Essential Voices with Wilmer Valderrama

To The Loved Ones We've Lost

Shawn Troy is a family man whose commitment to care extends not just to his relatives, but his community as well. As funeral director at Troy’s Funeral Home in Mullins, South Carolina, he cares for the deceased and their loved ones. With the pandemic, Shawn had to grapple not only with a rising number of deaths due to COVID, but also how to properly honor those losses with social distancing in place. Roundtable guests: Reporter, Producer &amp; host of the Better Together podcast, Maria Menounos, and author and founder of the Faith Matters Network, Reverend Jen Bailey. Learn more about Better Together with Maria Menounos: <a href="https://mariamenounos.com">https://mariamenounos.com</a>Learn more about To My Beloveds and Faith Matters Network: <a href="https://www.reverendjen.com">https://www.reverendjen.com</a>Episode Transcript: https://app.trint.com/editor/mKl9aAooRP-8f1bR_-zOeA Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</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.