Staying In with Jan Powell
I'm a journalist and humanitarian living in France. With a third of the world having to stay in because of the Covid-19 lockdown, I talk to people from different ends of the earth to hear how they are coping with their own particular coronavirus confinement. From Paris to Penzance, Istanbul to India, what are people experiencing - the local rules, the frustrations, the highs and lows and what, if anything, do we all have in common? Audio postcards from the pandemic with me, Jan Powell.
Podcasting since 2020 • 8 episodes
Staying In with Jan Powell
Latest Episodes
Quarantine, Cocktails and Kimchi in South Korea
How has South Korea got through the COVID19 pandemic with such low rates of infection? How does its famous Track-and-Trace system work? And what was it like living in the capital at the height of the pandemic? Jan catches up with he...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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30:33
Convoys, COVID and Negotiation in Afghanistan
Working from home is something most of us complain about but have had to get used to. But what about people who don't have the luxury of staying in, and for whom getting the job done means being out on the front line? Pe...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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34:53
COVID Fatigue, Favela Life and Rugby in Rio de Janeiro
This week Jan talks to George Powell, a journalist and film maker who has lived and worked in Rio de Janeiro for the past 6 years. He's chosen to live in one of Rio's smaller favelas, and has some interesting insights into life as the onl...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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34:29
The SARS Generation and Home Cooking in Hong Kong
Many countries are facing a resurgence of COVID-19 and nowhere is that resurgence more painful than in Hong Kong. After weeks with no cases at all, the virus has struck back in the crowded island and strict control measures have been reinstated...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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