COVIDpod

Velocity Hughes

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Scientific, cultural, and personal stories from the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, hosted by Velocity Hughes, a microbiologist and research coordinator in clinical epidemiology. Location: Malmö, Sweden.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best COVIDpod episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to COVIDpod for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite COVIDpod episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Parenting, free associations, and the pandemic

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05/14/20 • 7 min

How is social distancing affecting parenting, and how deep has the pandemic lodged itself in your subconscious? In this episode, I speak about these things with Christopher Honey, an assistant professor at the Department of Psychological and Brain...

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What happens in Sweden

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04/27/20 • 22 min

Paul Franks is a professor of genetic epidemiology at Lund University in Sweden. In this episode, we discuss Sweden's unique and rather controversial approach to COVID 19, relying on voluntary compliance with social distancing guidelines rather than a...

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Oh yeah, I enjoy cooking

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04/13/20 • 7 min

"...It's not just a problem I have to solve," recalls Linn Johansson, now that she has time to reflect in the midst of a pandemic. Linn is a freelance theater actor and recent graduate from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London,...

Connections in quarantined Spain

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03/21/20 • 13 min

I speak with Jesh Pradesh, a theater student and dance enthusiast from India, currently attending the Laboratorio theatre school in Barcelona. He speaks from self quarantine in Spain, where the outbreak is exploding as we record. We talk about how...

The view from China

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03/29/20 • 12 min

Chao Jiang is a researcher at the Life Sciences Institute in Zhejiang University in China. He is interested in evolution, especially of microorganisms. We chat about the initial Coronavirus outbreak and its control in China. We also talk about the...

The over-supply chain

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04/02/20 • 6 min

As runs on the supermarkets leave store shelves empty during this pandemic, I speak to Axel Holst, who is an employee of Asko, Norway's largest wholesale grocer. We discuss just how much supply there is in the supply chain, and talk about his personal...

Perspectives from geriatrics

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03/26/20 • 13 min

Sarah Richards is a nurse studying to be a specialist in geriatrics, working at the Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. She discusses the challenges faced by hospitals and their elderly patients as we prepare for COVID 19 in Sweden. She also shares a...

From Italian carnival to Indian curfew

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03/23/20 • 4 min

Venkat Srinivasan is my brother, and chief operating officer at Trimaster Metrology in Pune, India. We speak on the day of a nationwide curfew that was being tested in India, where he reflects on the changes he has experienced over the past month as a...

Am I infected? How can we know?

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03/22/20 • 12 min

We hear from Chitra Pattabiraman, a viral epidemiologist and research fellow at NIMHANS in Bangalore, India. She is actively involved in the efforts to combat the emerging outbreak in this country of 1.3 billion people, which is facing a nationwide...

Distance learning

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03/22/20 • 23 min

In this episode, I speak with Iulia Heybrock, a high school teacher in Malmö with a PhD in linguistics (speaking no less than 7 languages!). We discuss the situation in Italy, where she has lived many years, and discuss creative solutions in the...

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How many episodes does COVIDpod have?

COVIDpod currently has 16 episodes available.

What topics does COVIDpod cover?

The podcast is about News, News Commentary and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on COVIDpod?

The episode title 'What happens in Sweden' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on COVIDpod?

The average episode length on COVIDpod is 11 minutes.

How often are episodes of COVIDpod released?

Episodes of COVIDpod are typically released every 2 days, 13 hours.

When was the first episode of COVIDpod?

The first episode of COVIDpod was released on Mar 20, 2020.

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