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James Ladika (left) and Austin Allison
Austin and James are Holding Up
When we started recording “Humboldt Holding Up” in April, 2020, as a way to check in with local folks during the pandemic, we certainly didn’t think we would still be at it sixteen months later. Like many folks, we thought that maybe things would be better by now.
But with the Delta variant, COVID continues to tear through our community. August was the deadliest month of the pandemic Humboldt has seen.
On this week’s episode of Humboldt Holding Up, we are joined by two people who work at Eureka’s Providence St. Joseph Hospital — former Eureka City Councilmember Austin Allison, a surgical technologist, and James Ladika, a registered nurse — who discuss the frightening reality of working on the frontlines of the COVID-19.
Topics discussed include:
- The impacts COVID has had on hospital resources and being forced to delay surgeries and other types of care
- The mental and emotional toll the pandemic is taking on healthcare workers
- Videos posted by COVID patient Linda Urbina and the hope that others will share their stories
- A plea for people to get vaccinated!
- More
Click the audio player above to listen to Allison’s and Ladika’s chat with the Outpost’s Stephanie McGeary and Andrew Goff or click on over to Apple Podcasts. And if you’d like to take an audio journey through past Humboldt Holding Up guests, see below.
PREVIOUS GUESTS:
- #67 Eureka Artist Richard Evans
- #66 NCRT’s Calder Johnson
- #65 TV Newsman Dave Silverbrand
- #63 Housing Policy Specialist Brian Heaton
- #62 Muralists Blake Reagan and Lucas Thornton
- #61 Arcata City Councilmember Emily Goldstein
- #60 Kayak Guide Eric Stockwell
- #59 Eureka City Councilmember Natalie Arroyo
- #58 Wiyot Cultural Center Manager Marnie Atkins
- #57 Humboldt County Growers’ Alliance’s Natalynne DeLapp
- #56 RREDC Executive Director Gregg Foster
- #55 Dell’Arte’s Michael Fields
- #54 Llama Wrangler Keagan Trischum
- #53 Crabs President David Sharp
- #52 Ferndale Organic Dairy Farmers Kristina Radelfinger and Dorice Miranda
- #51 Former Arcata Mayor Alex Stillman
- #50 Cooperation Humboldt’s David Cobb
- #49 Ink People Center for the Arts’ Libby Maynard
- #48 Humboldt Bay Social Co-Owner Amy Cirincione O’Connor
- #47 Musician Lyndsey Battle
- #46 Mad River Brewing CEO Linda Cooley
- #45 LoCO Editor Hank Sims
- #44 Humboldt Republic’s Jason Brandi
- #43 Table Bluff Farmer Hannah Eisloeffel
- #42 Logger Bar Owner Kate Martin
- #41 Teacher/Rapper Zach “Zigzilla” Lehner
- #40 Madaket Captain “Zippo” Libby Tonning
- #39 Event Planner Alegria Sita
- #38 Food For People’s Anne Holcomb
- #37 AHHA President Nezzie Wade
- #36 Performance Artist Noël August/Tucker Noir
- #35 Eureka Mayor Susan Seaman
- #34 Eagle House Owner Jennifer Metz
- #33 Absynth Quartet Drummer Mike “Tofu” Schwartz
- #32 HACHR Executive Director Lasara Firefox Allen
- #31 Alchemy Distiller Owner Amy Bohner
- #30 Eureka City Councilmember Kati Moulton
- #29 Eureka City Councilmember Scott Bauer
- #28 Ungraceful Ager Barry Evans
- #27 Arcata City Councilmember Sofia Pereira
- #26 HumBrews Music Booker Laurel Weston
- #25 Eureka City Councilmember Kim Bergel
- #24 Film Commission’s Cassandra Hesseltine and Nate Adams
- #23 Marble Maker Topher Reynolds
- #22 Arcata Playhouse Director Jacqueline Dandeneau
- #21 Humboldt Political Junkie Eric Kirk
- #20 Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes
- #19 Second District Supervisor Estelle Fennell
- #18 Arcata Food Aficionado Jada Calypso Brotman
- #17 Body Piercer Jackie Silva
- #16 Dick Taylor Chocolate’s Adam Dick
- #15 FUHS Teachers Mark Thom and Inma Thompson
- #14 Eureka City Manager Miles Slattery
- #13 Savage Henry Co-Founder Chris Durant
- #12 Eureka Street Art Festival Organizer Jenna Catsos
- #11 SCRAP Humboldt Founder Tibora Bea
- #10 Gym Owner Tyler Parr
- #9 Six Rivers Brewery Co-Owner Meredith Maier
- #8 Multicultural Skincare Therapist Levia Love
- #7 Annie’s Cambodian Server and Social Worker Joshua Coppock
- #6 Eureka City Councilmember Austin Allison
- #5 HSU Professor Deidre Pike
- #4 Pastor Bethany Cseh
- #3 Singer/Songwriter Chris Parreira
- #2 Eureka City Councilmember Leslie Castellano
- #1 Arcata City Councilmember Paul Pitino