{"id":12979,"date":"2020-03-25T16:51:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T20:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=12979"},"modified":"2020-05-28T10:58:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T14:58:47","slug":"covid-check-in-kate-lacour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-kate-lacour","title":{"rendered":"COVID Check-In with Kate Lacour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Kate_Lacour.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Memories Show:<br \/>\nCOVID Check-In with Kate Lacour<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6908\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12979-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Kate_Lacour.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Kate_Lacour.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Kate_Lacour.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Kate_Lacour.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=12979-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Kate_Lacour.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"COVID_Check-In_with_Kate_Lacour.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is not an artists&#8217; retreat for me at all, but emotionally, it&#8217;s been probably very healthy to be super-frazzled with lots of stuff from sunup to sundown.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-JACW4DpDF\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12983\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-kate-lacour\/90765044_151814939634403_916496008388591974_n\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/90765044_151814939634403_916496008388591974_n.jpg?fit=1080%2C1350\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"90765044_151814939634403_916496008388591974_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/90765044_151814939634403_916496008388591974_n.jpg?fit=496%2C620\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12983\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/90765044_151814939634403_916496008388591974_n.jpg?resize=280%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/90765044_151814939634403_916496008388591974_n.jpg?resize=352%2C440 352w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/90765044_151814939634403_916496008388591974_n.jpg?resize=496%2C620 496w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/90765044_151814939634403_916496008388591974_n.jpg?resize=768%2C960 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/90765044_151814939634403_916496008388591974_n.jpg?w=1080 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>In our first <em><strong>COVID Check-In<\/strong><\/em> podcast, artist <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/katelacourart\">Kate Lacour<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantagraphics.com\/vivisectionary\/?sef_rewrite=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vivisectionary<\/a>, Fantagraphics) calls in from New Orleans while her kids are asleep. We talk about how she&#8217;s coping \u2014 taking care of her kids &amp; her garden, reading Cixin Liu, making diary comics, helping neighbors \u2014 and how she&#8217;s planning to celebrate her birthday tonight. <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Kate_Lacour.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantagraphics.com\/vivisectionary\/?sef_rewrite=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vivisectionary<\/a> and listen to my <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-343-kate-lacour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full-length episode with Kate<\/a> from CXC in 2019!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Having a lot of commitments means you have to choose between self-expression and self-care, most of the time.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/to85AMBWoeo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/2pHlbPotsowl3aw3xbF7GG\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t140603862\/\" style=\"width:100%; height:100px;\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Kate_Lacour.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to the conversation!<\/a>&nbsp;Then check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the archives<\/a>&nbsp;for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/katelacour\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12986\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-kate-lacour\/etbtjxgxsam96ft\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048\" data-orig-size=\"2048,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ETbtJxgXsAM96fT\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?fit=525%2C525\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12986 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?resize=525%2C525\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?resize=620%2C620 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?resize=440%2C440 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?resize=170%2C170 170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?resize=100%2C100 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETbtJxgXsAM96fT.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katelacour.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kate Lacour<\/a> studied biology and psychology at the University of Chicago and Oberlin, and Art Therapy at the School of Visual Arts. She learned to draw through the Art Students\u2019 League in New York City. She is the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolartslearningcenter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOLArts Learning Center<\/a>, a nonprofit serving young people with diverse abilities, and delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gFN8FOoIVHI&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TED talk on autism, inclusion and Mardi Gras<\/a>. Her art and comics are inspired by a love for the aesthetics of science and a fascination\/revulsion towards bodies. She is the winner of the 2016 Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art award, and has given art talks at the Society of Illustrators, American Art Therapy Conference, New Orleans Public Library, Antenna Gallery, Signals, and the Pharmacy Museum. Kate lives in New Orleans with her husband and three children. Her new book is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1683962125\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1683962125&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=6dae01e0f34c9544f2fa4e3ee7a99ae5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vivisectionary<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1683962125\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">, published by Fantagraphics.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: <\/em><em>The conversation was recorded remotely via <a href=\"http:\/\/zencastr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zencastr<\/a>. I used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DRPVEUK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00DRPVEUK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=902a694e24a241f7cee18f483a6ce2dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00DRPVEUK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. Photo of Kate by her. It&#8217;s on her <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/katelacourart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: COVID Check-In with Kate Lacour &#8220;This is not an artists&#8217; retreat for me at all, but emotionally, it&#8217;s been probably very healthy to be super-frazzled with lots of stuff from sunup to sundown.&#8221; In our first COVID Check-In podcast, artist Kate Lacour (Vivisectionary, Fantagraphics) calls in from New Orleans while her kids &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-kate-lacour\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;COVID Check-In with Kate Lacour&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,26,5981,4,1183,18,20,19],"tags":[5801],"class_list":["post-12979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-comics","category-covid-check-in","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-politics-implicit","category-religion","category-urban-issues","tag-kate-lacour","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/vivikate.jpeg?fit=750%2C482","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-3nl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14361,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-427-kate-lacour","url_meta":{"origin":12979,"position":0},"title":"Episode 427 &#8211; Kate Lacour","author":"Gil","date":"March 24, 2021","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 427: Kate Lacour \"The part of taxidermy that's meaningful to me is my personal interest in interacting with physical bodies. There's a lot of emotional weight and personal tickle involved.\" It's been a year since I started the COVID Check-In series of podcasts, so I decided to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/lacour2021comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C530&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/lacour2021comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C530&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/lacour2021comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C530&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/lacour2021comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C530&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/lacour2021comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C530&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12552,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-343-kate-lacour","url_meta":{"origin":12979,"position":1},"title":"Episode 343 &#8211; Kate Lacour","author":"Gil","date":"October 6, 2019","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 343: Kate Lacour \u201cAttraction\/repulsion is a big response that people have expressed about my work, whether they like it or not. I like that feeling when I experience it, like when something\u2019s gorgeous but has an air of foulness to it.\u201d With her new book, Vivisectionary (Fantagraphics),\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/katecomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/katecomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/katecomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/katecomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/katecomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13015,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-tom-tomorrow","url_meta":{"origin":12979,"position":2},"title":"COVID Check-In with Tom Tomorrow","author":"Gil","date":"March 29, 2020","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show COVID Check-In: Tom Tomorrow (a.k.a. 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