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What is the future of work? Today, all of our careers are being transformed by big data, from how we find it, to how we collaborate with others, to...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:15
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Did you know that Benjamin Franklin was a “whistleblower?” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her inter...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Boots RIley, Credit: http://nycsocialist.org/
Boots Riley—activist, author, and “The Coup” front man is interviewed by Edge of Sports blogger Dave Zirin

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Runaway Inequity , Credit: Labor Institute Press
It’s become a critical fact of life in America: Runaway inequality.

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dorothy Day, 1934, Credit: New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection
Do you know who Dorothy Day is? This week in speaking to the U.S. Congress, Pope Francis heralded Dorothy Day alongside other better known American...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 14:16
Caption: Professor Victor Tan Chen
Victor Tan Chen, sociology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, has studied the plight of the American worker … from successf...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Sandor Moss on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, your host, on this episode of Making it Work, Sandor will share his experiences of being a working musician within The Bay.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 20:11
Caption: Rich Austin, ILWU
Interview: Part 3 of a 6 part series called ‘War on the Workers’ starts off with Rich being interviewed about how working class Americans are getti...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:21
Caption: Eric Kingson
Americans’ pensions are gone. Housing is down and 401k are unreliable. But our Social Security system is totally funded for more than two decades.

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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WTIP's Ann Possis & Dick Swanson chatted with Bill Hansen, owner of Sawbill Outfitters in Tofte with his wife Cindy, about their unique work credit...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 22:41
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Fourth of five broadcasts on what's at stake for women in the upcoming elections. Today's topic: equal pay as a priority.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
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A Vietnamese proverb says: “when eating a fruit, think of who planted the tree.” Taking that sentiment a step further, how often do we consider the...

  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
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April means two things: spring and tax time! The US tax system is really, really complicated. Every time you do your taxes, you’re answering to mul...

Bought by WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one half minute commentary on paying for restoring unemployment benefits to the long-term unemployed by cutting corporate welfare.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Ofer Sharone
Today 4.7 million Americans have been unemployed for more than six months. In France it’s more than ten percent; Israel is above seven percent; and...

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The recent budget deal had plenty for war contractors, but jobless Americans were left in the cold. For them, it's going to be a very Unhappy New ...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: The Voice for Working People
News from Detroit, Connecticut, and DC.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
Caption: The Voice for Working People
News for December 2-6th.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
Caption: The Voice for Working People
Fast Food Workers Strike in Over 100 Cities

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
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What’s the difference between free trade and fair trade? If you want to learn more about “food sovereignty,” and how global trade policies affect l...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Labor Day was created in the 19th century by the unions, to celebrate the economic achievements of American workers. But if we look at the 21st ce...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Beverly Bell
Food Sovereignty is the fight for farmworker justice, sustainable practices, food accessibility and land reform. Although the idea is relatively ne...

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Daniel Hunter
David was looking for a slingshot. Goliath had money and power. This is the story of the fight against proposed and granted casinos in Philadelphia.

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bill Fletcher Jr.
Unions are getting weaker, and even more threatening, says labor leader and author Bill Fletcher Jr., the general public no longer understands or s...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Chelsea Green jacket cover
In his new book, economist Gar Alperovitz speaks plainly about why the time is right to democratize the ownership of wealth as a way to strengthen ...

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  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2