We live in an age of economic precarity and journalists are not exempt from this. Our guest on the program this week has written a powerful Substack essay about his path from foreign correspondent to Uber driver, and how his troubles have helped him to forge a sense of solidarity with the people he drives to work.

Steven Scherer is an American journalist and a former Canadian bureau chief for Reuters.

You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.substack.com