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🗓️ 12 May 2024
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Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. Today: in celebration of Mother's Day , we're sharing an episode we think you'll enjoy from How to Be a Better Human.
Activist, and MacArthur Genuis, Ai-jen Poo believes that caring for others is one of the fundamental acts that make us human. But from nannies to elder-care workers, house cleaners to living assistants, single parents and beyond, globally, caretakers do not earn fair wages or recognition for their essential, life-giving labor. The President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ai-jen explains how society undervalues domestic work, and provides a framework on how we can start a conversation about the future of care for our loved ones – and ourselves. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts
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0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective. Talk Daily listeners, I'm Elise Hugh. Today we have an episode of another |
0:13.3 | podcast from the TED Audio Collective hand-picked by us for you. Holidays like |
0:18.4 | Mother's Day often give us a chance to appreciate the caretakers in our lives. |
0:22.1 | At least I sure hope they do. to appreciate the caretakers in our lives. |
0:22.8 | At least I sure hope they do. |
0:24.6 | In that spirit, we are sharing an episode of how to be a better human |
0:28.4 | featuring I-Gen Pooh. |
0:30.6 | She's the president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and in this conversation |
0:34.7 | she encourages us to start thinking more deeply about caring for our loved ones. |
0:39.2 | If you like the interview you can hear more like it each week on the How to Be a Better Human Podcast. |
0:45.2 | You can find How to Be a Better Human wherever you get your podcasts and learn more about the |
0:49.5 | TED Audio collective at audio collective. TED.com. |
0:53.6 | Now, onto the episode, right after a quick break. |
0:59.1 | You're listening to how to be a better human. I'm your host Chris Duffy. |
1:09.0 | Several years ago, my wife Molly was dealing with chronic pain, |
1:12.0 | and all of a sudden, she was unable to do so many of the things that she used to be able to do for herself. |
1:18.0 | It was a huge adjustment in both of our lives emotionally, physically, socially. |
1:22.6 | It honestly made my head span how quickly normal |
1:24.9 | got upended for us. |
1:26.2 | I was trying to help her navigate her job |
1:28.1 | and her doctor's appointments |
1:29.3 | while also taking care of the shopping, the cooking, |
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