{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695e9bf0a32e86d775801413/695e9c071c1db1c5bdf5f41e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What the Hart Family Murders Reveal About Foster Care","description":"<p>On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate supervising producer <a href=\"https://twitter.com/RunDMR\">Daisy Rosario</a> is joined by Texas Tribune reporter <a href=\"https://twitter.com/strawburriez\">Roxanna Asgarian</a> to discuss her book <a href=\"https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250883629/wewereonceafamily\"><em>We Were Once A Family: A Story of Love, Death and Child Removal in America </em></a>and its findings on the foster care system. The book covers the tragic <a href=\"https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/04/devonte-hart-and-siblings-death-shows-racial-disparity-in-child-abuse-investigations.html\">Hart family murders </a>in 2018 where two mothers drove their six adopted children off a cliff. </p><p><br></p><p>In Slate Plus: How Roxanna navigated writing about a tragic family story in a pandemic while being a first-time mom. </p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Tori Dominguez with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.</p><p><br></p><p>Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}