ABC News To Debut Podcast Series ‘The Essentials’ Featuring First-Person Diaries Of Those On Frontlines Of COVID-19 Crisis

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By Ted Johnson ABC News will debut a 10-part podcast series featuring audio journals of doctors, nurses, cops and other workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis.

The series, The Essentials: Inside the Curve, will debut on Saturday as part of the ABC Audio podcast Start Here, before breaking out into its own feed on April 25.

In the first episode, Dr. Hadi Halazan, a 39-year-old cardiologist, talks about being separated from his family as he works at a New York City hospital and has to practice social distancing on his down time. “One of the tougher parts about this disease is that many of the patients, the sickest ones, are on breathing machines and they are sedated for a very long time, and you never get to meet them,” he says