The Lockdown Diaries: Recent Episodes
Sally Bibb
During the spring of 2020 the world was gripped in fear and solidarity as a viral pandemic swept across the globe. Join Sally Bibb and her international, unique and yet relatable guests as they discuss their funny, heart-breaking and frightening accounts of day to day life in lockdown. A listening experience of how the ordinary extraordinary people will help, inspire and entertain in a time of crisis.
Hosted and thought of by Sally Bibb, produced by and in collaboration with Harrison Lewis
Doriana is a scientist and she’s working in a lab with corona virus. This is a rare insight into what it’s like being in close proximity to such a dangerous virus and how it's affecting her and her loved ones mentally and emotionally.
In this episode we hear from Jim, an ER doctor in California. He talks about his own, unorthodox, route into medicine, what it’s like treating those with COVID and one patient’s miraculous recovery. It feels like an opportunity to reflect on the good experiences along side the terrible ones that you may have faced during the global pandemic.
In this episode Ermis reflects on his autism and his experiences of working during the crisis. He discusses his two extremes of emotion, why he is enjoying the lockdown, and simultaneously why he is scared. He leaves us wondering how others are really coping and how our interactions may affect them.
In this episode we hear from Haley in her tiny apartment in New York City which is the epicentre of the pandemic in the USA. She talks about her fears for her family, lets us in on the naughtiest thing she’s done since lock-down and shares her recent loss and how that is making this time much more painful.