EconomyBeat Podcast #6: In Verse in Troy, NY
December 2, 2009roman Comments Off
In this episode, we’re going to put the poets out front to report the economic news. Lu Olkowski’s “In Verse” – is a multimedia reporting project combining poetry, interviews, and photography. This installment takes us to Troy, New York. Long, long ago Troy was a thriving manufacturing town. These days, as you will find out, it is very much not that. We’ll hear a poem called “In the Office of Temporary Assistance,” by Susan B.A. Somers-Willett. It documents an afternoon she spent with Billie Jean Hill, a 25-year-old woman with a young son, who lost her job as a hotel housekeeper in May. Check out all the amazing “In Verse” stories at PRX and discuss them at Transom.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 5:56 — 4.2MB)
“In Verse” is produced through the generous funding of Public Radio Maker’s Quest 2.0, an initiative of AIR, the Association of Independents in Radio. This project is made possible with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. “In Verse” was created in partnership with Virginia Quarterly Review and originally aired on Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen.
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