Pandemic Childcare; Plus Mukbang Meets True Crime

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🗓️ 4 September 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Guest host Elise Hu looks at how the pandemic has exacerbated existing problems when it comes to the care of small children. A Massachusetts childcare center owner shares her story about reopening, while a public policy professor talks about the difficult choices women often have to make between their careers and caregiving. Also, a look at how mukbang and true crime collide in the world of Stephanie Soo, a YouTube star and host of the Rotten Mango podcast.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, it's your guest host, Elise Hugh.
0:02.2	So I have three girls who are all under the age of eight
0:05.2	and all of them have now started school.
0:07.8	The youngest is fierce, an agent of chaos
0:11.8	when she chooses to be.
0:13.2	And we've all been home together, nonstop, since March.
0:18.5	Hi, I'm Eva and I'm seven years old.
0:21.6	What's your name?
0:23.2	My name is Issa and I'm five years old.
0:29.0	Elise is our mom.
0:31.0	So girls, how is Zoom School going so far?
0:35.8	I like it.
0:37.0	What do you like about it?
0:38.6	I like that I'm learning to read.
0:41.9	What do you like about it?
0:43.8	I like that.
0:46.3	Wait, do you even like it?
0:47.9	I don't know.
0:49.5	What do you mean?
0:51.0	I like it because I have nice teachers that teach me every day.
0:56.4	But what is it like going to school on a screen?
0:59.9	I don't feel that good about that, actually.
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