{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F44a389e1-7d4f-4330-bffd-8b8a5ba71046","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Mapping Social Mobility in America\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/44a389e1-7d4f-4330-bffd-8b8a5ba71046\"></iframe>","title":"Mapping Social Mobility in America","description":"In this episode, Mark Blyth talks with Watson economist John Friedman [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/JFriedman] about his work charting social mobility in America. He and his colleagues have created the \u201cOpportunity Atlas,\u201d [https://opportunityinsights.org/] an interactive tool that uses U.S. Census Bureau data to map social mobility in great detail. It measures the likelihood of moving up in society based on where people live -- down to the block they grew up on [Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/upshot/maps-neighborhoods-shape-child-poverty.html]. The findings are highly detailed and often surprising, and they\u2019re changing the discussion about mobility in America.\n\nYou can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://watson.brown.edu/files/watson/imce/news/podcast/trending-globally/transcripts/E69_DAN%20REV%20-%20Blyth%20-%20Opportunity%20Atlas_mixdown.pdf]","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/85c429ee-ddc5-4b2d-8d4d-ffa99b664015/artworks-000458639601-ehia7o-t3000x3000.jpg"}