ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Like most people, I imagine, I've been having a lot of anxious thoughts these days. And I've been wishing I could get those thoughts out of my head. Then I remembered that I used to have a podcast called Anxious Machine.
So here's my first episode in three years, part of a planned, ongoing audio journal. This episode starts with some thoughts about how this virus first entered my consciousness, how it felt to watch the movie Contagion with my daughter, and trying to stay awake to what's happening.
Music:The House Glows with Almost No Help by Chris Zabriskie
Contagion: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Cliff Martinez
Links:Contagion by Steven Soderbergh
Dana Stevens on the Slate Culture Gabfest
Wesley Morris on On The Media
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United States
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