Yvette Nicole Brown spent years working in Hollywood before she got her big break. Then she rose to fame with her comedic turns in *Community *and *Drake & Josh. *But her latest –and perhaps most important– role is as caregiver to her father. That experience is at the heart of her storytelling as host of the new podcast *Squeezed, *focused on the millions of Americans who find themselves balancing caregiving with careers. On today’s episode of A Word, Yvette Nicole Brown speaks with Jason Johnson about the caregivers who shared their stories on *Squeezed, *and what the rest of the nation –from neighbors, to friends, to political leaders– can do to support caregiving.
Guest: Yvette Nicole Brown, actress and podcast host of Squeezed.
Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola
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