PRX - Pieces for Topic: Labor

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"The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump began just as we were learning of the death, on February 7, of the bold and brilliant labor leader, K...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:30
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Debra Fisher, an occupational therapist in the New York City Public School System, speaks with her friend Emma Pelosi, a special education teacher,...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 02:24
Caption: Joel Kotkin
Feudalism. Now that’s a word you don’t hear very often. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a structured society of that nature. But, even more c...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
We're talking trash at the library today. Specifically, the story of a 3,000-ton garbage barge that made a scene in Brooklyn in the 1980s… and, we ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 21:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
Today Dave and Doug explore transitions from workforce to full-time parent to community leader. Discover how human resource skills can help the bal...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 14:18
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
Can a great haircut affect your job? Find out as Dave and Doug explore the common sense philosophy of an extraordinary barber. And, see how Dave sc...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
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Are for-profit colleges and universities worth the money? Lilia Fuquen reports that according to a new study, for-profit colleges are not only cost...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Be part of the Emotion Revolutiion
Andrew Faas has a new book and a new alliance. The book is "From Bully to Bull's-Eye: Move Your Organization Out of the Line of Fire" and the allia...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2017
  • Length: 49:16
Caption: George Lakey at Occupy Philly
The Scandinavian countries … Sweden, Norway and Denmark … boasts the world’s happiest, most productive people. They have equality, low unemployment...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Youth Radio's Billy Cruz grew up dreaming of the day he would join the family business... but when the time finally came, his dream job wasn't all ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:03
Caption: The Voice for Working People
Updates on locked-out nurses, NYU grad students, and restaurant guides!

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
Caption: Pazhae Horace and Victor Washington on a Green House Call, Credit: Jen Chien
Pazhae Horace has a summer job with California Youth Energy Services, or CYES. It’s a program that hires youth aged 15-22 to do free “green house c...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 08:52
Caption: Leadership  Consulting
Dr. Cary Cherniss is currently the director and co-chair (with Daniel Goleman) of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organiza...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2013
  • Length: 34:39
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Special education teacher Ken Rensink tells his friend Laurel Hill-Ward how surviving a near-fatal car crash influenced his teaching.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Kevin Van Kanegan worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago for 27 years before being fired during the 2010 Illinois state budget crisis. He ...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:28
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Stephanie and James worked together at the University of Illinois at Chicago before they both found out that they were going to be fired.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
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A Ph.D. used to be a ticket to a comfortable career in academia. But, in recent years, increasing numbers of Ph.D.'s have had trouble finding jobs ...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
Caption: Teresa Amabile
Host Phalana Tiller talks with author George Anders about his new book, The Rare Find. She also interviews Teresa Amabile, professor and co-author ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
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Neurosurgeon Lee Buono and his eighth grade science teacher, Al Siedlecki, remember reconnecting after more than 15 years.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 2
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An audio postcard exploring how the recession has changed the way business school students think about ethics.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
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How should we reward experts and how much? When the experts fail, should populist outrage be directed at those individuals or the system?

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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George Parker, president of Washington DC's Teachers Union shares some astonishing confessions about the lack of accountability in the union and ho...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 13:13