After the Virus

Generation Covid is a podcast series that asks what it’s like to start your adult life during the worst pandemic in a century. Made by members of Generation Covid, the series talks about being forced to change life plans, how you cope (and when you don’t) staying in touch (at least online) and what happens next. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

In this episode; society. Do we want to go back to our pre-Covid lives? Guyon is joined by Emily Mandel, Clementine Ford and Merepeka Raukawa-Tait. Has the Covid-19 pandemic really changed the world forever? And if so, how? In the final episode of the After The Virus podcast, focused on society, Emily Mandel, Clementine Ford and Merepeka Raukawa-Tait tell Guyon Espiner their thoughts. Watch the vi...

Can we get the economy back to normal? Should we? Featuring former Prime Minister Sir John Key, Ecological economist Dr Simon Mair, and economist and writer Philippe Legrain. Sir John Key says he 'runs out of adjectives' when trying to describe the size of the economic crisis caused by Covid-19. Watch the video version of the episode here The former prime Minister made the comment to RNZ...

Will there be a vaccine? Or will we have to learn to live with the virus? Professor Papaarangi Reid, Tumuaki and Head of Department of Māori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences; Dr David Nabbaro, WHO’s special envoy for Covid-19; and former Prime Minister Helen Clark talk with Guyon about health. A vaccine is not an easy answer to the Covid-19 crisis, warns a leading academic, and...

In this episode; work. Will there be any to do? A leading New Zealand tech CEO says a new global workforce could emerge in the wake of Covid-19, where borders are irrelevant and the office is replaced with video conferencing apps like Zoom. Watch the video version of the episode here Anna Curzon, chief product officer at Xero, made the comments in the RNZ podcast After the Virus, which hosts discu...

In this episode; politics. How has the virus changed the way we are governed? The world is sliding towards anarchy as the United States abandons its global leadership position in the Covid-19 crisis, says former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd. Watch the video version of the episode here He appeared alongside CNN international anchor Christiane Amanpour who singled out New Zealand as having a...

Has the pandemic bought us any time to arrest climate change? If so, was the price we paid too high? Covid-19 has shrunk the 10 years the world had to address climate change to no more than 18 months, according to the United Nations lead negotiator for the Paris Agreement. Watch the video version of the episode here Christiana Figueres, head of the UN climate change response that led to the Paris...

'After the Virus' , a 6-part podcast and video series exploring how the Covid-19 pandemic will change the world in the long-term. We're half way through 2020 and there's barely a nation on Earth that Covid-19 hasn't touched. Close to five million people have contracted the virus. More than 300,000 have died. But now, all around the world, people are starting to lift their heads, loo...