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Season 3 ⤵
![paycheck ep 8](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYw0LgsQPByI/v1/750x-1.jpg)
My family owned slaves. I wanted to know more about that.
![paycheck-apr-19](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imP6b0rigxfs/v0/750x-1.jpg)
Episode 7 of The Pay Check podcast looks at why Britain’s Windrush Compensation Scheme became a cautionary tale
![paycheck-evanston](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGvq.mIiw6Fc/v1/750x-1.jpg)
![Paycheck Ep 5](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_0Zh5P8l_iQ/v1/750x-1.jpg)
Episode 5 of The Pay Check takes a hard look at affirmative action and its promises and failures.
![Paycheck Ep 4](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i15Q7LjW.bSo/v1/750x-1.jpg)
![relates to Episode 3: How Black Farmers Fought the Wealth Gap](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iR2XgWdAud.k/v1/750x-1.jpg)
![Paycheck Episode 2 MLK](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqnYpGa3axZA/v1/750x-1.jpg)
Episode 2 of The Pay Check podcast does the math on moments in U.S. history that led to the racial wealth gap.
![relates to Episode 1: My Family’s Long-Gone Texas Land Shows How Black Wealth Is Won and Lost](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ieqWXpvy2UCg/v1/750x-1.jpg)
When I searched my ancestral history, I found clues to a legacy of land redistribution.
![Baltimore poverty HP GETTY sub](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFYhLmxGGc_8/v0/750x-1.jpg)
Season 2 ⤵
![relates to Episode 6: When the U.S. Government Paid For Childcare](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTsX54WyOZaI/v0/750x-1.png)
![relates to Episode 5: Reversing the One-Child Policy Isn’t As Easy As Just Ending It](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iukM04k4_7tY/v0/750x-1.png)
More than 30 years of restricting births have left China with a demographic crisis.
![relates to Episode 4: Dads Should Take Paternity Leave. Here’s Why](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKXPYaMR4ce0/v0/750x-1.png)
Until men are as involved in childcare as women, moms will continue to take a pay hit.
![relates to Episode 3: Elizabeth Warren’s Childcare Policy Could Spark $700 Billion of Growth](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRxD94hg8K2o/v0/750x-1.jpg)
Episode three of The Pay Check examines how the cost of childcare holds back women’s earning power. Is there a better way?
![relates to Episode 2: Was Your Boss Weird About Your Pregnancy? You’re Not the Only One](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyEHV2GWisZg/v0/750x-1.jpg)
![relates to Episode 1: Having Kids Is Terrible for Women’s Earning Power](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMo_o3RpTIZM/v0/750x-1.jpg)
Bloomberg’s The Pay Check returns for an in-depth look at how motherhood explains so much of the $28 trillion global gender-pay gap
Season 1 ⤵
![relates to Episode 1: A Big, Expensive, Global Mystery](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYLu7zbm0tZg/v0/750x-1.jpg)
![relates to Episode 2: The Surprising Origins of the Gender Pay Gap](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUHurWgHSkao/v0/750x-1.jpg)
![relates to Episode 3: Why Some People Don’t Believe in the Pay Gap](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihFkeMq4_80M/v0/750x-1.jpg)
![relates to Episode 4: Can Companies Be Shamed Into Closing the Pay Gap?](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiCGKWcaq7GE/v0/750x-1.jpg)
![relates to Episode 5: The Company Where Everybody Knows What You Make](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i99UdNt4jbNQ/v0/750x-1.jpg)
![relates to Episode 6: These Women Want to Solve the Pay Gap. Are They Discriminating?](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210516002448im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRtcA7LaGiTo/v0/750x-1.jpg)
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Sallie Krawcheck, a pioneer for women in finance, talks with up-and-comer Bianca Caban about the uncomfortable reality of being a woman in a male-dominated industry
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