In this episode of the podcast “Attribution” host Bob McKinnon speaks with guest Alissa Quart about the stories we tell, the myths we need to dispel, and the role of language in helping people overcome hardship.

Quart is the Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and the author of five nonfiction books, including “Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America” and the forthcoming “Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream.” She is also a contributor to The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, and many other publications.