On the last day of 2019, China reported an unusual outbreak in Wuhan, a port city with a population of 11 million. Within two months, the disease would spread to almost every continent on the globe and kill thousands of people. From Foreign Policy, a podcast about the extent of the COVID-19 contagion, the threat it poses, and what countries are doing to contain it. Join FP’s James Palmer and Amy Mackinnon as they track the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and explore what it means for people’s everyday lives.
What the AIDS Epidemic Tells us About COVID-19
On our final episode (for now), we examine an older public health crisis and the lessons it offers.
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6/29/2020 • 38 minutes, 58 seconds
Dating During COVID-19
How the pandemic is changing the way we meet people.
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6/22/2020 • 24 minutes, 47 seconds
Pandemic within a Pandemic
How the world may see more protests as lockdowns lift.
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6/15/2020 • 27 minutes, 43 seconds
The Southeast Asia Conundrum
The infection numbers have been low but that hasn't stopped some leaders from using the pandemic to restrict freedoms.
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6/8/2020 • 30 minutes, 42 seconds
Our Cities May Never Be the Same Again
How the coronavirus could transform urban life.
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6/1/2020 • 30 minutes, 48 seconds
Corona and the Killer App
How technology has made our pandemic lives better—and worse.
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5/25/2020 • 32 minutes, 22 seconds
Generation Coronavirus
High school and college students around the world have had to move their graduation celebrations online, but the pandemic’s impact on their lives is unlikely to end there.
On this week’s episode, Don’t Touch Your Face hosts James Palmer and Amy Mackinnon look at how the coronavirus has changed the way we celebrate major life milestones, and how the pandemic and ensuing financial crisis could have a profound impact on young generations for decades to come.
They are joined by Ritwick Ghosh and Ann Bybee-Finley who recently got married on Zoom, and Rainesford Stauffer, a writer from Kentucky who is writing a book on emerging adulthood in contemporary America.
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5/18/2020 • 33 minutes, 57 seconds
Would you volunteer to be infected with the coronavirus?
'Challenge’ trials could speed up vaccine development, but at what cost?
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5/11/2020 • 29 minutes, 47 seconds
Sorry, Nature Isn’t Returning
Why the environmental benefits of the lockdown are fleeting at best.
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5/4/2020 • 27 minutes, 5 seconds
Women Leaders Are Flattening the Curve
New Zealand and other countries lead by women have done better than most at responding to the pandemic.
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4/27/2020 • 29 minutes, 33 seconds
The Way Out
What needs to be done before the lockdowns can be lifted.
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4/20/2020 • 30 minutes, 15 seconds
The Price We Pay
Why the cure is still better than the disease.
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4/13/2020 • 32 minutes, 26 seconds
Israel
The Ultra-Orthodox Challenge Israel’s Coronavirus Response
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4/6/2020 • 15 minutes, 36 seconds
The Airline Industry Crashes
How Airlines are Responding to their Biggest Threat Yet.
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4/3/2020 • 17 minutes, 48 seconds
Breakaway States and the Pandemic
How Frozen Conflicts Could Become a Global Achilles Heel
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4/2/2020 • 17 minutes, 53 seconds
Trauma
Pandemic Lessons from Chernobyl’s Liquidators.
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4/1/2020 • 21 minutes, 9 seconds
Autocrats
How Authoritarian Leaders are Cracking Down on the Coronavirus—and Civil Liberties
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3/31/2020 • 13 minutes, 47 seconds
Iceland
What the world can learn from Iceland’s strategy of widespread testing.
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3/30/2020 • 12 minutes, 2 seconds
Olympics Postponed
A Look Ahead at a Year Without Sport.
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3/27/2020 • 15 minutes, 46 seconds
Refugee Camps
What happens if the coronavirus hits the most vulnerable such as those in a Mexican refugee camp? Also what are the larger ramifications of Prince Charles contracting coronavirus?
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3/26/2020 • 17 minutes, 50 seconds
An Unlikely Success Story
How early intervention helped the country of Georgia slow the spread of coronavirus.
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3/25/2020 • 19 minutes, 36 seconds
Islands
Islands have advantages during a pandemic—and some drawbacks.
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3/24/2020 • 19 minutes, 4 seconds
Lockdown
Why you should start preparing for a full lockdown.
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3/23/2020 • 18 minutes, 35 seconds
Media Coverage of the Coronavirus
We look at the challenges of reporting on a fast-moving pandemic.
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3/20/2020 • 15 minutes, 20 seconds
At Risk Groups
It’s more than just the elderly and people with underlying conditions who are vulnerable.
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3/19/2020 • 18 minutes, 4 seconds
Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation
We look at how conspiracy theories have spread as fast as the coronavirus itself.
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3/18/2020 • 18 minutes, 55 seconds
Managing Mental Health
We look at some practical ways to manage the stress and anxiety brought on by the coronavirus outbreak.
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3/17/2020 • 18 minutes, 39 seconds
Partisanship
We look at why opinion polls are showing a sharp partisan divide on the coronavirus.
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3/16/2020 • 16 minutes, 4 seconds
Biosecurity and Borders
We look at how countries are using borders as their first line of defense
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3/13/2020 • 16 minutes, 24 seconds
Crunching the Numbers
On today’s podcast: We look at why some countries are reporting surprisingly low numbers of coronavirus cases. Don’t Touch Your Face hosts James Palmer and Amy Mackinnon are joined by Foreign Policy’s managing editor Ravi Agrawal, who previously served as CNN’s bureau chief and correspondent in New Delhi, to talk about India’s ability to respond to the pandemic.
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3/12/2020 • 19 minutes, 19 seconds
Surviving Self-Isolation
Foreign Policy’s James Palmer and Amy Mackinnon take a look at how to prepare for the prospect of self-isolation and they speak with journalist Lauren Teixeira, who has gone through two weeks of self-isolation not once, but twice.
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3/11/2020 • 18 minutes, 54 seconds
Why Global Problems Sometimes Require Local Solutions
In our first episode, James and Amy discuss the show's name, and James interviews global health expert Dr. Annie Sparrow.
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3/10/2020 • 17 minutes, 49 seconds
Trailer: Don't Touch Your Face
On the last day of 2019, China reported an unusual outbreak in Wuhan, a port city with a population of 11 million. Within two months, the disease would spread to almost every continent on the globe and kill thousands of people.
From Foreign Policy, a podcast about the extent of the COVID-19 contagion, the threat it poses, and what countries are doing to contain it. Join FP’s James Palmer and Amy Mackinnon as they track the spread of the pandemic and explore what it means for people’s everyday lives.
Coming March 10. Subscribe now.
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