What happens when hard-working families do everything right—and still fall through the cracks? In this remastered version of our third episode, we examine the devastating impact of unemployment and economic insecurity through the lens of the powerful documentary American Winter.
In this week's episode Rachael and Roxanne watch the 2013 documentary American Winter and talk about poverty, job hunting, what American Winter reveals about the myth of meritocracy in modern America, and why it is important to record your podcast before dinner.
Sources:
https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/unemployment-rate-steady-at-4-1-percent-in-october-2024.htm https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0609/what-the-unemployment-rate-doesnt-tell-us.aspx https://finance.yahoo.com/news/15-countries-highest-social-mobility-141046122.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/archives/2014-pr/cb14-169.html https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/unemployment-continued-its-downward-trend-in-2013.htm
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