Listeners, every Thursday night during President Biden's first hundred days in office, I'm hosting a series of call-in specials called America, Are We Ready?

And we've been having such good discussions with our guests and with callers from across the country that we want to share them with you on this podcast feed.

So here's this past Thursdays, America, are we ready?

I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my Daily Politics Podcast from WNYC Studios. This is a Saturday special.

Tonight, America, are we ready to define infrastructure in human terms? Good evening, everyone. I'm Brian Lehrer from WNYC. Great to be back with you again. And as I said before the news, Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan includes $400 billion to expand home care for the elderly. And yes, he considers that infrastructure.

Now, a second phase of the bill to be announced soon includes additional kinds of family programs. And yes, he says that's all considered infrastructure if you ask the right people.

Ask the moms and dads in the family's generation.

The folks carrying an enormous personal and financial strains trying to raise their children

and care for their parents, their elderly parents, or members of their families with a disability.

That's President Biden speaking yesterday.

Our guests this hour from the National League of Cities and the group called Care in Action will make this case and take your

calls as we look at human infrastructure in the Biden plan. With me first, Clarence Anthony,

CEO and executive director of the National League of Cities. For 24 years,

he was the mayor of South Bay, Florida, which, if you know, Florida is on Lake Okeechobee

in the western part of Palm Beach County, same county as Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago, but we won't

get into that tonight. That's just for your geographic orientation. Clarence Anthony was also president

of the Florida League of Cities before heading up the national organization. Mr. Anthony,

thanks for joining us and welcome to America. Are we ready?

Thank you very much, Brian, for having me. What a pleasure to be able to talk to you as well as your hearing audience.

And listeners, if you've come to know this show in our first 10 Thursdays on the air,

you know we invite calls from all over the country and from many points of view.

And every week we come up with a different question or two.

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