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In 2003, Victor Cushman helped write the pandemic playbook for SARS-CoV-1. Now, he's looking for ways to use that experience in a world that seems both eerily familiar and entirely different from anything he's seen before. He's founded the nonprofit Scan Delaware Health to educate and advocate in this time of COVID-19, and he thinks he knows the right path to the New Normal ... and it involves a LOT of testing.

"The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do." That quote from essayist and activist James Baldwin resonates throughout this episode, as we hear about the Delaware Historical Society's effort to document our day-to-day lives during this time of unease and unrest in "The COVID Chronicles" ... and perhaps learn something from pandemics past in the process.

The mission of Delaware Shakespeare is to gather people from all walks of life to celebrate and explore their shared humanity through the lens of Shakespearean work. That "gathering" part might be on hold, but since in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Del Shakes has been producing more work, not less. Producing Artistic Director David Stradley joins us to talk about how theater can move the world forward, even when the playhouses have closed.

You might think there's never been a worse time to buy and sell a house ... but you would be wrong. The demand is there, but everything else has changed. Married realtors Tucker Robbins and Carol Arnott Robbins are here to talk about the new normals of real estate -- what's hot, what's selling, and what you're not likely to see anytime soon. (Spoilers: Bad news for lookie-loos.)

Joe Trainor is a gifted stage performer, but live music was one of the first industries to close up shop at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. So what does a musician do with no audience? He builds another kind of community online, by creating the largest bracket competition you're ever likely to participate in. Music heals the soul, they say, but arguing about music sure passes the time.

As the COVID-19 virus began to spread inside the United States, Sasha Aber found herself on vacation in northern Iceland, 750 miles away from the nearest airport and 3000 miles away from her home, her family, and her restaurant. She tells us the story of her journey from there to launching a food donation program that has fed more than 1,000 front-line workers inside ChristianaCare.