Don't Touch Your Face

On our final episode (for now), we examine an older public health crisis and the lessons it offers.  We want to hear from you! To fill out our 2021 listener survey, go to survey.fan/foreignpolicy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How the pandemic is changing the way we meet people. We want to hear from you! To fill out our 2021 listener survey, go to survey.fan/foreignpolicy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How the world may see more protests as lockdowns lift. We want to hear from you! To fill out our 2021 listener survey, go to survey.fan/foreignpolicy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The infection numbers have been low but that hasn't stopped some leaders from using the pandemic to restrict freedoms. We want to hear from you! To fill out our 2021 listener survey, go to survey.fan/foreignpolicy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How the coronavirus could transform urban life. We want to hear from you! To fill out our 2021 listener survey, go to survey.fan/foreignpolicy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How technology has made our pandemic lives better—and worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High school and college students around the world have had to move their graduation celebrations online, but the pandemic’s impact on their lives is unlikely to end there.  On this week’s episode, Don’t Touch Your Face hosts James Palmer and Amy Mackinnon look at how the coronavirus has changed the way we celebrate major life milestones, and how the pandemic and ensuing financial crisis could have a profound impact on young generations for decades to come.  They are joined by Ritwick Ghosh and Ann Bybee-Finley who recently got married on Zoom, and Rainesford Stauffer, a writer from Kentucky who is writing a book on emerging adulthood in contemporary America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Challenge’ trials could speed up vaccine development, but at what cost? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why the environmental benefits of the lockdown are fleeting at best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Zealand and other countries lead by women have done better than most at responding to the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What needs to be done before the lockdowns can be lifted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why the cure is still better than the disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ultra-Orthodox Challenge Israel’s Coronavirus Response Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Airlines are Responding to their Biggest Threat Yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Frozen Conflicts Could Become a Global Achilles Heel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pandemic Lessons from Chernobyl’s Liquidators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Authoritarian Leaders are Cracking Down on the Coronavirus—and Civil Liberties Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What the world can learn from Iceland’s strategy of widespread testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Look Ahead at a Year Without Sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens if the coronavirus hits the most vulnerable such as those in a Mexican refugee camp? Also what are the larger ramifications of Prince Charles contracting coronavirus? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices