The Uncertain Hour
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Subscribers: 1872
Reviews: 5
Episodes: 50
John Tebbutt
Dec 28, 2023
This is journalism at its best. It presents the nuts and bolts of how social injustice comes about, without bias, by following real people's journeys.
Production and presentation are second to none. This is a must listen.
Bryce
Mar 9, 2021
Wonderfully in-depth analysis of issues surrounding poverty in the United States. Every season is worthwhile, and I wish more programs took this approach when discussing economics: neither dispassionate nor unfairly biased.
Pilcrow
Jul 30, 2020
Fantastic in-depth look at a topic per season. Long breaks between seasons, but always worth the wait.
Apr 1, 2019
Matt
Jul 13, 2018
Great analysis of controversial topics, done with brains and heart. Fascinating storytelling.
Description
Each season, we explain the weird, complicated and often unequal American economy — and why some people get ahead and some get left behind. Host Krissy Clark dives into obscure policies and forgotten histories to explain why America is like it is.
The latest season examines the “welfare-to-work industrial complex” and the multi-million dollar companies running today’s for-profit welfare centers.
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The $80 Million Acre (from “How We Survive”)
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Chapter 6: The Welfare to Temp Work Pipeline
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Chapter 5: Profits and Perverse Incentives
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Chapter 4: The Battle of Newburgh
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Chapter 3: Race and rumor
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Chapter 2: The compliance machine
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Chapter 1: The dream
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Season 6: The Welfare-to-Work Industrial Complex
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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25 years after welfare reform, let’s revisit “the magic bureaucrat”
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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My boss is an app
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Inside baseball
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Big Boss, Little Boss
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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To catch a chicken
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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The liquid workforce
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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“To suffer or permit to work”
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Who’s the boss?
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Congratulations! You’re an entrepreneur now
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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‘The Uncertain Hour’ is back!
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Answering your “History of Now” questions
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Without a home in a pandemic
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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There are cracks in the foundation of our housing system
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Unemployment benefits are hard to get. That’s on purpose.
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May 27, 2020 |
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An unequal history of quarantines
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May 20, 2020 |
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You’re an essential worker. Do you get essential protections?
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May 13, 2020 |
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A History of Now: The Trailer
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May 06, 2020 |
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A new piece of the opioid crisis origin story, revealed
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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George Bush’s infamous crack speech, 30 years later
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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Kicking the habit
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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Supply
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Welcome to Wise County
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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Sentencing
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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What happened to Keith?
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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George H.W. Bush and his baggie of crack
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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The Uncertain Hour Season 3: Inside America’s Drug War
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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“A mosquito in a nudist colony”
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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Law and Odor: a crime story about orchids, pig smell, refineries and you
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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Who’s regulating whom?
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Jan 05, 2018 |
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Your regulations questions, answered
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Dec 21, 2017 |
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The sentence that helped set off the opioid crisis
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Dec 13, 2017 |
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The peanut butter verdict
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Nov 22, 2017 |
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The Peanut Butter Wars
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Nov 10, 2017 |
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The Peanut Butter Grandma goes to Washington
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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The Uncertain Hour dives into red tape
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Oct 03, 2017 |
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The Album, “Work Makes the Difference”
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Aug 17, 2016 |
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The road not taken
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Jul 07, 2016 |
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“Pregnant? We can help.”
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Jun 23, 2016 |
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Everything but the kitchen sink
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Jun 09, 2016 |
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What’s love (styles) got to do with it?
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May 26, 2016 |
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White gloves, aluminum cans and plasma
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May 11, 2016 |
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The Magic Bureaucrat
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Apr 28, 2016 |