Culturally Relevant with David Chen

Remembering the "Faces of COVID" (with Alex Goldstein)

Episode Summary

David chats with Alex Goldstein, the creator of the "Faces of COVID" Twitter account, which memorializes lives that have been lost to COIVD and which now has over 130K followers. Alex discusses why he created the account, what has surprised him, and the most challenging parts of maintaining it.

Episode Notes

David chats with Alex Goldstein, the creator of the "Faces of COVID" Twitter account, which memorializes lives that have been lost to COIVD and which now has over 130K followers. Alex discusses why he created the account, what has surprised him, and the most challenging parts of maintaining it. 

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Links:

• Follow Faces of COVID on Twitter
• Follow Alex Goldstein on Twitter
• Our COVID bubble tips [video]
• Iowa is what happens when government does nothing
• The Pope's op-ed in The New York Times
• One Day: The Extraordinary Story of 24 Hours in America
• Radiolab's episode about Lebanons
• Behind the COVID Tracking Project
• Weekly Recommendations:
  • The Last Children of Down Syndrome
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • The Sopranos
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