Progress is a Long Game

(Originally aired 5/06/25) What sparks progress? The right political conditions? Social pressure? Economic upheaval? In response to two listeners’ questions, we say… both none of those and all of the above. As an example, we talk through just one bit of the New Deal in the 1930s, which was the law to limit child labor. That movement started decades earlier, and continued decades afterward. For those keeping score at home, this a sneaky third installment of Kathryn’s 68-part series on the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Chapters:
00:01:08 Announcements
00:01:43 Retcon
00:03:58 Terms & Conditions
00:07:03 Centerpiece
00:42:56 Executive Orders
00:46:25 Spiritual Sponsors

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