Change in America

Published: Nov. 5, 2016, 9 p.m.

How has the US changed since 2008? As the world chews its nails, waiting to see how the US election story ends, Lizzie O\u2019Leary tries to do something a little different: looking at data to figure out how America is different now, in November 2016, from the country which elected its first black president eight years ago. Lizzie \u2013 from the US radio show Marketplace \u2013 is joined in New York City by the political analyst Amy Holmes, demographer Bill Frey and the journalist Meghan McArdle. She\u2019s also armed with audiographs, illustrating some surprising data in sound.