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Welcome to the dig, a podcast from Jack up and magazine.

Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jackopin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and

I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. Much discussion of the massive economic inequality that characterizes American society in the 21st century

stays in the realm of abstract bloodless statistics.

The growing share of wealth that the 1% is gobbling up.

The huge number of working class Americans declaring bankruptcy over medical debt or unable

to pay swelling rents or crushed by student debt.

The statistics are plenty depressing.

When reporting does flesh out the lives behind these figures.

It's often tales of a de-industrialized worker.

A young man rocketed through the school to prison pipeline

or a working mom homeless with her child

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