Working People

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

February 19, 2019 01:27:52

Evan Montgomery

We talk with Evan Montgomery, a third-generation grain farmer and classical musician in the North Dakota side of the Red... more

February 13, 2019 26:53

Mini-cast: Every Little Bit Counts (w/ Carl Slone)

Carl Slone is a coal miner who lives in Whitesburg, Kentucky, a town of about 1,200 people. He's never protested... more

February 12, 2019 24:58

Mini-cast: The "Skills Gap" Is Bullshit (w/ Meagan Day)

We talk with DSA member and Jacobin staff writer Meagan Day about her recent article "The 'Skills Gap' Was a... more

February 7, 2019 41:53

Wright State Strike

Faculty have been on strike at Wright State University for over two weeks now, and things are coming to a... more

February 5, 2019 25:46

Mini-cast: Amazon, Trump, & the NY Prison Boom (w/ Ross Barkan)

We talk to journalist Ross Barkan about his recent article in Gothamist, "Amazon's NYC Campus, Donald Trump's Rise, & NY's... more

January 31, 2019 01:23:00

OC Sheraton/Hilton Workers

Represented by UNITE HERE Local 11, hotel workers in Southern California have been taking bold and necessary actions to secure... more

January 22, 2019 02:32:45

#RedForEd - UTLA Strike

Working People is back for Season Two! In this #RedForEd special, we talk to Trevor, Jesenia, and Danielle, three teachers... more

December 15, 2018 02:59:00

GM Layoffs - Solidarity

In the fourth and final part of our series on the GM layoffs, we speak with activists, workers, scholars, and... more

December 12, 2018 01:48:41

GM Layoffs - Oshawa

In Part III of our series on the GM layoffs, we talk to Cory Weir and Rebecca Keetch, two workers... more

December 6, 2018 02:32:32

GM Layoffs - Hamtramck/Pontiac

In Part II of our series on the GM layoffs, we talk to Lilly and Sean, Tier 2 and Tier... more

December 4, 2018 02:10:02

GM Layoffs - Lordstown

2018: On the Monday after Thanksgiving, General Motors workers in the U.S. and Canada learned of the company's announcement that... more

November 21, 2018 02:01:44

Em

In this episode, we talk to Em, an Alaskan Native who is now living and working in Jackson, Wyoming. We... more