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Caption: Laura Flanders
In this episode on community wealth building, we look at how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing the assets th...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
It’s Women’s History month, and the feds are banning government agencies from using salary history to set the pay of new hires. Why? If you start ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Laura Flanders
In this special episode of the Bioneers, guest host Laura Flanders explores “Community Wealth Building,” a model that democratizes the economy, cre...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Minimum wages went up in a number of states on January 1. Pizza Hut is crying foul and punishing delivery drivers for the hike by firing them all. ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
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One of the most common questions people ask about climate is: what can I do? Since time is one of our most valuable resources – and we spend so muc...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
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One of the most common questions people ask about climate is: what can I do? Since time is one of our most valuable resources – and we spend so muc...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Saru Jayaraman, Credit: Alex Akamine
Labor organizer and Founder of One Fair Wage, Saru Jayaraman, takes us inside one of the fiercest labor struggles to challenge a mighty oligarchy: ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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Local ice cream shop puts the focus on community with Food Truck Fridays.

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
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Amazon and Starbucks employees are inspiring other workers in the region to unionize. Such as, the librarians and workers of the nine-branch city ...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 04:29
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Americans are obsessed with work. American workers spend a lot more time at their jobs than other highly developed nations. Why?

Bought by KUHF, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KOWS and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Ayushi Vig
We hear a lot about the challenges placed upon today’s workforce. It’s not easy. Now, compare that to those working at nonprofit organizations. The...

Bought by WHFR and KCBX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A conversation with geographer Jen Watkins on her experience as a server and her research on the industry.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Neil Grunberg and Ira Chaleff say that the follower-leader relationship is very similar to a jazz ensemble's performance.
“He who cannot be a good follower, cannot be a good leader.” Aristotle shared that wisdom over 2,000 years ago, but today we chafe at being labele...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 43:44
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
John Caparella led over 10,000 team members when he was President in Vegas of the Venetian and Palazzo Hotels, and the Sands Convention Center. In ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 22:53
Caption: Prof. Phil Clampitt finds that today's effective leaders are moving beyond Servant Leadership into Caring Leadership.
One thing great leaders are sure of: embrace what you’re not sure of! Bob DeKoch and Phil Clampitt learned that most people want to work for a com...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 56:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ed Cook (l) & Roxanne Brown (r) founded The Change Decision to help organizations excel at change leadership. There's no real reason change needs to be difficult or shocking to staff: hold no secrets and involve them from the get-go. The change process be
85% of employees worldwide are not engaged in their workplaces. That takes an obvious toll on morale…and productivity. What can you do? Roxanne Br...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Watercooler conversations are a thing of the past. The new chat happens online, in your company's social media: Slack, Teams, WebEx, and the like. Greg Moran says that company chat is the key for leaders becoming aware of the real issues the organization
"Good afternoon, staff. I'm listening." If only your boss truly listened, like Frasier Crane! The reality is most folks high up the chain have lit...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:31

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 49:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Rod Lacey learned the best way to empower employees: listen to them! That's led to many innovative changes in how people work at Australian software company simPRO.
There’s a fierce competition going on out there: competition for talent. While pundits debate how real the Great Resignation is, HR departments fa...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 56:08
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It's not easy in America today to find work that matters, that’s meaningful, and that pays enough to live on. Which is the one thing we don’t talk ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Spokane Public Radio, WFHB, WVTF, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
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Low wages, precarious jobs, shuttered Main Streets and bleak futures — do towns have a way out of poverty that doesn't involve begging and bribing ...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Work cannot return to "normal." Even before COVID, the workplace was changing.  Gary Bolles explores what the rules of the workplace are becoming in his new book, "The Next Rules of Work."
We’ve all seen seismic changes in the brave new world of work; that’s doubly so for leaders and their coaches. Leadership coaches must become stee...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2022
  • Length: 56:56
Caption: Heather Krentler found the secret to reducing staff turnover was simple: listen to them!
Employees want to be heard. They want to know their employer wants the best for them. Continental Services heard – and worked hard to innovate thei...

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 54:14
Caption: Local business owners, such Donna Green of Dreams and Diamonds (top right, with sales rep Kelando Roberts) and Doie Lemi of DMoxi (bottom right) are building community and a loyal customer base at Northtown Mall, Credit: Mike Moen
Minnesota and indoor shopping malls have a high-profile history, with the Mall of America getting all the love. But some slightly smaller spots are...

  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 04:26
Caption: Striking graduate worker Nathan Douglas quotes from Vice Provost Eliza Pavalko's 1987 dissertation.
Our three guests today are all PhD candidates in various departments at Indiana University. We discuss the graduate workers’ strike, the formation ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:59