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Fighting Back Against Classroom Censorship
Season 2 Episode 34
Gloria gets a lesson on the nationwide effort to censor classroom discussions on racism and inequality from Morgan Craven and Ben Hodge. First, Morgan, the director of Policy, Advocacy, and Community…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
The First City with Universal Child Care (with Julie Menin)
Season 2 Episode 33
Gloria sits down with NYC Council Member Julie Menin to learn how New York became the first city in the United States to pass universal child care. Julie talks about running a campaign centered on ch…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Yes, Inflation is Making Child Care Cost More (with Lynette Fraga)
Season 2 Episode 32
Gloria calls up Lynette Fraga, CEO of Child Care Aware of America, to unpack the many reasons why America’s child care crisis has only gotten worse over the past year, from inflation to the workforce…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Why We Need to Stop Saying “Working Mother” (with Katherine Goldstein)
Season 2 Episode 31
Gloria gets a lesson from journalist Katherine Goldstein about why she no longer uses the term “working mother.” Katherine, who is also the founder of The Double Shift newsletter, podcast, and commun…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
No One Is Coming to Save Us LIVE: Unpacking the Child Care Crisis
Season 2 Episode 30
The pandemic has brought the fault lines and inequities in our social sectors into sharp focus, perhaps most glaringly child care. The economic and social impacts of our failure to publicly invest in…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Replacing Post-Roe Helplessness with Action (with Leslie Mac)
Season 2 Episode 29
Many of us were left with far more questions than answers when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this summer. A campaign called Day Without Us, happening on September 30th, is an opportunity t…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Is Maternal Instinct a Myth? (with Chelsea Conaboy)
Season 2 Episode 28
Gloria dives into the science of parenting with Chelsea Conaboy, author of Mother Brain: How Neuroscience is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood. They discuss how becoming a parent physically changes y…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Is Philanthropy Coming to Save Us? (with David Merage and Sue Renner)
Season 2 Episode 27
Gloria learns what venture philanthropists are doing to fix early childhood education in this country with David Merage and Sue Renner from the David and Laura Merage Foundation. They discuss the win…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Why We Need a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (with Ai-jen Poo)
Season 2 Episode 26
Gloria talks all things care with Ai-jen Poo, President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. Ai-jen has been advocating for care workers for over twenty years and outlines why caregivers are bo…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
The Child Care Crisis Is Worse Than It’s Ever Been
Season 2 Episode 25
Gloria gets an update on the state of child care in this country from Lauren Kennedy and Sarah Muncey, the co-founders of Neighborhood Villages. First, Lauren provides an overview of what’s happening…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago