In Quarantine - Episodes
In Quarantine wth Steve Bodow
Season 1
EPISODE 1: A.J. Jacobs was a Germaphobe Before it was Cool
Best-selling author A.J. Jacobs talks about the art of not shaking hands, Zoom lunch techniques, and the importance of pandemic thank-you notes.
Episode 2: Annie Polland Thinks Spitting Remains Bad
NYC-based historian Annie Polland hits the archives for lessons from the 1918 pandemic.
EPISODE 3:
Jessica Koslow Feeds the Folks Who Feed LA
Celebrated chef Jessica Koslow retooled her Silver Lake flagship Sqirl to serve free meals to unemployed restaurant workers. And she's still looking for the perfect matzo brei.
Episode 4:
Ben Sinclair was Kind of Made for this Shit
The star and co-creator of HBO’s High Maintenance is in his sweet spot: “existential wandering through unstructured days.”
Episode 5:
Jessi Klein's Xanax Is Kicking In
Comedian Jessi Klein (Inside Amy Schumer, Big Mouth) balances writing, voiceovers, a Springsteen-mad preschooler and assessing which governors can "get it".
Episode 6: Brina Milikowsky Supports Mail Privilege
Voting Rights Lab co-founder Brina Milikowsky is making sure you don't have to risk getting 'rona just to vote this fall.
Episode 7: Karen Levy Wipes Down Everything
Atlanta-based epidemiologist Karen Levy says Covid’s second wave is a question of when, not if – and Georgia’s “premature” reopening isn’t helping.
Episode 8: Nick Kroll Loves Ancient Rituals and Also Watching Lettuce Grow
Multi-talented comedian Nick Kroll on animation's pandemic immunity, how Netflix made the world ready for Jewish-teen jack-off jokes, and why his brother-in-law Roger won't return Steve's calls.
Season 2
S2 EPISODE 1: JACOB SOBOROFF SOMEHOW GETS THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE BAD THINGS TO TALK TO HIM
NBC News' Jacob Soboroff on his new book Separated, the story of the Trump Administration's disastrous child-separation immigration policy – and how it relates directly to their disastrous Covid public-health policy.
S2 EPISODE 2: "WHAT TO MY PEOPLE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?" - IDRIS GOODWIN & ADAM MANSBACH
Two creators, one Black and one white, of a biting new BLM video – inspired by Frederick Douglass's best-known speech and performed by Daveed Diggs – discuss their collaboration, how an 1852 speech matters so much right now, and why "white privilege" doesn't go far enough.