Going for Broke

Going for Broke

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Going for Broke is a co-production of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and PRX’s “To The Best of Our Knowledge” at Wisconsin Public Radio. The three-part series hosted by broadcaster Ray Suarez centers on Americans who have lived on the edge. They share their sometimes startling economic experiences and also insight into our society as a whole. Each hour also includes some of our country’s top thinkers on income inequality, among them the legendary writer Barbara Ehrenreich, author of the classic “Nickel and Dimed,” who passed away in September 2022. In each episode we ask: what would result if we put more care into how we dealt with housing or mental health crises or our workplaces? Going for Broke explores these questions, moving from powerful personal accounts to visionary solutions.

Learn more about this season of the series at ttbook.org/goingforbroke

Recent Episodes

  • Introducing Other People’s Pockets: Ray Suarez on Aging and Work

    2 years ago
  • Anne Strainchamps and Ray Suarez talk about reporting on poverty and why the care economy matters

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  • Can Work Be Love?

    2 years ago
  • Making Up Our Minds

    2 years ago
  • Change of Address

    2 years ago
  • Coming November 5: Going For Broke on the Care Economy

    2 years ago
  • Jen Fitzgerald: A Poet Without a Home

    3 years ago
  • John Koopman: A Veteran of America

    3 years ago
  • Lisa Ventura: The Daughter’s Burden

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  • Ann Larson: The Cashier Philosopher

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