The Uncertain Hour

Marketplace
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Weekly podcast.
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.
52 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
S6 E6
Chapter 6: The Welfare to Temp Work Pipeline
S6 E6·
Apr 26, 2023
Apr 26, 2023
55 mins
S6 E5
Chapter 5: Profits and Perverse Incentives
S6 E5·
Apr 19, 2023
Apr 19, 2023
49 mins
S6 E4
Chapter 4: The Battle of Newburgh
S6 E4·
Apr 12, 2023
Apr 12, 2023
35 mins
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Chapter 3: Race and rumor
S6 E3·
Apr 5, 2023
Apr 5, 2023
36 mins
S6 E2
Chapter 2: The compliance machine
S6 E2·
Mar 29, 2023
Mar 29, 2023
54 mins
S6 E1
Chapter 1: The dream
S6 E1·
Mar 22, 2023
Mar 22, 2023
44 mins
Season 6 Trailer
Season 6: The Welfare-to-Work Industrial Complex
Season 6 Trailer·
Mar 15, 2023
Mar 15, 2023
4 mins