This story is from our new podcast, "The Uncertain Hour." Check out the full episode here or subscribe. Twenty years ago, in the summer of 1996, there was a raging policy debate. The subject at hand, in the words of then-President Bill Clinton, was: "ending welfare as we know it."In those days, cash welfare was what policy wonks call an "entitlement." In the strict sense it meant, a woman with kids under a certain age, whose income fell below a certain threshold was guaranteed some amount of cash help.That word had shifted in meaning, along with the public's attitude about welfare, and welfare recipients.The 1996 reform meant that no family was "entitled" to cash welfare, sending scores of women into the workforce, and setting time limits on how long poor families could get help.As with any big policy debate, Marketplace covered the story closely in 1997. Among the important stakeholders were welfare recipients themselves. Our reporter interviewed a single mother with six kids, who was in the middle of transitioning from the old system to the new one.Her name was Josephine Moore and she lived in the coal-filled hills of Kermit, West Virginia. The economy was depressed. Josephine — Jo for short — took our reporter on a tour of the tiny town, pointing out a number of shuttered businesses.[[{"fid":"300239","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Josephine Moore's steep driveway","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Josephine Moore's steep driveway","field_description[und][0][value]":"The%20steep%20driveway%20that%20leads%20to%20Josephine%20Moore's%20hilltop%20trailer%20in%20Kermit%2C%20WV.%26nbsp%3B","field_description[und][0][format]":"full_html","field_byline_text[und][0][value]":"Krissy Clark/Marketplace","field_migration_notes[und][0][value]":""},"type":"media","attributes":{"alt":"Josephine Moore's steep driveway","title":"Josephine Moore's steep driveway","height":750,"width":1000,"style":"display...