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Gulp: Documenting Life in the Time of Coronavirus

Gulp: Documenting Life in the Time of Coronavirus

By: Maureen Sebastian & Risa Sarachan
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Co-hosts Maureen Sebastian and Risa Sarachan share stories which archive people's diverse experience as we shift into the "new normal". Each episode investigates the intimate inner worlds of people's lives being upended by the pandemic. It features candid and poignant Q&A style interviews from the frontlines, from essential works, from people just trying to get by, all of whom are suffering both directly and indirectly from this gulp-worthy time in our history.© 2023 Gulp Podcast Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Hiccup One: How We Got Here
    Jul 16 2020

    In this final episode of season one, Risa and Maureen look back at the last few months of working on the podcast. They revisit interviews that didn't make it into this first season but were crucial in their journey chronicling the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States.

    hic·​cup: a usually minor and short-lived interruption or disruption, or change

    Though this is the end of their official season, Hiccup episodes will be scattered throughout the year. So stay tuned!


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    37 mins
  • Arrested Development: The Challenges Facing Education
    Jul 7 2020

    We explore how education is evolving in different parts of Michigan, a state which often serves as a barometer of things to come throughout the United States. Paula Alejo (a sophomore in high school) and Nashawn Longmire (a senior in high school) speak with us about their final months of this school year and their hopes for the next. Heather McKaig, a high school English teacher and theatre director, opens up to us about her concerns for students during this time and into the future. And Aaron Williams, the principal at Burton Glen Charter Academy outside Flint, Michigan, discusses the specific challenges his community faces, both regarding COVID-19 and the protests surrounding George Floyd's death.

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    37 mins
  • Loss of Taste, Smell, & Love Scenes: Art & Entertainment
    Jun 29 2020

    At the start of California's Stay-at-Home orders, Maureen and Risa speak with actors William Jackson Harper (NBC's "The Good Place") and Haley Joel Osment (Hulu's "Futureman", "The Sixth Sense") to discuss what is entertaining them in quarantine, the future of Hollywood, and the "new normal". 

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    35 mins

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