Pulling the Thread

Pulling the Thread

Understanding Essential Labor (Angela Garbes)

Listen now (55 min) | "This to me is basic, but it feels like we've drifted really far from it in our culture. That to be a human, the basic condition of being a human is being needful..."

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Elise Loehnen
May 12, 2022
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"This to me is basic, but it feels like we've drifted really far from it in our culture. That to be a human, the basic condition of being a human is being needful. You know, like we need air, we need housing, we need food, we need companionship. We need all of these things. And …

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