Our Pandemic Year

We take stock of a year that challenged us emotionally, culturally and politically. Sam talks to <a href="https://twitter.com/HiraDeol10">Hira Deol</a>, a former contestant on <em>Big Brother Canada</em>, about what it was like to learn about the pandemic while sequestered away from the outside world. Plus, Sam chats with culture writer <a href="https://twitter.com/annehelen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Anne Helen Petersen</a> about the gradual return to our "normal" lives — and just how messy it's going to be. <br/><br/>— Read the poem from this episode: <a href="http://nyti.ms/30FpDfs">"Small Kindnesses" by Danusha Laméris</a><br/><br/><em>You can follow us on Twitter </em><a href="https://twitter.com/NPRItsBeenAMin"><em>@NPRItsBeenAMin</em></a><em> and email us at </em><a href="mailto:samsanders@npr.org"><em>samsa</em></a><a href="mailto:samsanders@npr.org"><em>nders@npr.org.</em></a>