Oprah Winfrey Network posted this video of “Our America with Lisa Ling: The Lost American Dream” from the Oprah Winfrey Show, in which we hear heartbreaking stories of those who have fallen through the cracks of US society.
This full episode of the show originally aired in 2012, at the tail end of the great recession of the late 2000s.
In the wake of the Great Recession, America’s middle class emerges as the face of the new poverty. Lisa Ling travels the country to meet those forced by the aftershocks of the economic crisis to downsize their lives and reassess the American Dream.
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It would be of great interest to know the fates of those featured in this episode of Our America. It touched me very much.
I agree. I would like to know how all of the families are doing… did they get a second chance?
The Network needs to provide an update to these shows. As a viewer, sympathizer, you become invested if these people’s situation changes for the better.
Our America with Lisa Ling, ‘The Lost American Dream’ is one that I’m greatly interested in viewing. I have prayed for Annette, Tink, Teresa , Bob, and others who are struggling.
Yes, I want to know as well. All of the stories touched me, but for some reason Bob’s story really got to me. I wish there was an update.