I reflect on the current COVID situation, second round of layoffs and the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd's Death. I use this moment to find gratitude in some things that are going well in spite of everything else going horribly wrong.

Links to things I mentioned in this episode

Job cuts:

Kuehne Nagel sees 20,000 job cuts
Temporary job cuts at FedEx
Hundreds lose jobs at Synchreon

George Floyd protests:

Campaign Zero
Community Justice Exchange

To learn more about how you can support Black Lives Matter, visit: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

Donations surge in 2016/2017

Donations to Investigative Journalism, 2016
$24 million donations to ACLU, 2017

Topics mentioned in the Gratitude section:

Sourdough Bread
Americans lacking internet
The West Wing TV Show
Learning podcasting from Transom.org
J. Kenji Lopez Alt - Youtube Channel
Korean Red Chilli - Gochugaru
Jian Bing recipe
Music: Girl Walk All Day movie
Music: Album All Day by Girl Walk
Pomplamoose mashups
Medical bills cause debt

I used the following music to score this episode: Staying Positive by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/59438 Ft: greg_baumont

Goliath Flores produced the theme music.

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