After 14 days locked inside with coronavirus, here are some of the podcasts and radio shows which kept me going throughout. Some new, some old, all gold [a thread]
1. Constellation Prize.
A close encounter with a crossing guard (Lollypop Lady). Nuff said. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1-crossing-guard/id1523333288?i=10004846464
2. Floodlines. What actually happened after Hurricane Katrina met New Orleans. Great journalism with original music by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah https://open.spotify.com/show/595SdSgkD1Nrn90qx1hjc8
3. Where is George Gibney. Sensitively-told story about an abomination in Irish swimming from @Younghorgan @SecondCaptains https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08pgqnm
4. Soundhouse from the Barbican.
Not a podcast but an online carousel for your ears, full of surprises from @Ellie_McDowall @NinaGarthwaite1 @ArlieAdlington and others https://sites.barbican.org.uk/soundhouse/
5. A Brooklyn school tries to exorcise generations of nice, white parents causing strife https://open.spotify.com/episode/7FyDHkNWQFnahJx7aUjDx0
6. Entangled Life. What really connects us? @MerlinSheldrake reads from his new book. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pm12
7. A Manhattan psychiatrist flips the script on his clients. Kept me listening, left me puzzled. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2JIaRdpnXwcYeiHztKhy7B?si=lUFCoVc6SzWn-11cUi5eFw
My biggest revelation came from how great it feels when amazing people check in, offer help or
. It turns out it is the thought that counts. As caring is brilliant, here's a new creative take on caring from @Miss_chance @kjhgodfrey @AxelKacoutie https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mediated-body/id1539897758?i=1000499677004

9. Finally cos not everyone has been so lucky this year. Grief is the Thing with Feathers, from @Gaynor_Macf @maxjohnporter https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000plzl