In the evening, I like to listen to All Things Considered on NPR, and this year it has at times been very difficult to do so. The impeachment hearings for Trump pre-empted Mah Storeez several times over a few weeks, and I usually listened to the hearings without too much complaint. Yesterday, however, Trump decided to address the nation on the subject of the threat of the coronavirus (or, in Trumpland “carona”). Readers, I tried, but upon learning that Mike Pence is going to be the government’s point man on this pandemic, I had to turn it off, lest I recall Pence’s earlier efforts on the disease front and public health.
Instead, I replayed for Dr. Evil’s benefit a Gravy podcast that I’d listened to earlier in the day. It’s an outstanding story by Appalachian author Robert Gipe, and I am re-posting it here for your listening pleasure. If you have 25 minutes or so, please give it a listen.