How to care for the people who take care of us (w/ Ai-jen Poo)

How to Be a Better Human

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The Builds podcast from Fidelity National Financial and PRX features conversations with commercial real estate's leading voices. Find the new season of The Builds podcast on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen. I'm David Remnick and each week on the New Yorker Radio Hour, my colleagues unpack what's happening in a very complicated world.

Activist, and MacArthur Genius, 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