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The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

VICE

126 episodes

8 months ago

The Distance features short, first-person stories from all over the world about how the pandemic is changing the way we live. Each episode is a dispatch about one or two people and a brief window into their life, right now. A podcast about uncertainty, distance--and human connection. From VICE Audio.

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The Distance features short, first-person stories from all over the world about how the pandemic is changing the way we live. Each episode is a dispatch about one or two people and a brief window into their life, right now. A podcast about uncertainty, distance--and human connection. From VICE Audio.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes (20/126)

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Sheltering Native Foster Youth During Shelter in Place

In the midst of the pandemic, a new foster care model based on community living and known as a "children's village" has opened up to foster youth on the Cheyenne River Reservation. It's a collaboration between the tribe and an organization called Simply Smiles -- with members of the tribe leading the way by sharing traditional knowledge at a critical time.

This story was reported with support from USC’s Center for Health Journalism.

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4 years ago

11 minutes 8 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Helping Others Sit With Death

Alua Arthur is a death doula in Los Angeles, California, where she helps people prepare for death emotionally, spiritually, physically, and even logistically. She says the pandemic itself has a lot in common with the end-of-life experience.

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4 years ago

11 minutes 30 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Trans in El Salvador

Bianka Rodriguez is a transgender woman and activist in El Salvador who says the pandemic has hit the trans community especially hard -- and that even government aid programs discriminate against trans people.

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4 years ago

7 minutes 21 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

From the Archive, Giving Thanks - Mothering a Newborn During Quarantine

Tanzina Vega is a journalist, host of The Takeaway, and a new mother. She gave birth to her son at the end of January--and not long after found herself raising a newborn alone while in quarantine.

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4 years ago

12 minutes 16 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Saying Goodbye to Busking, For Now

Natalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz had been busking in the New York City subway for over 20 years until the pandemic forced her out -- leaving her without a place to do what she loves most. This story was reported by Drew Schwartz.

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4 years ago

15 minutes 11 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Living Through Another Lockdown in Kashmir

Rayan is a journalist in Kashmir, India’s only Muslim-majority territory, where a political lockdown imposed in August 2019 was starting to lift when COVID struck in March. We spoke with Rayan for a shorter dispatch back in April, and wanted to hear more.

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4 years ago

9 minutes 7 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

A Mental Health Crisis in Two Cities

Jordan Danielle experienced a mental health crisis that started in Philadelphia--but because of the pandemic, it took her two hospital admissions, an unwanted hospital release, and a solo train ride across state lines to get the care she needed.

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5 years ago

12 minutes 16 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Flying to the US to Vote

Gabriel is a US citizen who immigrated to Stockholm, Sweden with his wife and kids because he believes it gives his family better quality of life. But with so much at stake in the US election, he decides to return so he can vote in person.

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5 years ago

6 minutes 56 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

International Surrogacy During Lockdown

Joel’s daughter was born through IVF to a surrogate mother in Ukraine, in the middle of the pandemic. Because of travel restrictions, Joel ended up flying to Belarus alone and walking over the border into Ukraine to be there for the birth.

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5 years ago

9 minutes 7 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Introducing VICE News Reports: Ep 1. Alternative Medicine, Politicized

Introducing a new podcast, VICE News Reports. Episode 1: Alternative Medicine, Politicized.

As India’s health professionals battle the spread of COVID-19, some political leaders claim traditional medicine systems can cure the coronavirus. VICE’s Senior Staff Writer Pallavi Pundir reports on how nationalistic furvor for traditional medicine, fake credentialed doctors, and misinformation are gaining momentum in India and making matters worse.

New episodes of VICE News Reports drop every Thursdays. Subscribe, rate and review here: apple.co/vicenewsreports

All the views, ideas, comments, opinions and statements expressed in this programme are solely those of the guest(s), speaker(s) and the host(s) and VICE Media Group does not subscribe to or endorse the same. None of the comments, dialogues etc. in the podcast are intended to offend anybody’s sentiments or derogate any profession, political party or person, institute, religion, caste, community, section(s) of society or belief of any nature whatsoever. VICE makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this podcast and any reliance on the information provided in this podcast is done at listeners’ own risk. The third-party materials or content of any third-party sources referenced in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of VICE. VICE assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials referenced in this podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and shall not be liable and/or responsible for the same in any manner whatsoever.

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5 years ago

34 minutes 23 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Covid Outbreak at Waseca Federal Prison

Channing Lacey is one of the people who shared their story in the VICE podcast PAINKILLER; right now the federal prison where she’s incarcerated in Waseca, MN has the second biggest COVID19 outbreak in the US. This story was reported by Keegan Hamilton.

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5 years ago

9 minutes 2 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Covering Up Racist Tattoos

Billy is a tattoo artist who specializes in covering up racist symbols for people who have left hate groups and denounced white supremacist ideologies. He’s seen a spike in requests since the murder of George Floyd.

This story was reported by Trone Dowd.

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5 years ago

12 minutes 4 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Kenya - Educating Kids in Mathare

Victor grew up in the largest slum in Nairobi--and since the school year was canceled during the pandemic, he’s been volunteering at a local community resource center where he helps kids learn and study.

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5 years ago

9 minutes 4 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

For Climate Week, VICE has launched its biggest initiative ever -- Climate Uprise. Today, every single VICE Media Group site across the world is striking from the daily news cycle and, instead, only telling stories about the climate crisis. We've also partnered with an international group of young climate activists, who each proposed one way people could help mitigate climate change's devastating effects on their home; you can find their stories at ClimateUprise.Vice.Com.

From The Distance, we're resharing a recent episode about the oil spill off the coast of Mauritius, and one volunteer's efforts to help mitigate the damage.

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5 years ago

11 minutes 41 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Participating in Vaccine Trials

Sophie is a volunteer in phase three trials for an experimental COVID19 vaccine. She feels anxious about the possibility of side effects but also curious about the scientific process.

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5 years ago

10 minutes 59 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Being in a Relationship While Incarcerated

Cassandra is a poet and writes about being separated from her boyfriend, who has been incarcerated in California since before the pandemic.

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5 years ago

10 minutes 57 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Mothering a Newborn During Quarantine

Tanzina Vega is a journalist, host of The Takeaway, and a new mother. She gave birth to her son at the end of January-and not long after found herself raising a newborn alone while in quarantine.

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5 years ago

12 minutes 2 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Trolling During a Pandemic

Adam lives in Pittsburgh, and has been using the internet to troll conservatives for decades; he says hoaxing has gotten easier and more intense during the pandemic, because people are spending so much time online.

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5 years ago

10 minutes

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Cleaning Up an Oil Spill in Mauritius

After a cargo ship runs aground on a reef off of the coast and begins leaking oil, Krishnee decides to join other volunteers in a massive clean-up effort.

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5 years ago

10 minutes 46 seconds

The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches

Schooling with BIPOC-Led Pandemic Pods & Micro Schools

Before coronavirus, Nikolai worked as an advocate for homeschooling Black and Brown families. Now parents are turning to her for schooling advice during the pandemic.

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5 years ago

10 minutes 38 seconds