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Title: The Poverty Tour

Author: Brooke Gladstone, Bob Garfield, Jack French, Meara Sharma, Eve Claxton, Nina Chaudry

Format: Original Recording

Length: 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-16

Publisher: On the Media, WNYC Studios

Genres: Radio & TV, News, Business, & Culture

Publisher's Summary:

Today, more than 45 million Americans live in poverty. The problem has been addressed countless times since the nations founding, but it persists, and for the poorest among us, it gets worse. America has not been able to find its way to a sustainable solution, because most of its citizens see the problem of poverty from a distance, through a distorted lens. So we present "Busted: America's Poverty Myths," a series exploring how our understanding of poverty is shaped not by facts, but by private presumptions, media narratives, and the tales of the American Dream.

Brooke traveled to Ohio, a state that reflects the varied nature of poverty, to talk directly with people who are poor and understand how they got that way, and why, under current policies, they are likely to stay that way. You'll hear from them over the next several weeks. But first, we examine how the story of poverty gets told -- and whether media attention makes any difference -- with the help of Jack Frech, a longtime Athens County welfare director who has been leading reporters on "poverty tours" of Appalachia for decades.

Busted: Americas Poverty Myths is produced by Meara Sharma and Eve Claxton, with special thanks to Nina Chaudry. This series is produced in collaboration with WNET in New York as part of Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America. Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by the JPB Foundation, with additional funding from the Ford Foundation.