The current administration has made it their goal to shrink the federal government. But many of the impacted agencies were actually created from a belief in a more expansive role for the federal government — an idea that can be traced back to the 1930s, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” programs.
The focus back then was to help the country recover from the Great Depression, but the New Deal is still all around us today. To bring that back to light, KALW has created a series called ‘The Public Works.’ It’s all about understanding where the New Deal came from and why it still matters here in the Bay Area. So far, the series has covered Public art, public space, and preserving folk music. In this one, reporter Sheryl Kaskowitz learns about the secret messages that the New Deal has left behind.
Podden och tillhörande omslagsbild på den här sidan tillhör
KALW. Innehållet i podden är skapat av KALW och inte av,
eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen.
