Working People

May 6, 2019 34:14

Mini-cast: Whitewashing the Working Class (w/ Luke Savage)

We chat with writer and podcaster Luke Savage about his recent Jacobin piece on how the media and politicians alike... more

May 3, 2019 01:12:59

Drew Edmonds

We talk to Drew Edmonds, a Burgerville worker in Portland, Oregon, and an organizer with the Burgerville Workers Union. We... more

May 1, 2019 34:42

Mini-cast: May Day, Our Day (w/ Raechel Anne Jolie)

We chat with writer, organizer, witch, and educator Raechel Anne Jolie about the spirit of May Day--a day of international... more

April 25, 2019 01:12:58

Jennifer Gates

We chat with Jennifer Gates, a Grocery Steward at Ralphs in Southern California and a member of UFCW 770. We... more

April 24, 2019 01:31:57

Reese Piper

We talk with Reese Piper, a professional stripper, writer, and journalist. We talk about Reese’s life, about being different, going... more

April 22, 2019 33:03

Mini-cast: Mexican Labor Reawakens (w/ Martha Pskowski)

We chat with Mexico-City-based journalist Martha Pskowski about her reporting on the maquila worker strikes just south of the U.S.-Mexico... more

April 17, 2019 40:31

Mini-cast: Who Cares for Care Workers? (w/ Dave G.)

We chat with Dave G, cohost of the Mandatory OT podcast, member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)... more

April 13, 2019 19:48

Don't Shop, Don't Stop!

At 1:00pm on Thursday, April 11, over 31,000 Stop & Shop workers across New England walked off the job. The... more

April 12, 2019 01:15:17

(Unlocked) BONUS EPISODE #9 - Laura Bucci

We chat with Dr. Laura Bucci, labor scholar, writer, and Assistant Professor of Political Science at St. Joseph's University. We... more

April 10, 2019 34:03

Mini-cast: In the Dish Pit (w/ Christina Clark & Jon Deitcher)

We chat with Christina Clark and John Deitcher from Endorphin Films about their viral short documentary, Dish Pigs, which tracks... more

April 8, 2019 28:34

Mini-cast: Smooth Operator (w/ Miriam Posner)

We chat with Professor Miriam Posner about her recent articles in The New Yorker and LOGIC magazine on the global... more

April 5, 2019 01:23:23

Lucy Lloyd

We talk with Lucy Lloyd, a self-taught Apple product repair and support technician living in Sedan, Minnesota, a town with... more

April 2, 2019 39:16

Mini-cast: Kingdom Came (w/ Tarence Ray)

We chat with Tarence Ray, writer and 1/3 of the Trillbilly Workers Party, about his recent article in The Baffler... more

April 1, 2019 27:06

Mini-cast: Suicide Squeeze (w/ Nate Kalman-Lamb)

We chat with with author and scholar Nate Kalman-Lamb about his extensive work on the labor politics of professional sports... more

March 28, 2019 02:29:29

After the Academy

In this special compilation episode, we talk to eight working-class scholars about loving, leaving, and being left behind by academia... more

March 24, 2019 01:56:24

Mi familia

A special Alvarez family sequel to the very first episode of Working People. (All music sourced from the Free Music... more

March 19, 2019 34:38

Mini-cast: You Don't Know the Half of It, Part 2 (w/ Torrey Wilson)

While all eyes have been on the high-profile #CollegeAdmissionScam, hardly anyone noticed that an entire network of private and for-profit... more

March 18, 2019 39:47

Mini-cast: You Don't Know the Half of It, Part 1 (w/ Lauren Schandevel)

We brought friend of the show Lauren Schandevel back on to vent about and break down last week's college admissions... more

March 15, 2019 01:27:16

Katelyn O’Brien

We chat with Katelyn O’Brien, a trans woman, comic book nerd, and a pipefitter working for a shipbuilding company in... more

March 11, 2019 27:15

Mini-cast: Worked to Death at FedEx (w/ Joe Allen)

We talk with labor writer and activist Joe Allen about his recent Jacobin article on the death of FedEx freight... more

March 4, 2019 26:59

Mini-cast: TV for the Working Class (w/ Naomi & Nick from Means TV)

We talk with Naomi Burton and Nick Hayes, the young socialist brains behind Means Media, the Detroit-based leftist media cooperative... more

February 27, 2019 01:19:41

Rick Sturgill

We chat with Rick Sturgill, a retired coal miner and electrician from Letcher County, Kentucky. Rick has a lot of... more

February 25, 2019 33:20

Mini-cast: Alienated Labor (w/ Katy Slininger)

We talk with Katy Slininger about her latest piece for Popula magazine, "Alienated Labor," in which she explains--in heartbreaking detail--why... more

February 20, 2019 37:17

Mini-cast: Graduate Workers & Open Bargaining (w/ Jared Sacks & Buka Okoye)

We talk with Jared Sacks and Buka Okoye, two members of the Columbia grad union (GWC-UAW Local 2110 Graduate Workers... more