The Endemic of Podcast in Place

On April 3, 2020 we released the first episode of Podcast in Place: Youth Stories From Quarantine, our series on life in Alaska during the Covid-19 pandemic. Three years and 70 episodes later, the global health pandemic was declared over by the World Health Organization on May 11, 2023.

So now it's time for Podcast in Place to also come to an end. 

In this final episode, we take a look back on how the Covid-19 pandemic affected life in Alaska; the healthcare system (7:48), school (17:49), mental health (34:23), and whether or not we might be ready for another global pandemic (48:29).

Hosted by Edison Wallace-Moyer.

This episode was written by Quinn White, Madison Knutson, Edison Wallace-Moyer, AJ Schultz, and Ormund Alaois.

Additional reporting from Maria Koop, Roey McCowan, Kendrick Whiteman, Jordan Kehl, and Forrest Rodgers.

Our show's main theme was composed by Devin Shreckengost. Additional music by Ormund Alaois, Tyler Felson, Ahman Greer, and Kendrick Whiteman.

Mentorship and production support from Cody Liska, John Kendall, and Rosey Robards. Special thanks to Julia O'Malley.

Alaska Teen Media Institute is based in Anchorage, Alaska. We would like to acknowledge the Dena'ina people, whose land we work on.

Many thanks to supporters of our podcast, including the Dow Jones News Fund Health and Wellness Reporting Summer Workshops Grant.

The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this podcast are those of our guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of our funders.