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You're Wrong About - Ronald Reagan and "The Welfare Queen" with Laci Mosley

Ronald Reagan and "The Welfare Queen" with Laci Mosley

You're Wrong About

03/14/22 • 63 min

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Laci Mosley (Scam Goddess) tells Sarah about Linda Taylor and the origins of the Welfare Queen myth ("the build the wall" of the 70s). They also discuss the origins of the Ronald Reagan myth, and how the latter used the former to become the "Beyoncé of the GOP."
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Laci's podcast Scam Goddess

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Some articles referred to in this episode:

  • http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2013/12/linda_taylor_welfare_queen_ronald_reagan_made_her_a_notorious_american_villain.html
  • https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/the-queen-linda-taylor-welfare-reagan-podcast.html
  • https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/josh-levin/the-queen/9780316513272/
  • https://www.earwolf.com/episode/the-welfare-queen-w-ayo-edebiri/
  • https://newrepublic.com/article/154404/myth-welfare-queen

Links:
https://twitter.com/DivaLaci
https://www.earwolf.com/show/scam-goddess/
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod
https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good
http://maintenancephase.com

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03/14/22 • 63 min

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