Just when you thought the New Deal alphabet soup couldn't get any thicker, FDR rolls out a second course—this one even bolder. In this episode, we dive into the Second New Deal, where reform takes center stage and long-term security becomes the new national promise. From the WPA's massive jobs programs to the Wagner Act's labor protections, this chapter reshapes the American workplace. And then there's Social Security: a program so ambitious and enduring that it still defines economic life today. It's the moment the U.S. government decided that surviving old age shouldn't require luck—and millions agreed.
