America’s Caregiving Crisis: A Conversation with Ai-jen Poo

America’s Caregiving Crisis: A Conversation with Ai-jen Poo

What happens when love isn’t enough to hold up a broken system?

Ai-jen Poo—award-winning organizer and executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance—joins Kate Bowler to talk about caregiving in America. Who provides it. Who’s left out. And why we need a system that treats care as the sacred, shared labor that it is.

Together they explore:

  • Why more than 100 million Americans are caregiving right now
  • What it costs to support a loved one—and why the math doesn’t add up
  • The long shadow of slavery in how we treat domestic workers today
  • Why dignity and agency are essential in every stage of life
  • What it would look like to build a policy solution that works for everyone

If you’re carrying the care of someone else—or fearing the moment when you will—this conversation is for you.

Show Notes

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jaksot(280)

Christie Watson: Bless the Nurses

Christie Watson: Bless the Nurses

At the core of nursing is the ability to love a stranger, to care indiscriminately. Christie Watson was a nurse in the UK for 20 years before she began teaching nurses. But when COVID-19 hit, she knew...

17 Marras 202040min

Samantha Irby: I'm Doing My Best (Life Now)

Samantha Irby: I'm Doing My Best (Life Now)

Though magazines and movie stars try to convince us otherwise, we aren’t all living our BEST LIFE NOW. When humor writer Samantha Irby lost both of her parents at 18, she developed the perfect coping ...

10 Marras 202041min

Jan Richardson: Stubborn Hope

Jan Richardson: Stubborn Hope

What does it mean to be blessed? If you were to scroll through social media, you'd assume that "blessed" are the ones with gorgeous, matching families living in open style floor plans. But Jesus had o...

27 Loka 202037min

Abigail Marsh: Extraordinary Empathy

Abigail Marsh: Extraordinary Empathy

Are some people more empathetic than others? By studying those on the opposite end of the compassion spectrum—those with psychopathy—researcher Dr. Abigail Marsh discovered something quite surprising....

21 Loka 202034min

Bishop Michael Curry: The Power of Ordinary Love

Bishop Michael Curry: The Power of Ordinary Love

Sometimes it feels like the world is irreparably broken. A climate crisis leading to more hurricanes, fires, and melting glaciers. A political season that has ripped families and friends apart. A pand...

13 Loka 202036min

Susan Burton: Bless This Body

Susan Burton: Bless This Body

There are some secrets we'd rather not tell, but that eat us alive anyway. Writer Susan Burton was trapped in an eating disorder with no good name. Today's conversation is not a victory story. Issues ...

6 Loka 202028min

Victoria Sweet: Medicine with a Soul

Victoria Sweet: Medicine with a Soul

How do doctors, nurses, and other caring professionals keep their hearts soft when there are forces that make it hard to stay that way? With her radically compassionate approach to medicine, Dr. Victo...

29 Syys 202031min

Will Willimon: Your Work is a Calling

Will Willimon: Your Work is a Calling

What does it mean to be called to something? What if that job wears you thin? What if you think you've aged out of your vocation? In this episode, Kate and the Reverend Dr. Will Willimon talk about wh...

22 Syys 202033min

Suosittua kategoriassa Yhteiskunta

olipa-kerran-otsikko
sita
siita-on-vaikea-puhua
kaksi-aitia
i-dont-like-mondays
gogin-ja-janin-maailmanhistoria
uutiscast
poks
rss-nikotellen
antin-palautepalvelu
mamma-mia
kolme-kaannekohtaa
yopuolen-tarinoita-2
rss-murhan-anatomia
aikalisa
meidan-pitais-puhua
rss-palmujen-varjoissa
rss-haudattu
naakkavalta
mystista