Coronation The Queen

Linda Taylor became the “welfare queen” in 1974 when the Chicago Tribune publicized her outrageous exploits. The reporter who introduced her to the world was a Pulitzer Prize winner named George Bliss. He stumbled into the Taylor story while investigating waste and fraud in the public aid system, and his fixation on a single welfare recipient may have been more damaging than he ever realized. This podcast is based on Josh Levin’s new book, The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth . Join Slate Plus to unlock the every Slate Presents season, including The Queen—plus ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts.

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Coronation The Queen is an episode from Slate Presents: One Year by Slate Podcasts.

This episode is 22:10 long.

This episode was published on Jun 4, 2019.

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