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.

My driver told me that he doesn't like the law because he likes the flexibility of being a contractor.

He just wishes Lyft would pay him more so he could spend less time on the road and more time with his wife and four kids.

Our conversation made me think about the episode we did about Bay Area Uber drivers back in 2017.

Producer Katie Bishop and I got in the car and asked our drivers why they started driving.

And we heard all kinds of stories about immigration, the cost of housing, student debt, and still trying to recover from the financial crisis.

It made me want to share that episode with you again.

So here it is.

Our new episode with Hassan Minhaj will be in your feeds next week.

Are you in school? Are you out of school? Or what stage of life are you in now?

Figuring it out.

Uh-huh.

Just like everybody else driving for Uber.

My show is called Deaf, Sex, and Money. and it's about... Death Sex and Money, yes.

That sounds so scary.

Well, it's actually, it's about the things that everyone goes through,

but that we have trouble kind of talking about.

You're not going to put this on TV huh? Hello? Hi Ahmad. This is Anna. You just confirmed my pickup?

Yes, ma'am. Yeah, yeah. I just have a quick question for you.

I'm a radio reporter and I'm doing interviews with Uber drivers while I take rides today.

Are you open to answering just a few questions about the kinds of conversations you have with passengers while you drive?

Like, what kind of questions you're going on?

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