Working People

October 21, 2020 29:56

Working-Class Politics: Labor Slate

We're back with another installment of our ongoing series Working-Class Politics, where we talk to working-class folks and advocates who... more

October 9, 2020 35:51

This Could Change Everything (w/ Veena Dubal)

Everyone who is a worker or who cares about workers should pay attention to Prop 22 in California and understand... more

September 27, 2020 23:44

Mini-cast: #DropTheChargesCO (w/ Amanda Yee)

We talk with Amanda Yee for this urgent mini-cast on the government's deliberate and terrifying persecution of leftist organizers and... more

September 7, 2020 01:29:33

LaDonna Brave Bull Allard (Remastered)

We've remastered our Labor Day special from Season One and are re-releasing it for all our new listeners. In this... more

August 29, 2020 01:10:58

Cops — Labor: Which Side Are You On? (w/ Kim Kelly, Halimat Alawode, & Julia Wallace)

We close out Season Three of Working People with a critical discussion about why cops have no place in the... more

August 26, 2020 01:25:58

No Evil Foods Got Our Last Episode Removed

UPDATE: We were notified by Libsyn (the service where we host our podcast) that No Evil Foods demanded to have... more

August 24, 2020 01:31:52

Mo' Evil Foods

We talk to Jon, Meagan, Josh, and Cortne, four former employees at No Evil Foods, a vegan plant-based meat producer... more

August 17, 2020 01:09:18

The People's Movement, the People's Media (w/ Mel Buer, Gabby, & Garrison Davis)

We talk to Mel Buer (Protean Magazine), Gabby (DefendPDX), and Garrison Davis, three independent journalists who have been on the... more

August 8, 2020 01:28:02

Maggie Levantovskaya

We talk to writer, organizer, and adjunct lecturer Maggie Levantovskaya about immigrating from the Soviet Union, navigating class differences in... more

July 30, 2020 31:26

Mini-cast: In the Lion's Den (w/ The Valley Labor Report)

We chat with David Story and Jacob Morrison, the hosts of The Valley Labor Report, a new radio show out... more

July 25, 2020 01:31:47

Jami Bellefleur

We're back from hiatus with a new full-length episode! We talk to Jami Bellefleur, a Maine native and shipbuilder, about... more

June 23, 2020 12:20

Teaser: Mailbag Episode #1

Oh shiiiit, it's mailbag time!! Max, Zak, and MacKenna (3/4 of the Alvarez siblings) sit down to answer listener questions... more

May 31, 2020 43:55

Labor Is Antifascist (w/ Kooper Caraway)

UNLOCKED BONUS EPISODE: We talk to Kooper Caraway, President of the Sioux Falls AFL-CIO and Labor Rep for AFSCME Council... more

May 28, 2020 01:14:07

Struggle Session (w/ Michael Brooks)

We talk to Michael Brooks about his new book, Against the Web, and we try to move the ball forward... more

May 21, 2020 11:06

The Break Room: Daniel Stone

In this installment of The Break Room, Daniel Stone, a now-former employee of Dollar General in Nashville, tells us about... more

May 18, 2020 01:10:28

On Meritocracy (w/ Zak Alvarez)

(We are making this Bonus Episode public to provide a follow-up to Max's latest In These Times article on whether... more

May 15, 2020 19:05

The Break Room: Aminah Sheikh (Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario)

Welcome to The Break Room, our new, ongoing series where workers and organizers send in 15-20-minute clips to talk about... more

May 5, 2020 01:23:01

cOrE vAlUeS (w/ MacKenna Alvarez)

Happy #TeachersDay! To celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Week, we are putting this special bonus episode on the main feed: Another... more

April 30, 2020 01:33:08

Adam Ryan (Target Workers Unite)

Our Season Three finale, featuring a conversation we recorded in December with Adam Ryan, a Target worker in Virginia and... more

April 24, 2020 18:21

Mini-cast: ICE Is the CIA Now, Apparently (w/ Ken Klippenstein)

This is a clip from our bonus episode with Ken Klippenstein, DC correspondent for The Nation, about the Covid crisis... more

April 20, 2020 02:55:04

"We Are Essential," Pt II (Voices from the Covid-19 Crisis)

Part II: The Covid-19 crisis and the current economic crash have broken our world apart. These are the voices of... more

April 11, 2020 02:22:52

"We Are Essential," Pt I (Voices from the Covid-19 Crisis)

The Covid-19 crisis and the current economic crash have broken our world apart. These are the voices of the people... more

April 6, 2020 02:05:24

Workers' Book Club: A Serf's Journal (w/ Terry Tapp and John Tormey))

The second installment of the Workers' Book Club is finally here, and it's a doozy! Our friend John Tormey, a... more

March 29, 2020 22:34

Mini-cast: #InstacartStrike (w/ Vanessa Bain)

This Monday (March 30) Instacart shoppers around the country will walk off the job to demand hazard pay and basic... more