet paper aisle in the early days of the pandemic, Oakland, California, 2020

In this episode:

* Me, panicking in a grocery store parking lot. About the COVID-19 pandemic, naturally.
* Intro, and me reading reflections from other folks.
* Voice recordings from more people coping with COVID.
* Outro, links, and resources.

How are you coping with COVID?

I can’t imagine business as usual right now at a podcast about how our lives can change on a dime.
So I reached out to our community, and I want to share some stories about how folks are coping with COVID. I think we can all relate to these reflections, find some comfort and solidarity, and just be in this thing together.
This episode is dedicated to the way the COVID-19 pandemic is changing our lives. I will continue to share your stories over the next however many episodes I can, so keep recording your voice memos with some thoughts about how you’re doing out there.

Email your COVID realities to me at nextthingpod at gmail dot com.

Some reflections on how COVID-19 is changing our lives

I read written reflections at the top of the show from: Rian, jobless in Seattle; Sam on kid’s sacrifices in Jersey; Molly in Berkeley on kids’ disappointment and the uncertain prospect of nursing through the pandemic; Rachel in Modesto on fascism in the time of plague; Kate on managing risk factors and working with children in Boston; Jenn on a busted knee in Oakland; and Lyn on trauma response and cherishing time with her kid in Berkeley. We also hear direct voice messages from:Juniper, a doctor in Portland; Daria, reflecting on forced introspection in Providence; Gordon, an essential grocery worker in San Francisco; Amanda, living in exile in her own home in Graton; Linda, on family and grocery store battles in Campbell, and Samaki on needing a certificate to walk the dog in Schiltigheim, France.

Gordon adapted his piece from his blog series “Diary of an ‘Essential Worker.’” You can find it at gordonzola.net. He is also the author of two really great books, Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge, and Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America’s Most Iconic Cheese.Thank you to everyone who sent in reflections, and everyone out there listening. There’s a lot more ground to cover on how COVID-19 is affecting us. If you want to share some of your experiences and feelings, open up your voice memo app in your phone, record a short message, and email it to nextthingpod at gmail dot com. Wash your hands and stay the fuck home, if you can.