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White Picket Fence episodes

March 29, 2022 Universal Pre-K and the Path Ahead with Rep. Manning
Although the Build Back Better Act could not deliver on all the care economy issues, there is still reason for hope. With a bipartisan oriented strategy, some of these issues can still get through the House and the Senate – universal pre-k being one of those. On our final episode of the series, Jenny and Julie are joined by Representative Kathy Manning to discuss the importance of universal pre-k and what the future holds for care infrastructure.
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40 min
March 22, 2022 The Cost of Child Care with Rep. Clark
The American child care system is full of contradiction. For individual families, care costs keep rising. But many caregivers are barely paid a living wage. The Build Back Better Act would have been the first federal intervention in this sector in fifty years. Without it, this broken cycle continues. On today’s crossover episode with Women belong in the House, Jenny and Julie are joined by Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark to discuss the precarious state of our care economy.
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48 min
March 15, 2022 Paid Leave with Rep. Underwood
The need to take family or medical leave touches every American. Yet, despite overwhelming popularity, the U.S. stands alone as the only industrialized nation without paid leave. In this crossover episode, Jenny and Julie are joined by Representative Lauren Underwood to unpack why America continues to lag behind and the ongoing political fight around this crucial issue.
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40 min
March 08, 2022 The Child Tax Credit with Rep. DeLauro
In this new season of Women belong in the House x White Picket Fence, we’re examining America’s caregiving crisis. In our first episode, Jenny and Julie explore the child tax credit with one of its longtime supporters -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
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35 min
March 01, 2022 Coming Soon: WPF x Women belong in the House
White Picket Fence is continuing our conversation around the caregiving crisis, this time, with the help of another WMN show: Women belong in the House. Catch Julie on new episodes of Women belong in the House discussing the critical caregiving policies that we still hope could pass in Congress.
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1 min
December 21, 2021 Finding A New Way
So many things came together that could have made this moment different. The ascendance of a new progressive economics. A more intersectional gender justice movement. Greater numbers of women political leaders. Multi-racial organizing that is centering women of color and making caregiving a central political issue. But once again, a handful of politicians have prioritized personal success over the well-being of the many.
In our final episode of the season, we're honoring the work that brought the U.S. closer to public investments in caregiving than at any point in history. And talking about the cultural work that still needs to be done, for tangible changes to take root.

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35 min
December 14, 2021 When "Career Feminism" Won
When it comes to the failure of the 1971 Comprehensive Childcare Development Act, it's easy to point a finger at conservatives. But that's not the whole story.
This week, join host Julie as she dives into the battle between care feminism and career feminism, and how the winner of that match up has impacted women's right advocacy for the last 50 years.
If this season's topic resonates with you, we want to hear about it! Leave us a voicemail at 212-655-5048 with your questions, ideas, experiences, and get a chance to be featured on the show. Check out our website, www.wondermedianetwork.com/white-picket-fence, for more information.
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26 min
December 10, 2021 Bonus: Ordinary Equality, Roe v. Wade
Although we're in the middle of a season talking about the caregiving crisis, we wanted to take a second to acknowledge what's happening at the Supreme Court right now. It’s very possible Roe v. Wade could be overturned within the year. There is a strong connection between these assaults on women’s rights and the caregiving crisis–both are byproducts of a conservative movement that has built considerable political power over the last half-century. In light of this, we’re bringing you an episode of Ordinary Equality, another show from Wonder Media Network, that examines the landmark case–how it came to be, what exactly it established, and where it’s vulnerable to legal attacks.
45 min
December 07, 2021 The Rise of Neoliberalism
This week, Julie dives deep into the economic ideology that arose alongside social conservatism and prevented public investments in care.
We’ll break down what “neoliberalism” is and what the rise of it has meant for family life -- how the mix of low taxes, deregulation, and privatization has made family life more economically precarious for the vast majority of Americans.
If this season's topic resonates with you, we want to hear about it! Leave us a voicemail at 212-655-5048 with your questions, ideas, experiences, and get a chance to be featured on the show. Check out our website, www.wondermedianetwork.com/white-picket-fence, for more information.
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33 min
November 30, 2021 What Could Have Been
How did the U.S. become a society that treats caregiving as a private family responsibility rather than a public good?
In this episode, Julie explores the longstanding and continued role racism has played in preventing investments in public goods that would benefit everyone, including caregiving. We’ll also do a deep dive into the 1970s when the U.S. nearly invested in universal childcare -- and how fear was deployed to block it.
If this season's topic resonates with you, we want to hear about it! Leave us a voicemail at 212-655-5048 with your questions, ideas, experiences, and get a chance to be featured on the show. Check out our website, www.wondermedianetwork.com/white-picket-fence, for more information.
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26 min

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White Picket Fence interrogates the structures of inequity affecting women since the United States' founding. On the newest season, host Julie Kohler investigates a long-brewing gender backlash that’s…