Listen in as Tatum and Beth dissect optimism as an actively chosen mindset that can bring a bit of life and gentleness to an otherwise harsh reality.

For 69,245 bells, join Tatum and Deborah in talking about the uses of Animal Crossing and other games as coping mechanisms in this time of social distancing.

Thelonious and Rhea discuss current research examining COVID-19’s effect on pregnant women and look at some of the upcoming warm weather in Washington.

In this episode Chelsea and Christine break their dating app hiatus and redownload Tinder. They also discuss new changes to the app and chaotic conversations that they’re currently having.

Tatum and Zoe break down some of the dangerous talk around ‘quarantine bodies’, how quarantine impacts people struggling or recovering from disordered eating, and what it should actually mean to stay healthy during quarantine.

The novelty song “Istanbul (not Constantinople)” famously said that “It was nobody’s business, but the Turks,” but when it comes to tech, it’s everybody’s.  Rhea and Thelonious discuss exploitive Mechanical Turk labor at Amazon and Uber,

Host Claudia interviews a guest writer about about the uncertain or transformed plans of graduate students in the pandemic, plus the commencement of ASUW elections and more this week.

This week, Chelsea and Christine continue talking about spicing things at home. This time they tackle cam girls and OnlyFans and how these platforms are changing with quarantine.