And this election year is no different. In a new "Frontline" documentary, journalist Bill Moyers and his team give an intimate look at the realities of two families from the battleground state of Wisconsin. These families have struggled through six presidential administrations to provide for their
the children as they grow up and face some of the same struggles as their parents. Joining me to talk about the series are producers Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes. Together with Bill Moyers, they've been following these families for 34 years. Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes, welcome to FRESH AIR.
HUGHES: Well, you know, we'd been doing a lot of research. In fact, Bill Moyers was in conversation with some funders who were talking about the fact that so many people's lives were being upended by layoffs. And the question started to be, you know, what are these people going to do with their spar
The kids are eating. You're hearing the water running. Bill Moyers - we also hear that -hear him as well. He's the narrator and correspondent of this series, and he has an interesting history in politics. He served as the White House press secretary under Lyndon Johnson's administration, and so he'
MOSLEY: Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, my guests are Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes, producers of the new "Frontline" documentary, "Two American Families: 1991-2024," hosted by Bill Moyers. The documentary is the fifth installment in a series that began in 1992. It follows th
lives of two families from Milwaukee over 34 years, as they try to stay above the poverty line. Bill Moyers is the correspondent and has followed the families since the beginning, raising questions about the changing nature of the American economy and the impact on people struggling to make a living.
sliding into poverty after losing their high-paying manufacturing jobs. Acclaimed journalist Bill Moyers has followed the families since the beginning and, through their stories, raised questions about the changing nature of the American economy and the impact on people struggling to make a living.
said, let's get Bill and go back one more time, and let's make a show that will be a five-year look at these people's lives, which we did, and that was very successful. And then, a few years later, Kathy and I were in the same sort of blue-sky conversation with Bill Moyers and his wife, Judith Moyers.
two families from Milwaukee over 34 years as they try to stay afloat and above the poverty line. Bill Moyers is the correspondent and has followed the families since the beginning, raising questions about the changing nature of the American economy and the impact on people struggling to make a living.
CASCIATO: I mean, Tony told Bill Moyers in 1991 that he really felt like he should be taking care of his family, and it was a real strain on him personally. I think he felt like, I am not living up to my obligation in this marriage. And, you know, he was thinking about divorce even when we met them,
families from Milwaukee over 34 years, as they try to stay afloat and above the poverty line. Bill Moyers is the correspondent and has followed the families since the beginning, raising questions about the changing nature of the American economy and the impact on people struggling to make a living.
