This summer on Planet Money Summer School, we're learning about political economy.

We're getting into the nitty-gritty of what government does with things like trade, taxes, immigration, and health care.

So politics and economics, which are taught separately, they shouldn't be separated at all.

I think you have to understand one to really appreciate the other.

So what is the right amount of government in our lives?

Tune into Planet Money Summer School from NPR.

Wherever you get, their podcasts.

You're listening to Code Switch from NPR.

I'm B.A. Parker.

And I'm Leah Dinella.

On this bonus episode of the show,

we're going to be hearing from some of you about what brings you joy, how you connect joy and justice work, and why joy is so important in your lives.

What draws me to protest is joy. Joy in being among people who feel the same way. Joy in community.

Joy in the humor, the humanity, and the music share it protests, and it marches.

I'm thinking about this topic from the lens of being queer and working with folks with limited resources.

I think that joy is helpful to resisting the same way that

community care and self-care is. They help us to continue to exist and not get

bowed down or snuffed out. Because we exist, that itself resists that system of oppression.

I am able to connect joy to resistance when I remember that joy is what I'm resisting for. That's

the whole point. The voices you just heard were Roberta Buckberg, Ariane Watson, and

Leanne Schneiderweb. Here's Leanne again.

Joy, hope, love, rest, the ability to exist peacefully in our bodies and communities without

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