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In her new play, Sweat, Lynn Nottage gives voice to the human cost of workers without work.
Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR
- Added: Feb 05, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Interview by Rich Austin: Peter explains how and why our pension plans are in jeopardy.
For more information on pensions, go to http://www.pensi...
- Added: Feb 05, 2016
- Length: 28:30
Immigration. That’s a major hot button issue.
In recent years, a handful of states have passed laws designed to make it easier to deport unauthor...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 03, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This is the story of Springdale, Arkansas, and how chicken transformed a once-sleepy rural town into the most ethnically diverse city in the state—...
- Added: Feb 02, 2016
- Length: 21:15
- Purchases: 2
Dr. Robert Forrant, University of Massachusetts-Lowell History Professor, Bread and Roses Strike
Interview by Rich Austin: Robert gives us the rea...
- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 27:45
- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Lynne Dodson, Secretary-Treasurer of the Washington State Labor Council
Interview by Gary Kanter: Lynn gives a report on what has been going on in...
- Added: Jan 22, 2016
- Length: 28:13
Benefits can be hard to come by in the music business. So where do people turn in emergencies? In 1989 the Recording Academy created the MusiCares ...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 53:45
Kristine Jones started a business on a whim in an obscure, cutthroat industry. Then she got serious about building a strong company.
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 13:45
Tom Breiding on acousticSongs LIVE! from WNJR
- Added: Jan 15, 2016
- Length: 59:13
Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz, singers, songwriters, and activists
Interview by Gary Kanter: Sharon and Mike, two passionate and harmonious voi...
- Added: Jan 15, 2016
- Length: 28:14
World fisheries are in crisis, with many species pushed to the edge of extinction. The current system is a recipe for disaster: demand is up; exter...
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 05:25
Interview by Rich Austin: Bryan, Ryan, Chris, and Amy answer questions about organizing, collective bargaining, young workers, keeping part-time a...
- Added: Jan 08, 2016
- Length: 27:56
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Case Before U.S. Supreme Court Could Cripple Public Sector Labor Unions; N...
- Added: Jan 06, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
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: Dec 31, 2015
- Length: 27:50
In this episode of Wish We Were Here, we tell the remarkable story of Bishop Castle--an incredible piece of folk architecture that is likely one of...
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 59:08
In 2002, retired FBI and CIA investigator Charlie Hess began writing letters Robert Charles Browne, a convicted murderer who claimed to have killed...
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 58:18
On April 20th, 1914, just north of Trinidad, Colorado, one of the bloodiest, most overlooked events in the history of the American labor movement s...
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 58:45
Susan Alan, Associate Director of the National Farm Worker Ministry
Interview by Rich Austin: Susan gives the history, mission, and actions of the...
Bought by Radio Catskill
- Added: Dec 24, 2015
- Length: 28:39
- Purchases: 1
Over the past 35-years, the economy has been reasonably productive. It’s worked well for investors and high-level executives, but not for ordinary ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 17, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Culture Clique, we bring you part seven of Voices of the Past Cemetery Discovery Walk 2014, sponsored by the Winona County Histo...
- Added: Dec 17, 2015
- Length: 12:45
On this episode of Culture Clique, we bring you part six of Voices of the Past Cemetery Discovery Walk 2014, sponsored by the Winona County Histori...
- Added: Dec 17, 2015
- Length: 16:06
Dean Shelton, 10th District Representative of the Washington State Council of Firefighters
Interviewed by Rich Austin: Dean explains what is going...
- Added: Dec 11, 2015
- Length: 28:30
Filmmaking isn't necessarily what Minnesota's Iron Range is known for, but Ironbound Studios hopes to change that. The studios opened their doors e...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: 15:27
- Purchases: 1
Marjorie Klindera and Carol Miller have spent the past 30 Thanksgivings answering phone calls about turkey troubles from panicked home cooks.
Bought by WTIP, WUTC, WHYY, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm
- Added: Nov 30, 2015
- Length: 02:03
- Purchases: 4
