A snapshot into the future of life during COVID-19 (Guest, Austin Sheppard, Special Edition - 'Distanced')

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SPECIAL EDITION: We recorded several conversations with people from around the world at the start of the pandemic. They were originally released as part of a separate podcast called 'Distanced', but we are releasing those conversations as part of 'This is Your Life in Silicon Valley' over the next few weeks. Americans are just getting used to life in quarantine during the age of the Coronavirus. But China has an 8-week head start. The first episode of 'distanced./ explores what our future holds through a lengthy interview with an American expat in China. What will life look like for us in the future?

Austin Sheppard works in the software industry and has been in China for many years. He recounts the moment he first knew COVID-19 was going to be a big deal. And what the immediate ramifications were after.

Austin talks about how life immediately changed. And the American media's misperception that China's lockdown measures were 'draconian'. Austin talks about what a return to normalcy may look like, and how many years it may take til things get back to the way they were.

We learn about the effect of COVID on small businesses in China. And Austin talks about his love for Orangetheory and Taco Bell.

What does the future hold for all of us? The first episode if distanced explores this and more.

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