Essential Voices with Wilmer Valderrama

Heavy Lifting - Part Two

Last week we spoke to Longshoreman Nicole Salima and truck driver Armando Pacheco, who are both essential workers in the global supply chain. This week we will be in conversation with Mayor Robert Garcia of Long Beach and Wall Street Journal journalist Christopher Mims, to learn more about the larger world that both Nicole and Armando participate within, how the pandemic has affected the global supply chain and how we support the folx behind the wheels and at the ports. Part Two of a Two part series.  Learn more about Arriving Today: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arriving-Today-Factory-Everything-Changed/dp/006298795X">https://www.amazon.com/Arriving-Today-Factory-Everything-Changed/dp/006298795X</a> Learn more about Chain Reaction (WSJ documentary): <a href="https://www.wsj.com/video/series/chain-reaction/why-global-supply-chains-may-never-be-the-same-a-wsj-documentary/4EFE56B6-8A1D-4478-9F88-8F055AFBF675">https://www.wsj.com/video/series/chain-reaction/why-global-supply-chains-may-never-be-the-same-a-wsj-documentary/4EFE56B6-8A1D-4478-9F88-8F055AFBF675</a> Episode Transcript: <a href="https://app.trint.com/public/cbc50487-b07a-4538-a2c2-f0576c5d58e5">https://app.trint.com/public/cbc50487-b07a-4538-a2c2-f0576c5d58e5</a>    See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Covid-19 pandemic introduced the term “Essential Workers” for a class of people who existed before and will persist long after the virus is gone. Vital to society, but rarely heard from, this “essential” class is often hit hardest by the imbalances and injustices of our culture. In each episode, host Wilmer Valderrama will have intimate conversations with people on the frontlines of the food system, transportation, child-care and other workers who are so often overlooked. That conversation leads to a round-table discussion with activists and politically-active celebrities, discussing themes, issues and areas of needed change. The show seeks to reveal the invisible connections between all of us.