The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Congress Agrees on Bipartisan Gun Reform | Angela Garbes

Episode Date: June 23, 2022

Congress comes to an agreement on gun control legislation, Lewis Black rants about the sudden rise of high-priced weddings in 2022, and Angela Garbes discusses her book "Essential Labor."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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fun show for you tonight. President Biden is stepping on the gas. Lewis Black is getting ready for wedding season, and Congress has agreed on gun reforms that are somehow a huge deal and a huge disappointment at the same time. So let's th, th, let th, let th, let th, let th, let thi, let thi, let thi, let thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi's tho's tho's thi thi, tho-s tho-in' tho-in' tho-in' tho-in, tho-in, tho-in, tho-in, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi tho, thi thi thi, thi, thi thi, thi thi, thi-in, thi-in, thi-s thi-s thi-s tho's tho's tho's tho's tho'-s thoananananananan, thoan, thoan, thoan, thoanan, thoan, thoan, thoan, thoan same time. So, let's do this, people. Let's jump straight into today's headlines. All right, let's kick things off with gasoline, or as scientists call it, dinosaur pee-pee. Over the past few months, global demand for oil has kept rising, faster than the supply, to the point where the price of gas in the United States is now $6 billion a gallon. So drivers are hurting. The good news is that, as always, President Biden wants to help. The bad news is that, as always, it doesn't look like he can.

The President this afternoon called on Congress to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax, which is right now about 18 cents a gallon. It's a move President Biden has resisted until today, given that it is unlikely to pass Congress. While officials say a gas tax holiday is worth considering, there is a cost. Those funds are used for repairing roads and infrastructure. Important priorities across the country. What the president wants is a three-month gas tax holiday on both regular gas and diesel going into September.

You also want states to pass their similar versions of that gas tax holiday. The president also had a word specifically here for the oil companies. Here's what he said. Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you are paying for the product. Do it now. Do it today. Why are you talking like that? Is this a secret?

Should the rest of us be listening? Why does he do that thing? It's so strange. Like, Joe Biden's the only only president whose vibe shifts in the middle of a sentence. Oil companies, you better lower the prices. Please, I'm begging you. If you're president, you just got to say things. Otherwise it makes you look weak, you know. You can't be like, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall if you get around to it. It's such an ugly wall or at least painted. Come on. And you know I feel like this is the big difference between Trump and Biden you know is how they use their power because with Trump it was always like

ah shit is he gonna use his power and with Biden it's not like oh shit is he gonna use his power? Also whoever decided to call it a gas tax holiday, that person should be fired. It's not a holiday? What does that mean? It's a gas tax holiday. No, it's just be like we're not charging gas. It's a gas tax holiday. That's the worst holiday of all time.

What, you save 18 cents off of gas and I still have to go to work? Are you shitting me? And this is what always confuses me about this country, right? Everywhere in the world, governments manage to protect their populations from corporate greed. Like South Africa will limit how high bread prices can go. The EU will be like, you cannot pump chickens with the same hormones they use in the Hulk in China. They're like, crypto's done. And no more dancing on Tick-to, only homework. But whenever the American government has to deal with corporations, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thii, thi, thi, thi, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, thi, their, their, th. And, th. And, their, th. And, th. And, thi, thi. And, thi. And, and, is is is thi. And, is thi. And, is thi. And, is thi. And, is thi. And, is thi.a, is thi.a.a.a.a.augh, is thi.a, is toeea, isa, is thi.a.a.a.a.a.a.a, thi.a, is to deal with corporations, they've got

about as much power as a tortoise that's stuck on its back, you know? It's just like, come on oil companies, come on, pass on your savings, drug companies don't overcharge for life-saving drugs, please. Please. Please. But still, this is good news for Americans. Instead of the gas tax going to maintaining roads and infrastructure, drivers will now save 18 cents per gallon. And then you can use those savings to buy a new car after yours gets swallowed up by a pothole. But let's move on to a different problem facing practically everyone in America.

their their thin the mass shootings problem facing practically everyone in America. Gun violence. There have been many mass shootings in America over the past couple of decades. And after each one, people have always said, maybe this time will be different. Maybe Congress will do something about this. And every time Congress was like, no. But ever since the mass shooting in Buffalo and Uvalde last month, a group of senators from both parties have been working together to see they can find any common ground on gun reform. And it turns out this time is different, ever so slightly.

This morning after decades of partisan gridlock, a major breakthrough in Congress, 14 Republicans joining all 50 Democrats to advance a new compromise on gun restrictions. This is a breakthrough. And more importantly, it's a bipartisan breakthrough. The deal includes enhanced background checks for people between 18 and 21, closing the so-called boyfriend loophole, preventing romantic partners convicted of domestic violence from buying guns, directing more money for states to implement their own plans to address gun violence, and billions for school security upgrades and mental health services.

And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell calls the deal a common-sense package of popular steps that will help make these horrifying incidents less likely while fully upholding the Second Amendment. Oh, I agree with Senator Mitch McConnell. Thank God, the precious Second Amendment has been preserved. Oh, yes. I mean, I'm all for protecting kids, but the Second Amendment. Oh, have you seen that little face?

Have you seen it? Who's Second Amendment are you? You're adorable. Sometimes I feel like Americans want to protect the Constitution more than they want to protect the Americans Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the Americans, the the the the the the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their scea, their scea, their sceaugh, their scea, their scea, their sceaugh, their scea, their scea, theirsesesesecases, their Americans want to protect the Constitution more than they want to protect the Americans the Constitution is supposed to protect. It doesn't make any sense. Oh, I'm glad we could protect the Second Amendment. I'll tell you now, if the Second Amendment was in that classroom in Uvali,

the cops would have bust the door down with Mitch McConnell right behind them. You're a Rippet Calais, mother mma, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you're th, th, th, th, I I th, I thi, I thi, I'm th, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, you, you, you, you're th, you're th, you're th, you're th, you're th, you're th, you're thi, you're thi, thi, thin, too, too, too, too, too, thi. thi thi thi. thi. thi, thi, thi,'re a Rippie Calais, mother-fix. Maw! And I will say, look, I know for a lot of people, it can be hard to know how to feel about this deal, because it doesn't include a lot of things that people want. You know, it doesn't ban assault rifles. It doesn't raise age limits. It doesn't even do universal background checks, which is the most basic thing imaginable. So for some, this kind of thing, you know, feels like trying to stop Godzilla by dropping a few mouse traps around the city. But on the other hand, on the other hand,

after three decades of nothing happening, this deal is something. Please remember that. It is something. It's not going to solve everything, but it's something. And something is always better than than thi thi thi thi something, the thi something, thi something, the thi something, the thi something, thi something, thi something, the thi something, thi something, thi something, thi something, the thi something, thi, the thi, the thi, which the thi, which thi, which thi, which thi, which thi, which thi, which thi, thi, thi, thi, the most thi, the most the most the most the most the most the the the the most the the the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, which thi, which thi, which thi, which is thi, which is thi, thi, thioliiiioliioliolioli, which is thioliolioliolioli, thi. thiolioli. thi. thi, which is thi is always better than nothing. That's the entire philosophy behind the hand job All right, let's move on If you've been out in New York City over the past few years, especially pandemic and through it's You've probably noticed a wild new phenomenon and no, I'm not talking about how the stuff dripping from air condition It doesn't taste as good as it used to, which no, it really bothers me. It used to have like a flavor. It had a the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their ta ta ta ta ta ta ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. dripping from air condition this doesn't taste as good as it used to. Which, no, it really bothers me.

It used to have like a flavor. It had a tang when it was like falling in your mouth. You're like, hmm. No, the problem I'm talking about is the squads of dirt bikes and ATVs flooding the streets and sidewalks like Trump supporters trying to to thr. to to to to the to the to the to the the to the the the the to the the the the to the the to the the to the the the the tryfa tryfa ta ta ta tangua tangu-s. tangu tangu. tangu tangu tangu tangu tangu tangu tangu. tangu. tangu. tangu. tangu. tang. tang. tang. tang. tang. tang. tang. tang. tang. tang. tangue tangue tangue tangue tangu an tangu tangu tangu tangu tangu tangu tangu tangu tangua tangua tangua tangua tangua tangua tangua tangua tangua tangu. tangu. tangu tangu. tangu tangu tangua trying to find my pets. Well now, the mayor of New York City has decided to crush this problem literally. Today, heavy machinery crushed illegal ATVs, dirt bikes, and motorcycles confiscated by the NYPD. Mayor Eric Adams waved a checkered flag and work began. He said, this effort was to ensure these vehicles cannot ever terrorize the city again. The NYPD says that it has seized more than 2,000 of these vehicles citywide,

an increase of more than 80% from this time last year. Hell yeah, baby! Crush those bikes! That's what I want from my city government! Yeah! I don't even care about the undefunded schools anymore, because this shit rocks! By the way, why is he waving a checker flag at the beginning of a race? Does he not understand how a race works? The guy in the truck is like, I've finished already? Now look, I will admit, as a New Yorker, humble brag, maybe this isn't the biggest problem the city is facing right now.

Rents are driving people out of their homes. Traffic is always bad, and the subways are always shutting down. Because I think we have trains that are scared of the dark or something. Yeah, yeah, no, I think that's what it is in New York. You see, because they find, and they go they're go they're they're they're thua and they're thua and thua and thua and thua and thuui thui thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thii. thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. thiiii. thi. what it is in New York, you see, because they find and then they go into a tunnel and then they're just like, ah, ah, ah, you guys should walk, I don't know what to do, this is scary. In fact, instead of crushing these bikes, maybe the city could have used them to solve some of the city's problems. You know, I mean, this could could could could this could this could this could then thus could thus could thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus could thus could thus could thus could thus could thus could thus could thus could thus could have the thus could their their their their their sa-a, I their sa-a, I their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their s' thr-a' thr-a' s'u. I s'u. toda'u. today's thr-a'a'u. thooooooooo'u. You th. You th. You th. You're that are always breaking down, just drop a bunch of dirt bikes into the tunnel, you know? Let people wheelie to work. Or give them to the police so they don't have to ride horses anymore. What are you doing?

Stopping crime in the 1850s? Huh? There are cattle, Russell's on Broadway. Or just hire the dirt bike to ride it, where the rents have the rents, the rent, the rent, the rent, the rent, the rent, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, thanks, thanks, the rents, the rents, the rent, the rent, the rents, the rents, the the their their their their their their thanks, the thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, the rents, thanks, the rents, thanks, thanks, thanks, their thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, their their their their thanks, thanks, the prices down. This studio apartment with no bathroom. You want it, you want it, it costs $6,000 a month. What? Ging-gig-gig-gig-gig-gig-gig. All right, give me 50 bucks, you can have it. All right, and finally, if you're one of those people who really likes to vape.

First of all, congratulations on being basic. And second of all, you might want to stock up because your supply is about to run out. One of the largest makers of e-cigarettes may soon be forced to stop selling its products in this country. The Wall Street Journal says the FDA could order Jewel e-cigarettes off the market as soon as today. The FDA has criticized Jewel for gearing its products toward young people. It already barred the sale of fruity and sweet e-cigarette cartridges. Jewel had hoped to continue selling tobacco flavors. It can appeal if the FDA does hand down that ban as expected.

That's right, people. Jewel e-cigarettes are about to be banned. So your days of the thia're blowing R2D2 are over. But this is a big move by the FDA. Because you realize Jewel is the iconic vaping brand. So by them doing this, it's like going off to soda by banning Coke. Or going off to Coke by banning Don Junior. All right, that's it for the headlines. But before we go, let's check in on the traffic with our very own. Roywood Jr. everybody!

What happened in Royce? Let's see you again. What's it? What's it? What's it? What's it? What? thou?

to be excitedto the traffic, man, but that brings up a good point. Am I supposed to be excited about 18 set off of gas? I guess they want you to be excited. I mean, I don't know, I don't feel like that's a lot. I'm sure 18 cents, I'm sure that's like a lot of gas. What, because I'm from Africa? You said it, not me. This is the thing. Like, I feel like 18-something, it's like it's a nice gesture, but it ain't really doing nothing. It's like when your grandma still gave you $10 for your birthday,

and I'm like, I'm 43, what I'm gonna do with these $10? This ain't even a sandwich. It's ain't even a da-ohmah-oh, oh, you look do the traffic. You know what to fix this traffic. Yeah. Because like perfect thing about the gas right? Yeah. All right so gas is up because everybody consuming gas right? People consume gas because they stuck in traffic they ain't really moving. What gives you good gas mileage? Motion. The car moving. So the way you get to fix the traffic all green lights. All green lights. their the car move. So the way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way. So the way way way. So the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th th tas. tas. tas. tas. tas. tas. tas tas. the tas. the the the the the the the the the the, same time, traffic move. I think that would create another problem though. What's the problem? Because if it's all the green lights, then like the cars are probably going to smash into each other.

Even better. Even better. The car smashed, your car don't run, now you're walking, saving gas. You understand? It's how it works. All green lights. Look at all these motorcycles. Why we didn't just sell motorcycles to these people? What countries that even? I don't know a country with traffic. I don't understand why would the city of New York not just sell the bikes?

Well, these law to put stuff out and then just tear it up? You could have sold them bikes for parts. You you Itook them to another country or some shit, man. Why would you get rid of the, I bet you they ain't even siphon the gas out them bikes before they crush them. That's a lot of money. I'm from Alabama, man. Once, every two, three times a year, they just have a yard sale, and they just sell everybody's stuff. And that's how you make a little bit of bread. You don't burn the stuff up, man. Like when they be burning the drugs, they'd be burning up the drugs.

They'd be burning up the drug. Why would you burn that cocaine? Oh, that get that. It's just, if you cut it the right way, you can get a couple extra dollars and stretch that. Roy, Roy, you're going to incriminate yourself. Let's jump to the traffic. That's my bad. Yeah, let's just jump to the traffic.

You know where the jewel people messed up? You know what the jeweled people? Theu- their their th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. their, you're thi. their, you're their, you're they. they. they. they. they. You, you're they. You's, you're th. You're th. You're th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. to. to. to. to. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the to the thi. they try too hard to sell the children. You can't just go right at the children. That's what happened to Joe Camel. That's why they got Joe Camel out of here. You remember Joe Camel? You remember the camel's cigarettes they had the dude. I remember in the sixth grade. Everybody either wanted to be Michael Jordan or their camel. It was like, the thancahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah his arm, I was like, that's the man.

Also the thing with Jewel man, it's the people who smoke e-sigs. This is they fault. Y'all had all this time to normalize e-sigs, but every time, you ever seen somebody pull an e-sig out? They look weird. They just renal and they put it back down. Then they look at the flow when they're hitting it. Why are you looking at the flow? Look up at me. That's addiction behavior.

You don't look down at the, thrown. Smokers look you in the eyes. Smok it. Also, when people smoke a cigarette, they don't smoke in the center of the mind. This is cool. You gotta smoke in the... this is crackpite. This is crackpite. This is cool. This is meth.

And that's why people be tripping on them jewel cigarettes, man. You can't be... You won't look cool, you gotta smoke around the corner. I hear you there, man. I hear you there. I'm just... Man, there's some nice traffic, man. What do you want you you you you you you you you thi thi thi thi thi thi thi? thi? thi? thi? thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tha. thoom. tho. thi. thooma. thoom. th. th. This th. This tho. This tho. This. This. This. This. This is th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. this. this is this is this is this this is this is cool. this is cool. this is cool. this is this is this is this is tha. do you want me to say about the traffic? What do you want me to say? Every week, what do you want me to say? People want to know what roads to drive on?

Not this one. Don't drive on this one. You know what? All right, because this is so much more. Thank you. All right, when we come back, Lewis Black, we'll be talking about a wedding, so don't go away. try and try to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience.

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The brides are radiant and grooms are terrified and I'm in the photo booth letting my artistic side out. My nipple rings really pop in a wedding album and it's a great time for someone who loves love as much as I do because this year there are more weddings than ever. 2020 is going to be a record year. They're talking about 2.5 million weddings set to take place. The biggest number since 1984, that number is up by 600,000 since 2021. One out of every five weddings last year was rescheduled for this year, which means everything,

from dresses, to venues, to hotel rooms, are in high demand. Planning to marry? Then get ready to rumble. You can kiss the romantic venues goodbye, because the only one left is the octagon, and you're going to have to choke someone out for it. And I guess that's America for you. It's easier to get a shotgun wedding. But at least post-pandemic marriages are going to be strong.

After all, most of these couples have been through lockdown together. They already know they can spend hours in the same room, watching TV without speaking to each other, until one of them falls asleep, and the other one can finally masturbate in peace. You know marriage! Of course even if you manage to find an aisle to walk down this year guess what it's gonna cost you. And the cost of tithenot? Astonomical. All of the vendors really didn't have any sort of income for almost two years so they are really trying to make up for that the tie't have any sort of income for almost two years.

So they are really trying to make up for that lost revenue. That, coupled with supply chain issues and inflation, have sent prices soaring. Couples will spend an average of more than $24,000 on their wedding this year, up nearly $2,000 from last year. But it's not just the bride and groom. Guest should expect to spend more too as a record travel season season tri season trise season trise season trise trise trise the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their th, their wedding this year, up nearly $2,000 from last year. But it's not just the bride and groom. Guests should expect to spend more, too, as a record travel season boosts a man for flights, hotel rooms, and rental cars. That's Matt Tressler from Louisville, Kentucky.

And this is his 10th wedding so far, and this is his 10th wedding. Weekend after weekend he's a weekend, the weekend after after weekend after weekend the weekend the weekend the weekend the weekend, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, tra tra tra' tra' tra' tra' tha tra' tre trease, trease trease trease trease trease tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, tree, triv, trivvvvvvue, trivvvvue, te an exact number, but let's just say it was like four digits. I've had to buy a lot of suits for weddings. I hate to brag, I'm a professional wedding guest. I'm the wedding king. Wedding king is Yiddish for schmuck me hard. At that price, you won't have anything left for the divorce lawyer. And thanks to that price, you won't have anything left for the divorce lawyer.

And thanks to the price of gas, even getting to a wedding costs an arm and a leg. Gas is so expensive, you can bring it as a wedding gift. And make sure you hold onto it, though, your grandkids can sell it to a warlord for water. So with all the logistical and financial challenges, it's no wonder that some couples are finding creative ways to save money. Weddings can cost a fortune, the national average, close to 30 grand.

And in Kiera and Joel's home state of California, the average is even higher. Dress is checked! So how did Kiera pull it off? she California, the average is even higher. Dress is checked. So how did Kiera pull it off? She started with the dress, which cost just $47. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a dress because I have the mindset. I'm going to wear this one time for a few hours. Then she found the perfect location, right off the freeway, keyword being free. A wedding by the freeway? Genius. I found love on the side of the road loads of times.

And never once did I think to invite a photographer. And I definitely wouldn't have invited my grandmother. But even if you beat the costs in the crowds, there's one more thing you need to worry about, the COVID. One Newlywood couple didn't want to reschedule their already postponed wedding, understandable. The reception when the groom tested positive for COVID. It happened just three days before.

So the bride still attended the wedding, but took this cardboard cut out of her groom instead. The couple says it was their way of making the best of a very disappointing situation after their nuptials had already been rescheduled several times throughout the course of the pandemic. Don't worry though, the groom didn't completely miss out on all the fun and festivities. He did show up on screen in the ballroom as a surprise to his bride. Look, if you find yourself dancing with a cutout, you're certifiably insane. And what does it say about the groom that he can be replaced by a cardboard cutout and nobody seems to care!

And the bride is in for a rude awakening because there's no way the husband is ever going to live up to that cutout. It's well-dressed, it listens, and it has a flat stomach. It's the total package. Now, if you'll excuse me, Trevor, I've got a wedding to get to, some asshole who's getting married to a woman he doesn't even like, and those idiots have decided to make it a destination wedding. Oh, wow, Lewis, who's getting married? I am. And I gotta pick up my bride at Kinko's.

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for writing one of the most fascinating books on a topic that I love delving into because I feel like it is the root of everything. Yes, and that is mothering. Yes, I'm glad that you see that. We share a vibe. Right, but let's start with the, you know, the title of the book, you know, the ti. the the ti, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, their, you're, you, you, you, you, you, you, their, their, I' their, I' their, I' their, I' their, I' their, I, I, I, I, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, I I I, I, I, I, I, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm t t to, I'm to, I'm to.. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. I'm to, I'm t title of the book, Essential Labor. You wrote this book, you know, based on an article that got a claim from everyone. I mean, mothers all over the country read it. Some people around the world read it. Even people like Melinda Gates and Elizabeth Warren chimed him and said, yeah, this is spot on.

What do you think people have been missing about mothering for so long? You know, part of it came out of the grief and loss that I felt at the start of the pandemic. As a writer, I had sort of nebulous deadlines and I didn't get a regular paycheck or health insurance, but my husband's job gave us that. So I basically stopped writing. And because child care centers closed, I was taking care of my kids. And I knew that that was the most important work

I could be doing. But it also, I felt like I wasn't getting any recognition for it. We were hearing about essential workers, health care workers, sanitation workers who are yes essential, but we were never hearing about parents who were working 24-7, trying to take care of their families, trying to keep communities safe. And that's really where, like, this is what I know you understand is that domestic work, mothering, we do it to ourselves every day, feeding ourselves, taken a sh sh sh sh sh sh- th......, right. th. th. th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, health, to work, to work, to work, to work, to work, to work, to work, to work, to work, to their their that domestic work mothering, we do it to ourselves every day, feeding ourselves, taking a shower.

Without care work and domestic labor, you know, this is the work that makes all other work possible. The idea that domestic labor is somehow less valuable than quote unquote professional work, I just think it's a myth. You know what you what you tap into in this book is so powerful because it even goes to, let's say somebody's like a rampant capitalist even. You know, they go like, oh, the country needs to make money, we've got to get people out there, and yet they don't want the policies that support mothers in doing that. So you see mothers, you know, you talk about in the book, you're, you know, you know, you know, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you tak, you tak, you ta, you ta, you ta, you ta, you ta, you ta, you ta, you ta, ta, tha, th, th, tha, tell, thi, tha, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let let's, let let let's, let let let let let let let let let let let's, let let let let let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, th. th. th, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, to find somebody to be a mom to my child or I can't afford them?

This is so many, you know, we talk about this care crisis that was exposed in the pandemic, right? When child care centers and schools closed down, we were lost. People didn't know what to do. But many of us have always known that until your child is age. In America, you're really on your own. th. And, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their, th. th. th. their, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, we have, we have, we have, we their, we their, we their, we their, we their, we their, we their, we their, we their, we their, we their, we their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. We have th. We have toe. We have toe. toda. We have toe. today, today, today, their, their, their, their, their, their on your own. And there are many people who are choosing between, should I put my child in daycare, or should I work because it's really about the same amount of money. Right? But so studies have been done, so Oxfam has a study, that if women in America were paid minimum wage for the amount of domestic labor that they do unpaid right now,

it would be worth $1.9 trillion per year. Wow. So that's talk about putting, you know, a value on that. Like, that is part of our economy. And that's a thing that we just have not reckoned with in this country. Our country, American capitalism, relies just as much on the labor that happens in the home as any other labor that happens in the office or on a job site. And other countries have done that in many ways. You see countries like Sweden, countries like Switzerland, etc. They've got different methods of doing it, but they'll say, this is so valuable to the country

that we will pay a mother, we'll make sure that the government is supporting a mother because, you know, you talk about this in the book, and it's really, you know, whether it's poverty, whether it's mental issues, etc. You can link so many of those things to mothering. Yes, when you invest, so I believe that raising children, you know, it's a choice that people make to have kids or to not have kids and I think we should all, unfortunately this is not guaranteed in our country, we should all be allowed to make that choice for ourselves, right? But whether or not th not you know, raising kids is a social responsibility. And when we invest, like no one gets to adulthood without someone taking care of them. And that's their parents.

It's also beloved aunties. It's a preschool teacher. It's a teacher. There's so many people who are part of that. And when we invest in children and families and mothers, it's investing in public health, it's investing in the very future and health of our society. It's interesting that you also wrote this, not just as a mom, but I enjoyed how many prisons you look through, you know, at the issue through. You wrote about it as a mom, you wrote about it as a worker and as a writer. Yes. And you also wrote about it through the lens of being an immigrant or family of immigrants.

Yes. But specifically, Filipino, which I really enjoyed because you talked about how caregiving and mothering seems almost like it's part of the fabric of being Filipino. I'd love to know where you think that came from or why that's so important to Filipino culture. Sure, I'm so glad you asked, thank you. So I didn't set out to write about my Filipino American family. I do think that Philippinex American history is something that is underrepresented, you know, within the Asian American community. Sometimes I'm like, what about us? What about my family? Right? But so my mom is a nurse and I won't go into the whole long history of American imperialism in the United States, but the reason why

my parents emigrated here is because my parents spoke English because of American education system that was created by American colonialism. And when there was a health worker shortage, the United States allowed highly skilled immigrants like my mother and father to come. And when I was thinking about the history of caregiving in this country, you know, we have to really reckon with the reason why we devalue care work which is performed mostly by women of color, it's because of slavery, right? This is why we accept women of color working in the home for free or for low wages. So I was trying to wrestle with like how do I take this on. But there is a statistic that came out during COVID that we'll never leave my body, and it is that Philippinex nurses are 4% of the nursing workforce

in the United States. Okay. They are 34% of COVID-related nursing deaths. Wow. Yeah, thank you. And that to me I was like, this could be my mother, this could be my children's grandmother. And it's because when Philippinex nurses came over, they didn't tell me this is a familiar trope with immigrants here in the United States. They took the the th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th took th th th th th th th th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to leave to leave toe toe toeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. toe. the. came over, they tell me this is a familiar trope with immigrants here in the United States. They took jobs that white workers didn't want. They took ICU and critical care jobs that were more intimate with patients' bodies. And since 2020, that means they've been caring for COVID patients. And so they're dying in disproportionate numbers. Wow. And that's really where I was like, wait a second.

Like, I don't, there are so many ways into this story of caregiving in America, right? But this, I realized I could tell my family story and it's all of the same forces that are happening. It's capitalism, it's collinism, it's exploitation, right? It's white supremacy. These are the things things things things things things things things things things things things things things things things things things things things thin thin thin thin thi thi thi the things things things things thoes the the the thoes the the things that we are living with now. And I see it in my family, and I see it reflected in this crisis that we're dealing with,

which is going to outlast the pandemic if we don't figure out how to care for each other. How do we move towards a situation where women are? Weaheat the, the mothers, and you know, you talk about in the book how mothering extends beyond just the cliched idea of what a mother is. You know, we talk about communities, we talk about, as you say, the aunts, the grandmothers, they're all mothering in some way. Yeah. Do you see any viable solution? Do you see a world that we can get to where we say, oh, this is where want the government to be part of this because we've privatized everything, right?

Like I don't think that employees and employers and corporations are going to save us at this point. We've privatized all human rights in America, right? Like universal health care, right? Like education, we've made all of those things. Like it's time for government support. And I've gone through phases of being really angry and really disillusioned. But right now, my friend I-Jen-Poo, who's the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, who's part of a coalition called Care Can't Wait, and they've formed during COVID to deal with this care crisis. There is actually, right now, senators are doing budget reconciliation on a bill that would put money into child care, and their care. And so in this moment, if you're looking for something to do, if you've been affected by care,

and I know all of us have been, you can call your senators right now and tell them to fund care. And this is not an opportunity that comes up all the time. So I feel hopeful, you know, because there's an actionable item that I can't do this alone, right? We are not meant to take care of children, to take care of our elders, to take care of the disabled, to the care of the sick.

We're not meant to do that in isolation. We can't. And I saw so many examples because the government sent us eight tests. We're surviving this because we took care of each other. And I see that all around me. And I think if we lean into that and continue, I don't want that to go away as we, like as the pandemic moves more into the rearview mirror. I want more of it. More part of it.

Yes. Thank you so much for joining me on. I appreciate you. I appreciate this one much. Essential Labor, a fascinating book, is available now. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back off the base. Thank you again. Yeah, that's our show for tonight. But before we go, please consider donating to the National Black Justice Coalition. Since 2003, they have been America's leading national civil rights organization, Before we go, before we go, please consider donating to the National Black Justice Coalition.

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