This is a book club episode. In it, Travis and Amanda will discuss and analyze the second half of Janesville, an American Story by Amy Goldstein. You should expect full “spoilers,” discussions of rhetorical elements, and celebrations / critiques of style and substance.
From the cover: “This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its main factory stills - but it’s not the familiar tale. Most reporters note the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long enough to observe what happens next when a community with a can-do spirit tries to pick itself up.”