KERA's Think

Why We Fail to Understand the Working Class


Listen Later

We like to think in America that if you fall behind, you can just “pull yourself up from your bootstraps.” But a fresh start isn’t possible when you’ve never been able to enter the race. New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof and author Sheryl WuDunn join guest host Courtney Collins to talk about the burdens that 10 million working class Americans face every day and why the rest of society doesn’t seem to notice. Their book new book is “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope.”
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

KERA's ThinkBy KERA

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

892 ratings


More shows like KERA's Think

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,756 Listeners

TED Radio Hour by NPR

TED Radio Hour

21,986 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,992 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,513 Listeners

The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,779 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,693 Listeners

On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,221 Listeners

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti by WBUR

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

4,012 Listeners

Reveal by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

Reveal

8,446 Listeners

Here & Now Anytime by NPR

Here & Now Anytime

1,007 Listeners

Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Science Friday

6,421 Listeners

The Pulse by WHYY

The Pulse

345 Listeners

1A by NPR

1A

4,673 Listeners

Radio Atlantic by The Atlantic

Radio Atlantic

2,327 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,352 Listeners