In this week's episode Rachael and Roxanne watch the 2020 documentary No Small Matter and talk about early childhood education, the importance of paying teachers a living wage, and why the Muppets would never make it in the military.

Rachael is a writer and personal finance expert who got laid off in 2024. Roxanne is a homeless university professor and part-time retail employee.

Sources:

https://www.childcareaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-State-Fact-Sheets-Full-Report_final.pdf

https://www.npr.org/2013/12/29/257922222/closing-the-word-gap-between-rich-and-poor

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/06/01/615188051/lets-stop-talking-about-the-30-million-word-gap

https://cepa.stanford.edu/news/education-gap-grows-between-rich-and-poor-studies-say

https://www.springboardcollaborative.org/our-approach/the-problem/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/28-states-where-child-care-154414900.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI4v8S8S27rDncIcVH731GjXmt3RtCzrR7Mm_jVDOTyoury76X2Nu6npkvnnjflp7mC94RtRf_0OQEJdwgD3uyfIVAb7Bt-70A0D9xHvVmN-E2dS5v953kk_TxCeACtIL2Wd0vbjxc7fM7nL-DZSAcwkd55CSb_N4TLBlWixU5CU