Linda Taylor was a con artist, a kidnapper, maybe even a murderer. She was
also America’s original “welfare queen,” the villain Ronald Reagan needed to
create a vision of a country being taken advantage of by its poorest citizens.
In this new narrative mini-series, Josh Levin, one of the editors behind Slow
Burn, reveals the never-before-told story of a woman whose singular life was
forgotten in the rush to create a vicious American stereotype.
This podcast is based on Josh Levin’s new book,
The Queen: The Forgotten Life
Behind an American
Myth.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
megaphone.fm/adchoices
Read more
Linda Taylor was a con artist, a kidnapper, maybe even a murderer. She was
also America’s original “welfare queen,” the villain Ronald Reagan needed to
create a vision of a country being taken advantage of by its poorest citizens.
In this new narrative mini-series, Josh Levin, one of the editors behind Slow
Burn, reveals the never-before-told story of a woman whose singular life was
forgotten in the rush to create a vicious American stereotype.
This podcast is based on Josh Levin’s new book,
The Queen: The Forgotten Life
Behind an American
Myth.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
megaphone.fm/adchoices
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