64. SHARING AND CARING: the case for paternity leave
Reasons Revisited
Geoff Lloyd
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Hello! This week we're talking Dads and the time off they have to look after their kids. Turns out more, properly paid paternity leave is better for kids, good for dads, and a very effective tool to close the gender pay gap. Unfortunately Britain lags behind. We speak to Lars Arrhenius about how brilliant Sweden is and how it could be even better, Sam Smethers from the Fawcett Society about how Britain could do better and Sam White and Will McDonald, the UK’s most senior all-male job share (maybe...).
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Comedian Sindhu Vee brings us a handful of "Ted Miliband" university anecdotes as well as teenager truth day, a ban on the Br*xit word, punishment for people failing to pick up their dog's poop, celebratory school run drinks party, double pay and only sunlight working hours in January
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by PodSaveTheUK, |
| 0:02.8 | the new weekly politics podcast with Nishkama and KokoKan. |
| 0:06.4 | We've been big fans of PodSaveAmerica for years. |
| 0:10.5 | And now, the people behind that podcast |
| 0:13.3 | bring you the same sharp, smart, funny perspective to UK politics. |
| 0:17.8 | Now, as I said at the start, the hosts and Nishkama, |
| 0:20.6 | love that guy, you'll know him from the Mashraport, |
| 0:23.8 | count the Southern TV shows and podcasts and radio programs. |
| 0:27.6 | But as well as being one of the funniest people I know, |
| 0:30.1 | he is also one of the cleverest. |
| 0:32.0 | And this is going to be the place where you get to hear |
| 0:35.2 | that big old brain, given space to soar. |
| 0:38.6 | Honestly, Nishkama's wired directly into the mainframe |
| 0:41.8 | of political news. |
| 0:42.7 | He's such an astute thinker and absolutely fearless. |
| 0:46.4 | And I was thrilled to see that he's teamed up |
| 0:48.0 | with journalist KokoKan. |
| 0:49.6 | I have really enjoyed her writing these last few years. |
| 0:52.6 | What I love about the pairing is she is not yet another |
| 0:55.3 | of the usual Westminster suspects. |
| 0:57.3 | Honestly, this is going to be funny, that's a given. |
| 0:59.5 | But he's also going to cut through the nonsense |
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