A year into the pandemic, a look back at unemployment numbers
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For the past 51 weeks, first-time claims have been higher than at any time during the Great Recession.
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We try to get a sense of the scale and severity of joblessness over the past year. Plus, what it's been like to be a remote intern during the COVID-19 contagion.
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Music from the episode
Sunrise The Kooks
Goodness Emancipator
Dusty Blue Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band
Raspberry Jam Allah-Las
On It Maestro Nightmares On Wax
Ooh Wee (feat. Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Trife & Saigon) Mark Ronson, Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Trife, Saigon
The team
Nancy Farghalli
Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst
Producer II
Sean McHenry
Director & Associate Producer II