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Universities are paternalistic and infantilizing and municipalities enable them. This translates loosely into "If you're father says it's okay..." ...
- Added: Apr 05, 2016
- Length: 57:25
Tia Koonse, Legal and Policy Research Manager for UCLA Labor Center
Interview by Ken Winkes: Tia explains the reports on low-wages, the people who...
- Added: Apr 01, 2016
- Length: 28:06
On this edition of Making Contact we’ll take you on a trip through LA’s garment district, notorious for sweatshop conditions, abuse, and the outrig...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Mar 25, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Working from home might sound like an ideal arrangement, but teleworking also affects those still at the office, too. A researcher says there are s...
Bought by KENW, WABE, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Mar 25, 2016
- Length: 03:41
- Purchases: 3
-How to control malicious colleagues at work. And: Teleworking can have negative effects on people who have to stay at the office. Plus: How to con...
Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WTJU and more
- Added: Mar 25, 2016
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 6
-Telecommuting is growing, but research shows that having too many
people work off-site can have negative effects on the folks who do come
into the...
Bought by WJCT, KFAI Minneapolis, WYAP, WNMU-FM, KVSC and more
- Added: Mar 25, 2016
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 8
At the launch party of CUNY's 2011 Health in America calendar, Professor Richard K. Lieberman, director of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, descr...
- Added: Mar 24, 2016
- Length: 06:49
Philip Armand ruins a cup of hot cocoa and realizes his mad, sweaty, sloppy rushing is no longer working.
- Added: Mar 21, 2016
- Length: 06:02
Interview by Rich Austin: Jerry talks about how working class issues are not covered by our main stream media.
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- Added: Mar 18, 2016
- Length: 27:51
Willie Harris and Alex Brown remember the prejudice they faced as African American stuntmen while breaking into the film industry in the 1960s.
- Added: Mar 18, 2016
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
In 1979, Tanya James went to work in the West Virginia coal mines. She came to StoryCorps to share her experiences from those early days.
Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRIR, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more
- Added: Mar 18, 2016
- Length: 02:27
- Purchases: 6
Episode topics: Physician assistants and nurse practitioners and fall vegetables.
- Added: Mar 17, 2016
- Length: 28:00
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Challenging Elite Bipartisan Consensus: Primary Election Results Reflect G...
- Added: Mar 16, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Low paid workers tell the story of the “Fight for 15,” the exploding nationwide movement for fair wages.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR
- Added: Mar 16, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
On this episode of Culture Clique, we get underneath the hood and learn about the automotive repair field. We visit with two technicians, Hannah an...
- Added: Mar 09, 2016
- Length: 19:06
Women Rising Radio #30 profiles women fighting slavery, trafficking and forced labor globally.
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Mar 04, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Frank Kostrencich has been working the night shift as a crane operator at the Port of Los Angeles for the past 26 years. Using his precision and ex...
- Added: Mar 04, 2016
- Length: 01:00
Fire engines roar through the city with their sirens warning cars to move out of the way. For most of us, these sirens are nothing more than that, ...
- Added: Mar 04, 2016
- Length: 01:01
Did you know that Benjamin Franklin was a “whistleblower?”
Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her inter...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
This episode of TriPod tells the story of one man’s family business, part of the Chinese immigrant community, that helped build New Orleans.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 29, 2016
- Length: 09:30
- Purchases: 1
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Mike continues his special segment of We Do The Work called ‘Learn Yourself” that explores an historical labor event h...
- Added: Feb 26, 2016
- Length: 28:11
It's Fiber Arts Week on Area Voices! Producer Alauna Yust took a felting class with fiber artist Patty Lovegreen, and a table full of budding artis...
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 06:19
Interview by Ken Winkes: Robby and Steve, members of the Puget Sound Alliance for Retirement Action, disclose what they have in mind regarding ret...
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 28:28
Did you know that a truly sustainable food system, includes standards for working conditions, fair wages and pricing, gender equity, and environmen...
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 28:00
Last week, two large manufacturing plants in Huntington and Indianapolis announced plans to move operations to Mexico. The announcement was a major...
- Added: Feb 17, 2016
- Length: 08:43
