After the Virus

A six part series (including video) from 2020 exploring how the Covid-19 pandemic will change the world in the long-term.

Hosted by Guyon Espiner

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The Environment

Episode 1
Has the pandemic bought us any time to arrest climate change? If so, was the price we paid too high?
Walking at Auckland's Kohimarama Beach during the lockdown due to Covid-19.

Politics

Episode 2
In this episode; politics. How has the virus changed the way we are governed?
A video grab taken from Cupid News on 11 November, 2019 shows a police man (L) shooting a pro-democracy protester in the chest during a protest in Sai Wan Ho district, in Hong Kong.

Work

Episode 3
In this episode; work. Will there be any to do?
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Health

Episode 4
Will there be a vaccine? Or will we have to learn to live with the virus? Professor Papaarangi Reid, Tumuaki and Head of Department of Māori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences; Dr David Nabbaro, WHO’s special envoy for Covid-19; and former Prime Minister Helen Clark talk with Guyon about health.
Medical staff member in rubber glowes hands out Coronavirus nasal swabs test tubes at drive-through testing point in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)

The Economy

Episode 5
Can we get the economy back to normal? Should we? Featuring former Prime Minister Sir John Key, Ecological economist Dr Simon Mair, and economist and writer Philippe Legrain.
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Society

Episode 6
In this episode; society. Do we want to go back to our pre-Covid lives? Guyon is joined by Emily Mandel, Clementine Ford and Merepeka Raukawa-Tait.
Children being homeschooled under the Covid-19 alert level 4 lockdown.

Introducing: After the Virus

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'After the Virus' , a 6-part podcast and video series exploring how the Covid-19 pandemic will change the world in the long-term.
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