21 Jun 2021

Pandemic a path to new directions

From Generation Covid, 7:00 am on 21 June 2021
Emma Houpt

Emma Houpt Photo: Emma Houpt

Isabella Austin

Isabella Austin Photo: Isabella Austin

Eva Wyles gave up a job in media in New York to return home to New Zealand. During lockdown, she managed to finish writing a novel and found a new life direction. 

Findlay Buchanan abandoned his plans of living and travelling in Europe for self-isolation a tiny bach in Northland. He discovered a new passion and a new career as a poet.

Actor Conan Hayes thought he could reinvent himself in Melbourne but when Covid-19 forced him back home to Dunedin he realised he didn’t need to leave home to 'live authentically'. 

‘Generation Covid’ is available from 21 June on Apple, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Radio Public, Radio Bean and other podcast providers.  

Produced by Emma Houpt and Isabella Austin. End music created and produced by Isabella Austin and her father, Mark Austin.

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