Telescope
Welcome to the new normal. For so many of us around the globe, our lives have been forever changed by the coronavirus. And we will never be the same. On Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays for the foreseeable future, Neon Hum's Jonathan Hirsch will bring you stories of people who are far away...up clo… read more
Closing Shop
In Charleston, West Virginia, Kin Ship Goods is more than a shop — it’s an institution. In the middle of March, as Covid-19 came closer and closer, West Virginia still hadn’t reported its first case. But Kin Ship’s owners, Dan and Hillary, decided to do something few other businesses were doing: shut down. For a small business, closing shop was a risky move. Yet for Dan and Hillary, it was the right thing to do.
Host & Executive Producer: Jonathan Hirsch
Producer: Kate Mishkin
Editors: Catherine Saint Louis, Vikram Patel
Managing Producer: John Asante
Engineer: Mark Bush
Music by Matt McGinley & Blue Dot Sessions
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