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Before we get to this week's episode, I wanted to let you know that this podcast

mini-series is a companion to my new book The Queen, The Forgotten Life

behind an American Myth. The Washington Post calls it a gripping investigation that reads like a detective. The Queen is available wherever you buy books.

And now on to the show.

And now on to the show.

Previously on the Queen.

Linda Taylor went on trial for welfare fraud in 1977.

Her lawyers knew that both the facts of her case and public sentiment were working against her.

She was being painted as this big-time crook, indicative of all black females on welfare.

Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan kept touting Taylor's crimes.

railing against welfare fraud helped him connect with voters.

It's a way of channeling anxiety and frustration and rage around

racial hierarchy without explicitly talking about race.

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