Care Work with Alida Miranda-Wolff
Who is in the business of providing care? What does it mean to get paid to nurture strangers? And, what kind of support do these people need? In Care Work, author and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging practitioner, Alida Miranda-Wolff, seeks answers to all of these questions with care workers of all kinds through discussions of their lived experiences. Learn how to create a culture of care in your communities and have your own care needs met through episodes that balance real-life stories with actionable takeaways.
Episodes
36 episodes
Balancing Self-Care and Community Care: A Reflection on Two Years of Podcasting - Episode 35
How do you recognize when staying true to your values means stepping back? Over the past two years, the Care Work podcast has explored the challenges, necessity, and beauty of caregiving. Often, the conversation turns to the need for c...
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Episode 35
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16:00
Human-Centered Innovation and Compassionate Design with Antonio Garcia - Episode 34
How can creators innovate to instill more humanness into their designs? Despite being at the root of almost everything we interact with day-to-day, designers can forget to consider the humans for whom they design. In this episode, e...
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Episode 34
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27:41
Reclaiming Food Sovereignty in Local Communities with Lisa Tallman - EP 33
How connected are you to the food you purchase and consume? Over the past century, society’s focus on the food it consumes has shifted from origins and process to the latest price increase. Many communities also face uncertainty about the avail...
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Episode 33
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28:31
Building Workplace Cultures of Care That Transform Our Economy with Michel Fabode - EP 32
How does a culture of care transform the workplace experience? The call for safe, caring workplaces is becoming increasingly loud, which means building these environments is an essential consideration for founders. In this episode, Alida Mirand...
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Episode 32
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27:28
Clarity in People Management: Striking a Balance with Claire Podulka - Episode 31
As a manager, how do you balance offering care and corporate responsibility? Many managers may not apply the label of caregiver to their work, but Claire Podulka, the Chief of Staff for TXI, a Chicago-based digital consultancy firm, points out ...
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Episode 31
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31:24
How to Navigate the Publishing World as a Care Worker - Episode 30
In 2022, Care Work host Alida Miranda-Wolff celebrated the publication of her first book: “Cultures of Belonging: Building Inclusive Organizations That Last.” In May of 2024, her second book was released: “The First-Time Manager: Diversity, Equ...
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Episode 30
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24:40
Relational Self-Awareness and Compassion with Dr. Alexandra Soloman - Episode 29
For many of us, working to care for others doesn’t stop when we head home from work at the end of the day. The other relationships in our lives, including the intimate one we share with our partner, also require care—of both ourselves and the o...
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Episode 29
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31:20
Finding Community and Growth Amidst Grieving with Dr. Sunitha Chandy - EP 28
How do you define and process grief? Over the next three episodes, Care Work is exploring grief—the collection of emotions and experiences we have with any loss. Essential within this work is inspecting how we process and continue to l...
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Episode 28
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35:41
Breaking Down Disability Stigma - EP 27
How do we dismantle the disability stigma? This latest arc on the Care Work podcast explores the concept of disability justice from the perspectives of three people—Tim Villegas, María Emilia Lasso de la Vega, and Lauren Schrero Levy—w...
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Episode 27
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28:48
Embracing Interdependence Creating Inclusive Communities with Lauren Schrero - EP 26
From elementary school classrooms to adult care homes, so many of our care structures for disabled people are designed without their participation, often in direct opposition to their stated desires. But why? When we pose the questi...
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Episode 26
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30:11
Designing For Neurodiversity Inclusivity with María Emilia Lasso de la Vega - EP 25
How can we design inclusive spaces—physically and virtually—that support neurodiversity?The Disability Justice movement is increasing the recognition and adoption of inclusive spaces and accessible interaction for people who are neurodiv...
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Episode 25
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30:47
Exploring Inclusive Education Through Storytelling with Tim Villegas - EP 24
How can we show everyone the benefits of inclusive educational spaces?Tim Villegas is the Director of Communications at the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education. His work centers around helping school systems build support for more...
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Episode 24
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28:10
Exploring Educational Equity From Theory To Practical Application with Alida Miranda-Wolff - EP 23
In the most recent episode arc, the Care Work podcast explores educational equity with guests who are experts in impactful social education for teens, supportive higher education spaces, and inclusive literacy. In this reflective episo...
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Episode 23
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27:56
Building Toward the Future of Literacy Equity with Ken Bigger - EP 22
When you think of literacy, what comes to mind? Is it reading, writing, or something else? Our definition of literacy is often oversimplified, much like the limits often placed on the question of who is and who is not “literate”. In this ...
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Episode 22
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32:18
Reframing Resistance: Reimaging Higher Education with Johnnie Campbell - EP 21
How can educators create unifying classroom spaces where resistance skills can be safely practiced and cultivated?This is the “freedom dreaming” Johnnie Campbell and Alida Miranda-Wolff do together in this episode of Care Work. ...
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Episode 21
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31:38
Nurturing Social and Emotional Literacy in Youth with Debra Giunta - EP 20
What supports would have helped ease your transition to adulthood?Growing up is hard, and young people are repeatedly faced with circumstances they are expected to understand despite their lack of life experience. Then, in these tedious...
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Episode 20
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30:09
Caring For Youth: The Big Impact of Many Small Actions with Alida Miranda-Wolff - EP 19
How do we even start to tackle the challenges of caring for underserved youth? When you consider the sheer number of young people who are entangled in poor home environments, gang initiations, judiciary systems, and more, it’s easy to feel like...
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Episode 19
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17:23
Caring for the Criminally Underserved in Our Criminal Justice System with Jennifer Soble - EP 18
How do we care for people trapped in a broken system and still take care of ourselves? This is the question Alida poses to Jennifer Soble, a former public defender, lawyer, and the founder of the Illinois Prison Project. Jennifer’s organization...
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Episode 18
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29:06
Facilitating Restorative Justice with Garien Gatewood - EP 17
Why are we so good at finding problems, but so poor at solving them? This is the question Alida Miranda-Wolff puts to Chicago Deputy Mayor of Community Safety Garien Gatewood and the conversation that spans juvenile justice reform and implement...
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Episode 17
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31:28
Loneliness, Burnout, and Meeting One Another’s Needs with Alida Miranda-Wolff - EP 16
How does loneliness affect your ability to care for others? Loneliness and burnout are endemic in American society these days, and their impact on care workers and, by extension, the people they care for, is significant. In this epi...
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Episode 16
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21:42
Building a More Equitable Future with Minal Bopaiah - EP 15
How would the professional world change if it were truly equitable? And what would this mean for women-identifying people, specifically? In this episode, Alida talks with Minal Bopaiah, the founder of a groundbreaking DEI-focused design and str...
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Episode 15
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27:13
The Importance of Building Community to Create Change with Kim Hunt - EP 14
When gathering a community together, how do you make sure every experience is celebrated and every voice is heard?On this episode of the Care Work podcast, join your host Alida Miranda-Wolff as she talks with Kim Hunt, an activist and c...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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31:16
Adding Value: Care Work Within the Digital Information Economy with Tara McMullin - EP 13
What’s the last digital product you wish you hadn’t bought? From paid newsletter subscriptions to full-fledged how-to guides on making your first million, too few online offerings these days are created with enough care to be helpful to those w...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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33:05
Growing Time By Giving Time with Alida Miranda-Wolff - EP 12 Minisode #2
Caring for patients, clients, or family members keeps care workers incredibly busy—but where does that time go? Our society and economy are so focused on win-lose scenarios, it’s easy to forget that when we give freely of our time and care, we ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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32:27
The Balance Between Work and Self with Karyn Oates - EP 11
How do you strike a balance between committing to your work and honoring your own personhood? The simple answer is by setting boundaries. What’s more complicated, though, is that these boundaries are hugely individual and can be difficult to se...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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37:33
