Introducing: White Picket Fence

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Society & Culture, Business, Investing

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This special episode of The Pay Check features "What Could Have Been", the latest episode of White Picket Fence from Wonder Media Network.

How did the U.S. become a society that treats caregiving as a private family responsibility rather than a public good? In this episode, Julie explores the longstanding and continued role racism has played in preventing investments in public goods that would benefit everyone, including caregiving. We’ll also do a deep dive into the 1970s when the U.S. nearly invested in universal childcare — and how fear was deployed to block it.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.2	A warming planet, complex geopolitics and fierce competition means business operations are under more scrutiny than ever before.
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0:19.0	to explore how sustainability efforts can bolster resilience
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0:37.2	Hey everyone, it's Rebecca Greenfield, the co-host of The Paycheck. I wanted to tell you about a show from a Wonder Media Network you might really like. I'm not a parent myself, but I know a lot of parents, and I've read a lot about parenting during the pandemic. I know how difficult it's been between the Zoom homeschooling
0:58.2	or the constant threat of closures because of COVID cases,
1:01.9	not to mention fears about the virus itself.
1:05.0	In season two of White Picket Fence,
1:07.2	host and single mom Julie Kohler asks,
1:09.9	why did it have to be this way?
1:12.4	She talks to experts, activists, and parents as they unpack the caregiving crisis in America
1:17.6	and reveal why the conditions were set long before COVID-19 ever hit American shores.
1:24.6	Julie explores the myths about race, gender, families, and the economy that have gotten us to a point where so many parents, and especially mothers, are cracking.
1:35.1	She also looks at how the pandemic could change things. It could be a tipping point. We could build an alternative economic approach, one that puts caregiving at the center of the economy.
1:47.2	Stay tuned to hear the latest episode, and don't forget to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
1:56.2	If you listen to this show, you probably already realized that I'm a bit of a political junkie.
2:05.5	I spend a lot of my day thinking about, discussing, and writing about politics and policy.
2:13.0	So it shouldn't come as a surprise to hear that I've been following the debate over President Biden's Build Back Better Act pretty closely.
2:20.3	Several months ago, I noticed a lot of prominent conservatives leveling a coordinated attack against the Act's child care provisions.
2:30.3	Specifically, they argued that investments in child care would penalize families in which a parent
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