Alissa Quart’s new book Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America has been compared to Barbara Ehrenreich’s seminal work Nickled and Dimed. It offers an important account of the economic hardship of everyday Americans trying to afford housing, healthcare, and the soaring costs of raising children. Today on the podcast, we feature Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd’s interview […]
Rebroadcast: The Importance of Early Childhood Care and Education
Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from April 24, 2018. Guest host Denise DeMarb spends the hour dedicated to the topic of childcare with guests Jen Bailey, executive director of Reach Dane, an early childhood services agency; Coral Manning, Early Childhood Care and Education manager for the City of Madison; and Jodi Bartnick, executive director of […]
Child Trauma at the Border
We’ve all heard about detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border. But do we fully understand the circumstances of those centers? And do we fully understand the mental, emotional, and psychological effects of detention on children? On today’s show, host Ali Muldrow takes a look at the unique trauma children face when they are separated from […]
The Importance of Early Childcare Education
Alder Denise DeMarb fills in for regular Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd, in an hour dedicated to childcare. Her guests are Jen Bailey, who is Executive Director of early childhood education services agency Reach Dane; Coral Manning, Early Childcare Education Manager for the City of Madison; and Jodi Bartnick, Executive Director of resource agency Community Coordinated […]
