Death, Sex & Money - Who's Driving Your Uber?
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Domestic violence. The ripples of the financial crisis. A new immigrant's dashed hopes. This is what we heard about two years ago after we asked, "Why'd you start driving for Uber?"
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Anna. I was in a Lyft a few weeks ago on the way to the airport, and I asked my driver what he thought about a new California law that's intended to force companies like Uber and Lyft to make their drivers employees instead of contractors. |
| 0:14.6 | My driver told me that he doesn't like the law because he likes the flexibility of being a contractor. |
| 0:19.7 | He just wishes Lyft would pay him more so he could spend less time on the road |
| 0:23.6 | and more time with his wife and four kids. |
| 0:26.8 | Our conversation made me think about the episode we did about Bay Area Uber drivers back in 2017. |
| 0:33.3 | Producer Katie Bishop and I got in the car and asked our drivers why they started driving. |
| 0:37.9 | And we heard all kinds of stories about immigration, the cost of housing, student debt, and still trying to recover from the financial crisis. |
| 0:46.4 | It made me want to share that episode with you again. |
| 0:49.2 | So here it is. |
| 0:50.4 | Our new episode with Hassan Minhaj will be in your feeds next week. |
| 0:54.9 | Are you in school? |
| 0:56.1 | Are you out of school? |
| 0:56.9 | Or what stage of life are you in now? |
| 1:00.4 | Figuring it out. |
| 1:01.6 | Uh-huh. |
| 1:03.2 | Just like everybody else driving for Uber. |
| 1:08.7 | My show is called Deaf, Sex, and Money, and it's about... |
| 1:11.6 | Death Sex and Money, yes. |
| 1:13.6 | That sounds so scary. |
| 1:15.6 | Well, it's actually, it's about the things that everyone goes through, |
| 1:20.6 | but that we have trouble kind of talking about. |
| 1:24.6 | You're gonna put this on TV huh? Hello? Hi Ahmad. |
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