WEBVTT - Coming Soon: The Pay Check Season Four

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of wild to think back to the beginning

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<v Speaker 1>of the pandemic, when it felt like we were having

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<v Speaker 1>a shared experience with billions of people around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone everywhere had to learn to survive and manage the virus,

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<v Speaker 1>not just from a public health standpoint, but from an

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<v Speaker 1>economic one too. But in the two years since, what's

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<v Speaker 1>become clear is that different countries approached to the pandemic

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<v Speaker 1>and their relative wealth going in have resulted in vastly

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<v Speaker 1>different outcomes. It's almost been like a perverse global experiment.

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<v Speaker 1>So for our fourth season, the Paycheck podcast is going

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<v Speaker 1>to seven countries to try to understand how those variables

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<v Speaker 1>affected economic inequality. In many ways, the pandemic has made

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<v Speaker 1>inequality much worse. So this pandemic, we're witnessing the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>increase in billionaire Welsh since records began, and a billionaire

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<v Speaker 1>was created every twenty six hours during this pandemic. If

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<v Speaker 1>you just look at Euan Musk, for example, there was

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of chatter at the time that he might

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<v Speaker 1>have a chance to become a trillionaire, But not everywhere

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<v Speaker 1>or everyone has felt the pain equally. Some places and

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<v Speaker 1>people have been hit particularly hard for all Brazilians. The

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<v Speaker 1>cost of living is really getting unbearable, and it's the

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<v Speaker 1>poor and the once booming middle classes that are bearing

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<v Speaker 1>the brun With COVID, it was so big because the

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<v Speaker 1>problem was the schools had all shut down and a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of support that all these girls get comes from

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<v Speaker 1>their schooling. Suddenly we started getting a lot of possible

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<v Speaker 1>chili mad it. But some others are showing the way

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<v Speaker 1>to a more equal world. Oh my goodness, I said,

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<v Speaker 1>is she place tell me I was selected? And she

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<v Speaker 1>was just laughing. She's like, oh yeah, just killing me

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<v Speaker 1>with this. I'm just loving to react you for me.

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<v Speaker 1>I see lights, I see like I'm going to that

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<v Speaker 1>moon that I wanted. Season four of The Paycheck launches

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<v Speaker 1>next week. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,

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<v Speaker 1>or wherever you get your podcasts. Seem a twelve