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Busted: America's Poverty Myths [Support WNYC]  l  [View this email in your browser] If you haven't heard yet, WNYC is cutting the length of our upcoming pledge drive in half! In order to reach 100% of our goal we need [full listener participation]. Support the news you rely on and help us get a head start. [Donate today]. [Kids in Prison: New Jersey v. Germany] WNYC News Listen on Morning Edition and All Things Considered WNYC has learned that nearly 90 percent of minors who are tried as adults in New Jersey are black or Latino. In the five-part series Kids in Prison, reporter Sarah Gonzalez takes us behind bars here and in Germany, which advocates say has a system with better outcomes for young people. Tomorrow on Morning Edition, hear about New Jersey’s harsh sentencing laws, including life imprisonment, for kids who commit crimes. [→ Listen, see photos and charts] [Busted: America's Poverty Myth] On the Media Tune in Sunday at 10am on 93.9 FM or 3pm on AM 820 On the Media’s new series, “Busted: America’s Poverty Myths,” explores how our understanding of poverty is shaped not by facts, but by deep-seated assumptions, media myths and tales of the American dream. Coming up this weekend, hear from an Ohio woman saved from eviction by a generous surprise from strangers — but the miracle was fleeting. [→ Listen] [→ Video: Brooke Takes "The Poverty Tour"] [Spend Saturday Evenings with Chris Thile] A Prairie Home Companion Saturdays at 6 on 93.9 FM and Sundays at 11 on AM 820 This Saturday, singer-songwriter-mandolinist Chris Thile will take the stage as the new host of A Prairie Home Companion. As he said on The Leonard Lopate Show, the show will continue to be "the most compelling, whirling dance of variety," with musical and spoken-word guests, skits and sound effects. But Thile will definitely put his own spin on it. For instance, he'll write a new, and often topical, song for every show. This week's, he reveals, will be "a little Trumpy." [→ Find out more about Chris Thile] [→ Listen to Chris on The Leonard Lopate Show] [→ Purchase tickets to A Prairie Home Companion live in New York] [Is This Restaurant for You?] The Sporkful Subscribe to the podcast at [sporkful.com]. Every time you walk into a restaurant, you’re bombarded with signals that tell you what kind of place it is. Do those signals bring certain people in and keep others out? And what judgments do we make about a restaurant's food based on how the people working there look? Food writers, restaurateurs, chefs Amanda Cohen and Sohui Kim, and comedian W. Kamau Bell join The Sporkful host Dan Pashman for this special series of conversations exploring race and culture in restaurants. [→ Listen to Part 1: Us vs. Them] [→ Listen to Part 2: Looking the Part] [Politics and Political Correctness in 2016] A Conversation By and For Millennials Join us Tuesday, October 18 at 7pm in The Greene Space Does "political correctness" challenge free speech? Is "tolerance" divisive? Join Todd Zwillich (photo) of The Takeaway in The Greene Space — one night before the final debate — for a candid, free-wheeling conversation with political commentator Sally Kohn, Mic senior staff writer Jamilah King and associate editor at Reason Robby Soave. [→ Purchase tickets now] LISTEN LIVE: [WNYC FM] | [WNYC AM] | [WQXR] | [Q2 Music] | [WNYC Schedule] - [Election 2016: Where the Polls Stand After the Trump Video, Second Debate] - [Coconut Oil Changed My Life] - [Kids in Prison: Getting Tried as an Adult Depends on Skin Color] - [Chris Thile Arrives in Lake Wobegon] - [Donald Trump, Billy Bush and the Real Problem With 'Locker Room Talk'] Did you hear we're cutting our Pledge Drive in half? [Display images to show real-time content] [Like WNYC on Facebook] [Follow WNYC on Twitter] Copyright © 2016 New York Public Radio, All rights reserved. New York Public Radio 160 Varick St New York, NY 10013 USA You are on this list because you signed up to receive mail from WNYC. [unsubscribe from this list] [update subscription preferences] [privacy policy]