Coronation

Published: May 13, 2019, 9 a.m.

Linda Taylor became the \u201cwelfare queen\u201d in 1974 when the Chicago Tribune publicized her outrageous exploits. The reporter who introduced her to the world was a Pulitzer Prize winner named George Bliss. He stumbled into the Taylor story while investigating waste and fraud in the public aid system, and his fixation on a single welfare recipient may have been more damaging than he ever realized.\nThis podcast is based on Josh Levin\u2019s new book, The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices