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Why the Labor Shortage Is Hitting Child Care Hard (with Lea Austin)
Season 2 Episode 3
Gloria explores the child care labor crisis with Dr. Lea Austin, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at the University of California, Berkeley. They get into why s…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
From Bad to Worse: COVID’s Toll on Parents and Teachers (Part 2)
Season 2 Episode 2
Gloria explores how the child care crisis is impacting the people living it every day by talking to a parent and teacher at Ellis Early Learning in Boston. In the second part of our 2-part premiere, …
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
From Bad to Worse: COVID’s Toll on a Top Child Care Center
Season 2 Episode 1
Gloria is back and ready to tackle America’s child care crisis head-on. To kick off season 2, she calls up Lauren Cook, CEO of Ellis Early Learning in Boston. We met Lauren back in season 1, where sh…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Where to Direct Your Primal Scream (with Lauren Kennedy & Sarah Muncey)
If you’re paying attention to the news these days, you’ve seen that childcare is front and center! Congressional leaders are nearing a Halloween deadline to pass two separate bills tied to President …
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
The Fight for Childcare Starts at Home (with Eve Rodsky)
Season 1 Episode 5
Childcare doesn’t just happen out in the world. It also happens in each and every home where a child lives. In this bonus episode, we hear from Eve Rodsky, the author of Fair Play (Reese’s Book Club …
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
How We Save Ourselves
Season 1 Episode 4
Gloria chats with Elizabeth Warren about how we transform our country’s broken childcare system into one that’s accessible for all. “This is the moment to raise your voice. We have this opportunity t…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Good Childcare *Can* Work
Season 1 Episode 3
Gloria explores the many places where childcare is working for parents – from Berlin, Germany, to Quebec, Canada, and even Patagonia HQ in Ventura, California. “Women are able to go back to work, fam…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Birth of a Broken System
Season 1 Episode 2
Gloria investigates where everything went wrong for childcare in America, and Kristen Bell joins to give Nixon a piece of her mind. “That's the sound of progress dying in the crucible of American pol…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
You're Not Crazy. Childcare Is.
Season 1 Episode 1
Gloria breaks down how we’re all breaking down: parents, teachers, and providers. And Kristen Bell joins to “call it like it is” on the cost of childcare. Parents are languishing on waitlists or drow…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago