Voices from my Bunker 2020

Voices from my Bunker 2020


Latest Episodes

Meet JoAnn. The Wrap Around Family.
October 02, 2020

Meet JoAnn from near St. Paul Minnesota. She and her own immediate family and her siblings have been caregiving for their 100+-year-old Mom through the last seven months of COVID restrictions and challenges, including her Mom being diagnosed with...

Voices from My Bunker 2020: Slippery Slope of Weight Management
September 18, 2020

Bill Murray says acting suits him he said because he only has to be good at it for 90 seconds at a time. I am also very good at weight management 90 seconds at a time in 2020. But, unfortunately, that time span suits Hollywood and not weight issues....

Meet Jay: At first, no. Now? I think of it as a natural calamity..
September 08, 2020

In the beginning, Jay thought it was just a flu and that the news might be exaggerating it. He thought It would pass in a short period of time. Now, he thinks it is a natural calamity no one has ever experienced in their life.

Last Ferry and A Seat in the Reality Ballpark
August 26, 2020

The last ferry has left the island and Im sitting by myself in The Reality Ballpark. What the hell? How did this happen: risk management is now a buffet of choices that do not manage risk but invite

Meet Joan. Voices from My Bunker 2020
August 18, 2020

My interview with Joan, a 74-year-old widow in Rochester, NY who, unlike myself, is not a sloth or someone who enjoys sitting for hours at a time reading, clicking, snoozing and I feel 100% sure never uses her bed as her living room, dining room, and...

Meet Steph: We Are All In This Together.
August 10, 2020

Meet Steph. She was born and lived in US until a year and half ago but now lives in Stellenbosch, South Africa with her husband and five kids while he completes his graduate studies at the University there. She describes what “quarantine” has...

Meet Alice. A First Grade Teacher During COVID19
August 03, 2020

Meet Alice. A First Grade Teacher in a Catholic School in Washington, DC during COVID19. After listening, you may agree that Teachers, Students and Parents are some unsung heroes of this pandemic. www.patcoakley..com

Meet Carol. Let Me Live Long Enough
July 26, 2020

Meet Carol. Shes 70+, lives alone, and has been seriously ill and undergoing a succession of chemo treatments for three years. In addition, she had to go into lockdown in March, 2020, due to COVID19

Needed To. Meant To. Meet Babz.
July 07, 2020

Meet Babz. 27 year old Occupational Therapist who moved to Boston, Mass in February 2020 just as pandemic effects were beginning to challenge the city and the entire state. Meet Babz. Needed to. Meant to. This is how she answered my question about any...

Voices from My Bunker: Meet Melissa from Iowa
June 30, 2020

'Voices From My Bunker 2020" in Massachusetts. (Formerly known as Podsnacks/Art of the Diet). Guests ring my virtual doorbell and I invite them in for a chat. At play in dangerous times in 2020, we tell our stories. We laugh. Eye roll. Cry. Sigh. We...