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"Good fences make good neighbors."

Author Matthew Desmond argues that America knowingly allows the affluent to remain rich while low-income citizens remain poor. He joins Midday to offers solutions for addressing inequities and putting an end to poverty.

Who says the suburbs are boring?

Tom talks with Anne Kim, the author of Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor.

Stranger than fiction, you say?

Making friends, telling stories.

Hey! Want to start a new podcast?

David Rubenstein joins Midday to discuss his latest book The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency. Rubenstein is the majority owner of The Baltimore Orioles and Co-Founder of The Carlyle Group.

Behinds the scenes in the halls of power and government.

Money can't buy you love, but can it buy you happiness?