Corona Diaries S6E1

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In this episode, we listen to interviews that our diarists conducted with their family and friends about how they feel being part of this podcast and what stories would they want to hear. Our host Tumiso Maseng introduces us to Nosipho Hlophe, who spoke to some of the people in her inner close circle to hear what they think of sharing parts of their lives with us on this podcast. Then, we touch on the kind of stories they would like, where our audio diarist, Kerry Lanaghan, spoke to some of her friends about how they feel about telling their pandemic related stories with her. Finally, we end the episode with Tatenda Muntungwe interview with members of his household and some of his friends. They shared with him their point of view about the on-going pandemic and how they overcame the challenges they faced during the pandemic.
2 Sep 2022 English South Africa Education

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