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

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