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HONG KONG Lunar NY Special: East-West contrast/Building resilience. Re-release I S2 Ep28

Release Date: 02/12/2021

START HERE: Want a flavour of Coexisting? Compilation Episode - this is it! S1 Ep2

Coexisting

Want to get a flavour of what Coexisting is all about? This is it - a 2 minute race through the podcast A compilation episode I put together for a competition entry. 8 questions 8 voices - what does it mean to coexist with Coronavirus....?

MEXICO: the power of people/inclusivity and judgment/the meaning of resilience and how to practice gratitude S3 I Ep36

Coexisting

Today we speak to speaker and life consultant Jose Carlos (JC) in his home office in Tijuana, Mexico. JC and I met through a podcast network and his enthusiasm for this project and his commitment to creating in a crisis really stood out for me. And as it is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, December 3, JC's episode was important to share as he highlights so eloquently the particular challenges Covid has brought to people who are living with a disability. * Every seventh person alive today – more than 1 billion people in total – lives with some form of disability....

In the NHS: Campaigning and Activism/NHS Survival/Healthcare work in the Covid Crisis/What a psychotherapist does for mental health S3 I Ep35

Coexisting

Today we speak to Alia in an exhausted evening between her many media appearances, sitting between her bed and her desk in London on the edge of summer. CW: limited mention in episode of suicide and domestic violence * how Alia went from psychotherapist to activist appearing on our screens almost daily, fighting for the survival of the NHS during Covid for the campaign 'Keep Our NHS Public' and creating the first 'People's Covid Enquiry' * what the NHS, the National Health Service is in the UK - why it is so unusual and why its existence is in danger. * how the Covid crisis has played...

DUBAI: International Aid Work in a Pandemic/Myths and Denial/Pro-Science in 2021I S3 Ep 34

Coexisting

It is a year from the date that the World Health Organisation declared Covid a global pandemic and exactly 365 days since today's guest, Mario, set foot on a plane - an anniversary of deep significance for this international aid worker, sitting in the corner of his home where he has carved out an office, overlooking a sea of skyscrapers in Dubai * Dubai, known internationally for its jaw dropping architecture and multicultural buzz, Mario paints a vivid picture about what happened in this city that never slept before this year. * the challenges faced by international aid workers globally...

CHINA: World Environment Day/Reflecting on Great Change. Catalysts and Climate/The Right Side of History I S3 Ep33

Coexisting

Its World Environment Day and in honour of this we pop back to China in Month 5 to speak to Grant, global sustainability and environmental advisor - at his desk, between night and day, China and Holland - with a deep hold on the historical legacy of this year. * the changes he has seen take place overnight in the sustainability world as a result of Covid and why this can't be wasted - its the test run the world needs. * the deeply personal reflection on the loss of his father at this time. And what it really means to celebrate a life and empathy in the virtual space. * reflecting...

ZIMBABWE: On writing and loving, protest and crackdowns I S3 Ep32

Coexisting

Day 134 and we speak to poet Togara Muzanenhamo at his writing desk in Harare, Zimbabwe. We spoke at an incredibly tense time in Zimbabwe and covered what was happening out on the street, but also how Togara was carving out space during the crisis to write. Including at the end of the episode a beautiful quiet and transporting reading of one of his works that he had written during lockdown - an extract from long form poem, Sundogs. * Zimbabwe's economy in collapse and the very real danger of a pandemic in this context, with healthcare workers striking to protest Government corruption * a new...

VIETNAM Lunar NY Special:How has Vietnam become such a virus success story with not one single death from Coronavirus? Re-release I S2 Ep31

Coexisting

Its Lunar New Year and the Year of the Ox! As a love letter to those that celebrate this beautiful holiday a re-release of our Vietnam episode to celebrate the lunar new year or Tết - a shortened form of Tết Nguyên Đán meaning "Festival of the First Morning of the First Day" We spoke to Creighton at his desk in a dark noisy night in the capital Ho Chi Minh City. A fascinating episode from back in June 2020 where we discussed how despite proximity to China, Vietnam, a densely populated country of 97 million and a developing infrastructure has been a success story - with only 300...

CHINA Lunar NY Special: Reporting the Coronavirus crisis Wuhan and beyond. Re-release I S2 Ep29

Coexisting

Its Lunar New Year and the Year of the Ox! As a love letter to those that celebrate this beautiful holiday a re-release of one of our very first episodes in China all about the unique Chinese New Year that was 2020. With wonderful journalist Bec, who reported through the very beginning of the Covid crisis. Insight from her travels near Wuhan back in Chinese New Year 2020. The unique challenges of working with kids at home, feelings working mums everywhere will recognise! The fascinating controls that were put in place in parts of China to control the spread of the virus and what happened when...

HONG KONG Lunar NY Special: East-West contrast/Building resilience. Re-release I S2 Ep28

Coexisting

Its Lunar New Year and the Year of the Ox! As a love letter to those that celebrate a re-release of one of our very first episodes set in Hong Kong. Very early in the world's Covid journey, but already almost three months into lockdown in parts of Asia where it began end January 2020. We talk about the stark differences between people's approach to Coronavirus in 'West' and 'East'. resilience among students graduating during Covid And the miles of untouched nature in Hong Kong, where 40% of its land mass is national parkland - just a step away from the seething metropolis of central Hong...

DORSET: 2021 Ask the Expert: Covid Vaccines/Pandemic Planning/Public Health vs Politics I S2 Ep.27

Coexisting

Though unplanned it was exactly 9 months to the day that lockdown began in the UK that I spoke to Dr Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health at the University of Southampton at his home in Dorset on 16 December 2020. Expert in Global Health, frequent Media commentator on Covid-19 he was someone I had been tracking down for some time ever since I spotted him on Linkedin with his Covid microbe toy. We cover: * What it was like to watch the creep of Covid across the world for the academics. * What did the UK Govt response look like from a public health expert. *Pandemic planning and...

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Its Lunar New Year and the Year of the Ox!

As a love letter to those that celebrate a re-release of one of our very first episodes set in Hong Kong.

Very early in the world's Covid journey, but already almost three months into lockdown in parts of Asia where it began end January 2020.

We talk about the stark differences between people's approach to Coronavirus in 'West' and 'East'.
resilience among students graduating during Covid
And the miles of untouched nature in Hong Kong, where 40% of its land mass is national parkland - just a step away from the seething metropolis of central Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and has a population density of 17,311 people per sq.m/6,659 people per sq.km which makes it Coronavirus very low infection figures all the more incredible.

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