More Than Enough

The latest podcast from writer and activist Mia Birdsong and The Nation explores how a Guaranteed Income might actually transform people's lives.Mia Birdsong first heard about the concept of Guaranteed Income in the mid-90s through the 1967 writings of Martin Luther King Jr. King. He asserted that “the time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty” by providing a basic level of material well-being to allow all Americans to truly flourish. Birdsong thought it sounded "absurd.” As Birdsong notes, "Free money went against everything I'd learned about being a respectable citizen. But people change and our ideas evolve. I no longer think guaranteed income is absurd.”After years of political education and activism, Birdsong came to reject some ideas that most of us believe: that having a job makes you a whole person, and that you have to earn the things we all deserve to live a good life.From The Nation, More Than Enough is a four-episode podcast that explores the concept of guaranteed income, or "universal basic income," through conversations with the experts, people who experience poverty in America.We invite you to listen to these under-explored conversations with Americans about Universal Basic Income: what it is, what it means, and what it says about a culture that so closely correlates deservedness with work. Join Birdsong as she explores the idea of the meaning of work, of inequality, and most importantly, of what America is and what it can be. More Than Enough launches January 15. Sign up for updates at thenation.com/morethanenough (https://www.thenation.com/content/more-than-enough/) .

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Mamaknitty

So good

Just listen
mandapan23

If you only listen...

....to one podcast this month it MUST be this one. Speaks to the heart, the head and the soul. Mia Birdsong is someone I wish I was friends with for her ability to speak to all the above and for listening to real people gift us with their stories. Are we ready to make change??
R23ndwp

Must listen

Regardless of your income level this podcast is a must listen. Beautiful created and centered on community care and empowerment.
Lucretia Pilissa

Necessary and Long Overdue

Rich people have it and do whatever they can to get more. When poor people say they need cash, especially poor black women, their vilified. Thank you for bringing this serious conversation to a broader audience.
Bloomer303Jen80

Must listen

This is one of the most eloquent, powerful, important podcasts I’ve listened to in a long time. I listened to the first episode and then binge listened to all the rest. I learned a great deal, felt deeply moved by the stories and voices I heard and reflected on my own life and the actions I can take to move towards an America I could be proud to be a part of. Thank you.
3rReviewer

Should be Mandatory Listening

As a former criminal defense attorney I wish this podcast were part of judicial mandatory listening (and in law schools, medical schools, social work and economic programs, to name a few). Mia Birdsong presents some of the previously unheard voices in the conversation on universal basic income with clarity (and more generosity than we in the white privileged culture deserve). THANK YOU, Mia and The Nation!
Naxx Stovall

Mia is brilliant

Mia travels around the country, talking to people who are often left out of policy convos: those who are struggling the most. It's a brilliant break down.
physicsisgroovy

A wide selection of voices

Already in one episode we hear from policy experts, a Native American researcher, MLK, and an anecdote from Mia on her experience at a rural gun club. Glad that we have a perspective on guaranteed income that includes everyone who stands to benefit from it.
andrew61535

Pure Brilliance

The passion Mia has for ridding this country from the strangling hold that income inequality has on it, will inspire any listener to follow her. Mia couples her personal anecdotes with historical examples and sets forth a picture of a not so distant futuristic society that places a humans worth not on their net worth, but on the simple fact of their humanity. I recommend this to all people seeking a better America for all, regardless of political affiliation!