The Billionaires' Caucus
Our second election-themed crossover panel of the season: We team up with Mel from Protean Magazine and Dwight and Shane... more
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February 21, 2020
02:53:06
February 12, 2020
38:19
Everybody In, Nobody Out (w/ Sara Nelson)
We talk to the one and only Sara Nelson, flight attendant, union activist, and President of the Association of Flight... more
February 8, 2020
01:21:00
Deidra Demens
We talk to professional yoga teacher Deidra Demens about the path that led her to yoga and about working in... more
February 3, 2020
02:20:13
The 2020 Election & Building Working-Class Power
By popular demand, we teamed up with Protean Magazine and brought a panel of amazing people together—Ash (Horror Vanguard), Mel... more
January 26, 2020
25:03
Working-Class Politics: Nabilah Islam
We're excited to launch our new, ongoing series, Working-Class Politics. In this series, we'll talk with working-class candidates who are... more
January 24, 2020
39:01
Mini-cast: Break the Chains, Pt III (w/ Shirley Lung)
Part III of our mini-cast series on undocumented workers and the fight to repeal the employers’ sanctions provision of the... more
January 19, 2020
01:18:43
Left Anchor/Working People: The Problem with Economics
We needed to take a break this week after all the work we did to put together our special episode... more
January 12, 2020
02:00:09
The French General Strike (2019-2020)
In this very special episode, we talk with eight workers from France about the ongoing general strike that began on... more
January 1, 2020
25:16
Mini-cast: #HealthDignityJustice
We talk with former nail salon worker and organizer Glenda Sefla about the NY Nail Salon Workers Association and their... more
December 27, 2019
01:18:31
Bridget Huff
In this first installment of our new series on unpaid labor, we chat with Bridget Huff, a stay-at-home mom and... more
December 20, 2019
39:50
Mini-cast: UCSC Strike
In this week's mini-cast, we talk with Veronica, Marcelo, and Justin, three grad student workers involved in the ongoing wildcat... more
December 13, 2019
02:06:16
The Winnipeg General Strike (w/ Srsly Wrong)
We've got a super special crossover with the Wrong Boys themselves, Aaron and Shawn from the Srsly Wrong podcast! We... more
December 13, 2019
01:25:19
Clarke
Working People is back and we are excited to announce our official partnership with In These Times magazine! In this... more
November 11, 2019
27:52
Mini-cast: Break the Chains, Pt II (w/ David Tieu)
Part II of our mini-cast series on undocumented workers and the fight to repeal the employers’ sanctions provision of the... more
November 4, 2019
01:20:59
Vanessa Bain
Instacart shoppers walked off the job this Sunday in protest of the company's rampant wage/tip theft and dishonest, exploitative practices... more
November 3, 2019
01:03:49
Dana Gardner
In Part II of our two-part episode on workers in the Maine logging industry, we chat with Dana Garner, a... more
October 27, 2019
50:40
SpoOoOoky Special (w/ The Horror Vanguard)
Our Working People Halloween special! We talk with Jon and Ash from The Horror Vanguard podcast about horror, the working... more
October 24, 2019
36:06
Mini-cast: Break the Chains, Pt I (w/ Josephine Lee & Tosh Anderson)
Part I of our mini-cast series on undocumented workers and the fight to repeal the employers’ sanctions provision of the... more
October 22, 2019
01:26:58
Mark Hardison
In Part I of our two-part episode on workers in the Maine logging industry, we chat with Mark Hardison, a... more
October 17, 2019
27:43
Mini-cast: Update from the UAW Picket Line (w/ John Jayne)
We talk with John Jayne, a GM worker in Philadelphia and member of UAW Local 2177, about the month-long UAW... more
October 13, 2019
01:07:30
Darrow Omar
We talk with Darrow, office coordinator for Portland State University’s Women, Sexuality, & Gender Studies Department and member organizer for... more
September 27, 2019
32:07
Homecoming (w/ Sarah Smarsh)
SPECIAL EPISODE: We chat with the one and only Sarah Smarsh, author of Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard &... more
September 22, 2019
01:39:22
Going to the Mat
In Part II of our season-opening special on indie professional wrestlers, we talk with Noah (The Sorceress), Chris Hutton (Rob... more
September 7, 2019
01:23:58
Angel Blue
We kick off Season 3 with news from Andy O'Brien (AFL-CIO) about a unionization push in the Maine logging industry... more
Maximillian Alvarez is a writer and editor based in Baltimore and the host of Working People, “a podcast by, for, and about the working class today.” His work has been featured in venues like In These Times, The Nation, The Baffler, Current Affairs, and The New Republic.