Distant Socials
Distant Socials
jellis1123
Grab a drink out of your stockpile and settle in with host Jessica Ellis as she interviews friends from across the US and the world about surviving in the time of the Coronavirus Quarantine. A hopefully short-lived podcast about life in unpleasantly interesting times.
Avi Quijada - Los Angeles, CA
Jessica talks with film producer and professor Avi Quijada about the many eerie similarities between President Trump and former Venezuelan President Chavez, how a country in crisis can survive a pandemic, and how the hell Melania Trump got an Einstein Visa.
Jun 14, 2020
54 min
Kevin Morales, New York City, NY
Jessica and NYC writer/director/producer Kevin Morales go for a deep, Mule-infused dive into the state of the film industry during Coronavirus.
May 27, 2020
40 min
Eliza Steel - Los Angeles, CA
Jessica gets some much needed therapisting from marriage and family therapist Eliza Steel, on how our brains are getting broken - and maybe, amazingly, fixed - by the Coronavirus epidemic.
May 11, 2020
36 min
Lydia Bugg - Nashville, TN
Jessica talks with romantic comedy writer Lydia Bugg of Cracked, Bunny Ears, and Scribd about how one can manage to write either romance or comedy during Coronavirus. Also: Tornadoes!!
Apr 27, 2020
37 min
Michael Cunio - New York City, NY
We get a little into our day wine with musician and Postmodern Jukebox member Michael Cunio as we talk about how Coronavirus is influencing artists and what his career as a live performer has taught him about surviving stress.
Apr 23, 2020
35 min
Sonia Figueroa - Los Angeles, CA
Jessica swears like a sailor as Los Angeles-based immigration lawyer Sonia Figueroa explains how Coronavirus and US immigration policy are on a collision course endangering human rights, public health, and the 2020 election.
Apr 17, 2020
49 min
Kim Rohrer - Berkeley, CA
Jessica's guest, the lovely and talented Kim Roher, is about to go into labor any second, and yet took time to talk about how Covid-19 has affected pregnancy, her birth plan, and parenting in 2020.
Apr 13, 2020
32 min
Lee Sova-Claypool - Boston, MA
It's an all-out Elizabeth Warren Lovefest as Jessica and former Director of Influencer Engagement for the Warren campaign Lee Sova-Claypool talk Bloody Marys, the ideals of Senator Warren, and how Warren Democrats can convert their grassroots game to fighting Covid-19.
Apr 6, 2020
32 min
Andrea Helton - Louisville, KY
Acupuncturist and Herbalist Andrea Helton makes a frankly magical cocktail and talks Jessica through life under Mitch McConnell and ways to regulate your body during the stress of Coronavirus.
Apr 3, 2020
41 min
Annemarie Bartholomew - Topeka, KS
Jessica drinks chocolate milk with Annemarie Bartholomew, a carnivore zookeeper from the Topeka Zoo, and talks about how Covid-19 is affecting our animal friends, and what we can learn from tigers during a crisis.
Mar 30, 2020
38 min
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