Pod Trawlers - The Good Friday Episode - Michael Rosen's These Are The Hands, 20 Tools to help you cope in these pandemic times, Adam Buxton, and a whole lot more

We hope that it is, indeed, a Good Friday everyone.

This week we begin, and end, with a very special poem by Michael Rosen.
It's called These Are The Hands, and it is dedicated to the NHS.

Michael Rosen is quite ill at the moment, so this is by way of our love and good vibes to him, and also the good people of the NHS who are taking care of him, and thousands of others, as they have done for over 60 years.

If you would like to donate money to their cause, here is a link (all profits going to the NHS Covid-19 Emergency Fund):

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/shop/these-are-the-hands-poems-from-the-heart-of-the-nhs/

And here is a recording of Michael Rosen reciting his poem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb3vKDyQ244


Next we move on to Vic's first choice which is:

Feel Better, Live More 
No 104 with Dr David Hamilton - How Being Kind Helps Your Immune System, Reduces Stress and Changes Lives with Dr David Hamilton

https://drchatterjee.com/how-being-kind-helps-your-immune-system-reduces-stress-and-changes-lives-with-dr-david-hamilton/


Then my next choice which is

The Adam Buxton Podcast

I this episode Adam talks with Dr Xand van Tulleken about the Coronavirus crisis, how it's being handled in the UK and how Adam's own family has been adjusting to social distancing. This episode was recorded on March 16 and March 22, before the announcement of the UK lockdown. It's funny and also now has "historical" value.

http://adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts


Next is Vic's other fantastic choice, which is

The Good Life Project -  20 Tools to tame anxiety

https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/20-tools-anxiety-emiliya/

The guest is Emiliya Zhivotovskaya who walks us all through 20 highly-specific tools and techniques to reduce anxiety and bring yourself back to a place of relative ease and calm, no matter how groundless or anxiety-provoking the world around you may feel in this moment.

Last but not least, my all time favourite

For the Many with Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/iain-dale/for-the-many-subscribe-lbc-brand-new-podcast-now/


We then finish off on a re-play of a different recording of These Are The Hands, but we've teamed it up with the heady sounds of Spring via Vivaldi, as re- by the genius that is Mach Richter.

Enjoy and Take Care!

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