Shanghai is still under arguably the world’s
most strict Covid lockdown since the pandemic began. Some residents
have been locked inside their apartments for over 50 days. Amid
news of food shortages, internet censors taking down posts of
frustrated citizens, Shanghai residents are keen to have their
voices heard. We talk to Jorge Castellanos, standup comedian based
in Shanghai. Jorge owns two businesses, he’s married to a Chinese
citizen and has been in lockdown in over a month now. Sounds of
April: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bguwCndTUOA Photo by Nico De
Rouge, check out his work here: https://nicoderouge.com/ Support us
to keep making the show by joining us on Patreon where we post
weekly bonus eps every Thursday. This week we talk to Jorge in
Shanghai about the “other” stories we heard of about the Shanghai
lockdown, why he’s not willing to leave Shanghai just yet and what
his day-to-day life under lockdown is like
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