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Life in the Time of CoronaAuthor: Lindy Wang
Life in the time of Corona is a Podcast about the stories of ordinary people around the world whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus outbreak. Around the world, we share the same human experience of living with the disruptions caused by the coronavirus. We ask people to tell us how their daily lives have been altered by the pandemic, from panic buying to job losses, access and availability of health care services and the realities of quarantine. Language: en Genres: Documentary, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Totalitarian bliss - How Singapore has kept the coronavirus under control for now
Episode 4
Sunday, 29 March, 2020
In this episode, we speak to Eugene, a technologist in Singapore about his views on the government's totalitarian control over all things including the coronavirus. We discuss how this service economy continues to bounce along as the world freezes over. Yet even here small tremors are wavering the society as migrant workers from neighbouring Malaysia start to disappear and as technology quietly creeps into private lives as surveillance of the potential infected population intensifies.
