Pink Tax Podcast

In this weeks episode Janine and Tara take a look back over four seasons to see just how their views have changed since starting the podcast.

What started as a podcast to educate women about money has turned into such a larger conversation around how political women and money are.

Tune in to see just how socialistic Janine and Tara have become over the years and why the case for socialism in our wallets makes good financial sense.

This week Tara chatted with Michelle from Native Calgarian about birth alerts, the social and economic impacts of systemic racism in the medical and child “welfare” systems in Canada. We had several technical issues on Tara’s end and didn’t get to speak as long as we would have liked. If this episode is re-traumatizing for any listeners, please engage with Michelle’s book club, TRC.ca, www.mmiwg-ffada.ca or APTN for resources.

This week, Janine and Tara dive in to how climate change disproportionally hurts women’s bank accounts. With the wildfires and the heat dome top of mind summer 2021 has been record breaking.

There is no doubt that climate change is a real issue we face as a generation and a planet - but what can we do?

There are lots of ways we can help are planet and this episode breaks down different ways to look at your life and make positive change.

Janine and Tara has the pleasure of interviewing Fotini Iconompoloulos this week, a negotiations expert. Fotini helps people get what they want, channeling her energy into her passion for the power of forward thinking. To share her strengths with more business leaders, Fotini occasionally return to the classroom as an instructor of MBA Negotiations at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto. For the last 5 years, she’s been invited to share her messages with audiences from all industries in keynote addresses across the globe. In addition to regular media appearances, in April 2021, Fotini will get to spread these messages of empowerment even wider when Harper Collins releases her first book, Say Less, Get More: Unconventional Negotiation Techniques to Get What You Want.

You’re guaranteed to learn something about how to negotiate better in this episode and make sure you pick up a copy of Fotini’s book.

This week Janine and Tara are talking about home ownership. Tara sold her home during the pandemic and Janine is just over 2 years into home ownership.

We discuss the new mortgage rules and how they will affect new home owners as well the cost of living in many of Canada’s largest cities.

Wealth inequality also drives the increase in home prices with 32% of Canadians owning no property at all, increase in housing prices only helps the wealthiest.

We are thrilled to share an interview with Dr. Stephanie Kelton, the author of The Deficit Myth and the leading expert of Modern Monetary Theory. Modern Monetary Theory is a new approach to economics that is taking the world by storm Dr. Kelton is considered one of the most important voices influencing the policy debate today.

Janine and Tara spend the first 20 minutes of this week’s episode talking about the book The Deficit Myth, which you should all pick up and the remainder of their time interviewing world famous Dr. Kelton.

Modern Monetary Theory is a different way of thinking about government spending and we can’t wait for you to tune in and see how we can better build an economy that supports us all.

In this week’s episode Janine and Tara dive into cryptocurrency.

Tara and Janine have very different opinions on crypto and what it could be used for.

Questions we answer:

Could it be used for a currency?

Is it safe?

Where can you buy it?

Is Bitcoin a solution for our banking?

What are the ecological impacts?

Should you buy Dogecoin?

In this episode we reflect on the 215 lives that were lost at the Kamloops residential school. These children were discovered in a mass grave. In the time since this episode more unmarked graves have been discovered across Canada.

We reflect with a 215 second silence to honor each child’s life that was lost and taken from their families.

Tara and Janine dive into Canadian currency - and the history behind who is on our dollar bills.

Spoiler alert: it isn’t pretty.

If we continue to have currency in circulation that continue to uphold racism, then what are we saying to the indigenous and black people of Canada and the world.

Glorifying individuals and leaders that perpetuated racism in Canada shouldn’t be something we are proud of.

Welcome back to season 4!

We are so excited to be back for season 4, we have a ton planned, and some amazing guests lined up!

This week we are talking about childcare and how insane the cost is.

Janine is a new mom of a 6 month old looking at the insane cost she’ll have to add to her household budget as of November.

$20,0000 a year is a big big to swallow; six figures by the time your child enters grade 1!

Is $10 a day daycare enough?

Tune in this week to listen.