Patients Over Profits

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Nurses are the backbone of healthcare. From tending to patients to dealing with doctors, nurses do all the things. In honor of Labor Day, our favorite producer Marcel Malekebu interviews Tracie Ducksworth, a union chair for the Minnesota Nurses Association. Watch us on YouTube here! Get this episode ad-free here! Listen to Geoffrey’s album on Spotify and Apple!Shop my favorite bras and underwear at SKIMS.com. After you place your order, be sure to let them know I sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select my show in the dropdown menu that follows. Check out Indeed.com for all your hiring needs! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Marcel Malakibu, and this is thanks for asking.
0:13.0	You may know who I am, or you might not, but I've been working as a producer on the show for a few years now.
0:20.0	When I was a kid, I always preferred co-op video games.
0:25.6	I was fine with playing one-on-one in Mario Card or Mortal Kombat and games like that if that's
0:31.6	what my brother wanted to do.
0:33.9	But I always preferred to go team up against the bad guys. It's the same reason I like the Justice League and the Avengers.
0:42.3	The same reason I like to play my guitar or piano with my dad's bandmates or at the church.
0:48.3	For me, I felt that working as a team, everything was better.
0:57.4	Instead of fighting or competing with my loved ones,
0:59.4	I could go against the opposition.
1:01.9	We could do it together.
1:04.1	It only seemed right.
1:09.5	And while nowadays I love a game of one-on-one in any sport,
1:14.5	any game against any family member, a friend, any chance I get. I still love when I can unite with a team for a common cause and accomplish something.
1:24.1	Today's episode is inspired by that same vein of thought.
1:28.3	And in honor of Labor Day, I decided to talk to Tracy Duxworth, one of the MNA union chairs in Minneapolis.
1:37.3	But what does MNA stand for?
1:39.3	The Minnesota Nurses Association.
1:42.3	The Minnesota Nurses Association encompasses nurses from all over Minnesota and even some parts of
1:49.3	Wisconsin.
1:50.6	There is a little caveat there.
1:54.6	State-run and county hospitals cannot strike.
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