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Hispanic Heritage Month: the United Farm Workers & a Surprise!
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
It's Hispanic Heritage Month, so let's recognize their leaders, and raise a glass to the founder of the United Farm Workers. If you’re thinking Ces...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:01
StoryCorps: Thomas Germano and Tom J. Germano
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Thomas Germano and Tom Germano at their StoryCorps interview in North Babylon, NY, on February 7, 2020. , Credit: Camila Kerwin for StoryCorps.
Tom Germano speaks with his son, Thomas, about the Great Postal Strike of 1970, and his love of delivering the mail.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Seabees Women's History Month
From: Levingston Lewis
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Ears Adrift celebrates the Seabee birthday month and Women's History Month. Hoorah, Seabees!

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 08:07
  • Purchases: 1
Hillary Haden, Executive Director of the WA Fair Trade Coalition, WTO Protest
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: WTO Protest: 20th Anniversary
Interview by Gary Kanter: Hillary revisits the 20-year anniversary of the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization protests, sometimes referred to as ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
David Jepsen and Conor Casey, Centralia Tragedy, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: David Jepsen & Conor Casey
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Mike continues his special segment of We Do The Work called ‘Learn Yourself” with David Jepsen, educator, historian, a...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 01, 2019
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Port Authority: Race, Labor, and Logistics on the Docks
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The docks of San Francisco and Durban, South Africa – two essential locations where a commitment to black internationalism and leftist politics spa...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Cooperatives, From Brooklyn to Brattleboro
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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Socialism is as close as your closest coop.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2018
  • Length: 03:30
SPECIAL REPORT: Ableism Out, Independent Living Now!
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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On July 26th, marked the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Thousands of disability activists, including many of those ...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2018
  • Length: 56:14
The Best And Worst A Country Has To Offer
From: Virginia Lora
Caption: Building of the former Michael Bianco, Inc. Factory, Credit: Photo by Virginia Lora
In 2007, hundreds of undocumented immigrants working illegally in a leather-goods factory in New Bedford, MA, were arrested by Federal Immigration ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 5
Sam Roberts on Labor History
From: LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sam Roberts of the New York Times speaks on labor history at the unveiling of the 2016 Working People calendar, outlining important labor milestone...

  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 07:07
The Pullman Strike & Kim Davis is Arrested
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Do you know how we got Labor Day? Winston Smith's torture has begun, and Kim Davis' arrest is ordered by the Supreme Court

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:34:32
StoryCorps: Adam Graff and Jackie Graff
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Adam (L) and Jacqueline (R) Graff
Adam Graff, a member of New Orleans' all-volunteer, mental health crisis unit, speaks with his wife, Jacqueline, about the surge in patients after ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 3
PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Jollimores raise mussels., Credit: Charles McGuigan
We return to Prince Edward Island where we’ll spend the next half hour with a father and daughter who produce what PEI has come to be known for the...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 27:06
StoryCorps: Rick and Diana Abath
From: StoryCorps
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Rick Abath tells his wife, Diana, about being the night security guard at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum during the biggest art heist in ...

Bought by KPIK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Gay Talese and Bob Walsh
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Gay Talese interviews Bob Walsh, one of the ironworkers who built the the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge,...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Sekou Siby
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sekou Siby, a former kitchen worker at Windows on the World restaurant in the World...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
The history behind St. Paul's co-named streets
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Travel around St Paul and you’ll notice that some of the streets have two names--the one that appears on maps, and a second, co-street name that ho...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Constance Labetti
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Constance Labetti remembers her boss, Ron Fazio, who died in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 2
Moyers & Company Show 234: Encore: John Lewis Marches On
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
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A special encore broadcast of Bill Moyers and Rep. John Lewis revisit the 1963 March on Washington. How did it transform America? Next on Moyers & ...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KBRP Community Radio, KTRL, KUOW, WCWP and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 26
30 Years Ago Today: CO's "Black Sunday" Devastated Region
From: Colorado News Connection
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On May 2, 1982, Exxon unexpectedly closed its oil-shale exploration and development project in Parachute, leaving 2,200 people out of work, causing...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:49
Bigger than Ever? May Day Protests in WA
From: Washington News Service
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Washington's labor, immigrant and faith communities are promising a large and vocal turnout on Tuesday (May 1) for annual May Day marches and ralli...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 04:48
Heroes Who Did Their Jobs On 9/11
From: Dick Meister
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The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is a good time to recognize the importance of public employees.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
Triangle, the Fire that Changed America
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Until September 11, 2001, The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest workplace disaster in the history of New York City. Davi...

Bought by WFHB, WFHB, and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Labor Day "Concert In The Park"
From: WTIP
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Enjoy a “concert in the park” wherever you are this Labor Day. This hour-long celebratory concert features U.S. Marine, Navy, Army, Air Force and C...

Bought by WVIA, Interlochen Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 55:15
  • Purchases: 8
WALTER REUTHER: AN EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD MAN
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It was 40 years ago this month that Walter Reuther died, yet the auto workers' leader remains an important inspirational figure.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 04:33