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Beyond The Pod: S5E4: Make Child Care Supportive of Children, Families, and Educators
In the Season 5 finale of “No One Is Coming to Save Us,” listeners get an in-depth look at Neighborhood Villages’ extensive efforts to reform early education and child care in Massachusetts and beyond. Our very own Co-Founders, Lauren Kennedy and Sarah Muncey, and Chief Program Officer, Binal Patel, join host Gloria Riviera to discuss what a child care system can and should provide to children and families and to the educators nurturing our littlest learners.
Beyond The Pod: S5E3: How We Make Child Care More Accessible
In Episode 3 of our nationally acclaimed hit podcast, ”No One Is Coming to Save Us”, Dr. Jeffrey Liebman, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, joins veteran reporter and host Gloria Riviera to break down the root causes of the child care crisis, how it impacts families nationwide, and what a better system could look like.
Beyond The Pod: S5E2: What Defines High-Quality Early Childhood Education?
In the second episode of Season 5 of our hit podcast, “No One is Coming to Save Us,” host and veteran reporter Gloria Riviera is joined by Dr. Junlei Li, Saul Zaentz Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Faculty Co-Chair of The Human Development and Education Program, to explore what is truly at the foundation of high-quality early learning and to spotlight the many places where children can experience it.
Beyond The Pod: S5E1: What Guaranteed Child Care Really Looks Like
Season 5 of our hit podcast “No One Is Coming to Save Us” with Lemonada Media is out now, and we’re excited for you to tune in! In the first episode, we explore what guaranteed child care really means and the systems needed to make it a reality nationwide.
Beyond the Pod: Closing the Opportunity Gap Starts Before Kindergarten
In our season four finale of “No One Is Coming to Save Us,” we hear from Brooke Legler, the owner of a child care center in Wisconsin, who is struggling to keep her center open despite the strong demand for it even in a state with nearly universal preschool.
Beyond the Pod: Mitigating the Impact of Climate Change on Young Children
In episode four of our hit podcast, “No One Is Coming to Save Us”, we hear from Dr. Lisa Patel, a pediatrician and associate professor at Stanford University, who discusses the physical and mental ways that climate change impacts kids.
Beyond the Pod: Addressing the Housing Crisis
Episode three of our hit podcast “No One Is Coming To Save Us” takes on the issue of housing. We hear firsthand experience from Caitlin Liversidge who became pregnant and homeless last year and has since moved through transitional housing into her own apartment with her healthy two-month-old daughter.
Beyond The Pod: Addressing Early Relational Health in Early Childhood Education
Meet Lisa Garcia, our new Director of Early Relational Health
Beyond the Pod: Empowering Economic Mobility Through Early Education
The first episode in Season 4, Empowering Economic Mobility Through Early Education, explores how early education can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.