BLASST 112: COVID CALLS 5

TRACKLIST
1. George Jones & Willie Nelson - "I Gotta Get Drunk"
2. Idles - "Mother"
3. Rex Orange County - "10/10"

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NOTES
Today's broadcast will be our last in the COVID CALLS series for the time being. 

It's been a pleasure to share these stories with you all over the past five weeks, and I believe that the best way to move forward with this project (which, as I've said, will continue throughout the pandemic) is to gather some new, more updated conversations with people about the present state of things in the Rio Grande Valley. 

As most people in Texas know, the state has been "re-opened" for about three weeks now, and entered it's second phase today, which allows for businesses such as bars, nail salons, and gyms to open back up with certain occupancy rules. This, all while the case numbers keep rising as more and more people are tested for COVID-19. The risks have yet to be mitigated, and both state and local leadership have shown little concern for pursuing that any further, focusing instead on keeping people off of unemployment and spending money - money they don't have, and won't likely have any time soon. 

The government is willing to do away with human lives in order to meet economic standards for themselves. Everyday people like you and I are being used as fuel for this greed machine, and things don't show any sign of changing course. As you will hear in one of the conversations in today's episode, things are going to get a lot worse...on purpose. 

Today's show features three conversations, two with students, and one with an employee at PSJA ISD. All address different parts of the struggle that has been unfolding over the last couple of months, and some look toward the future - for better or for worse. 

Another note I would like to make is that our fine hosts at Miami's Jolt Radio have started a fundraiser to purchase a new mixer for the station! To raise these funds, the station has partnered with Everpress to produce these rad t-shirts:

which you can get here. Pick one up and support this excellent station bringing free-form radio to the masses!

Thanks for listening, and as always, stay home, stay healthy, stay safe.

See y'all next week.

AS