What does it mean to ask 'How are you?' in a pandemic?

In the pandemic, answering "How are you?" isn't as easy as saying "I'm fine." Elena and Harv chat with linguistics professor Deborah Tannen and try to figure out if we should still ask "How are you?" when things just haven't been great. Also featuring some of our favourite pandemic email greetings and signoffs.

For more on this question, check out our Season 2 episode "How are you?" where we explore what this question means when you're grieving.

Find the transcript for the episode here.

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Tish Valenzuela draws and writes stories on @tish.draws. She is also a full time advertising copywriter and part time design studio owner.