COVID-19 has forced many families to improvise childcare. For some, it's been like a four month long 'bring your child to work' day. Paul Montanaro runs a pizza shop in the Bronx. That's where his 11-year-old daughter Francesca has been spending her days since her school shut down in March. Both of Francesca's parents are essential workers - her mom is an ICU nurse at a hospital in Manhattan.
For our Hunker Down Diaries series, we asked Francesca to keep an audio diary as she finished up 5th grade in the pizzeria.
Music this week from Blue Dot Sessions and “Nunca Es Suficiente” by Los Angeles Azules and Natalia Lafourcade.
The Vietnam Tapes of Michael A. Baronowski
Weasel’s Diary, Revisited
The Last Civil War Widows
The Border Wall (Updated)
Strange Fruit (Updated)
Busman’s Holiday
The Working Tapes – Part 4
March of the Bonus Army
The Song that Crossed Party Lines
The Working Tapes – Part 3
The Working Tapes – Part 2
The Working Tapes – Part 1
The Working Tapes – A Preview
From Flint to Rio
Contenders: The Veep
Contenders: Say it Like You Mean it
Contenders: Women Who Fought for the White House
Majd’s Diary: Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl
A Mother, Then and Now
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