What's Been Done and What's Been Won
Bob Ostertag is a lifelong musician, writer and filmmaker. Maureen Taylor is a lifelong soldier for the poor in Detroit, Michigan. Together, they bring you discussions of politics, environment, and culture, drawing on the social networks of an internationally touring musician and writer, with the perspective and wisdom that can only come from a life lived among those with the least.
What's Been Done and What's Been Won
An Incredible Victory Amidst a Pandemic and Recession
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Bob Ostertag
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Season 1
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Episode 2
Maureen tells the story of a nightmarish battle for access to fresh water for Detroit's poor that lasted more than a decade, and how the recent intervention of Governor Gretchen Whitmer turned the tables. Along the way Maureen recounts the rise of car manufacturing in Detroit, the creation of this country's first black middle class, how automation and globalization destroyed all that, and what it is actually like to try to raise a family with kids in a house that has no water.