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Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 3
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Irene Hall
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor reports on the lifelong labor activist Irene Hull.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Anna Louise Strong
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor describes Anna Louise Strong, a 20th-century American journalist, activist, and supporter of the labor movement.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Conor Casey and Crystal Rogers, Archivists for the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Conor Casey & Crystal Rogers
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Crystal and Conor report on the ‘Women in Labor History’ project. Song: Rebel Girl: written by Joe Hill, arranged and...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Jess Walter
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Jess Walter discusses his new book, "The Cold Millions."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ramon Torres, President of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, Jason Holland, WPEA Organizer, and Edgar Franks, C2C Organizer
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Familias Unidas por la Justicia
Interview by Gary Kanter: Ramon, Jason, and Edgar tell the story of how a group of farm workers ended up negotiating a great union contract.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington, Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Ellie Belew and Megan Cornish
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor, Ellie, and Megan continue their conversation about Seattle City Light’s Electrical Trades Program and how the f...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
Cooperation and Cooperatives vs Authoritarianism in Spain
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From the Basque region in the north, to Barcelona on the Mediterranean, Flanders speaks with contemporary co-op worker-owners who explain how the h...

Bought by KDNK, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
How We Got Here, Part 3: The Fight For Meaningful Work
From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here
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The final section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and acceptable to crisis like the current pandemic. Part 3 lo...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
How We Got Here, Part 2: The Road To Shareholder Capitalism
From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here
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The second section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and susceptible to crisis like the current pandemic. Part 2 ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
How We Got Here, Part 1: The Great Risk Shift
From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here
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The first section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and susceptible to a crisis like the current pandemic. Part 1...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
Labor Day
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Labor Day is a great opportunity for all of us to reflect on some of the memories we have from working hard, being with family, or learning somethi...

Bought by WHFR, WYPL, KTXK, WVPE, KSJE and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 7
Cindy and Nemesio (Jr) Domingo and Garry Owens, LELO, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
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“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington Interview by Mike Dumovich: Nemesio, Cindy, Garry, and Cono...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
Cindy and Nemesio (Jr) Domingo and Garry Owens, LELO, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: LELO
“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington Interview by Mike Dumovich: Nemesio, Cindy, Garry, and Cono...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
New Virginians (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A traveling exhibit called New Virginians: 1619-2019 & Beyond from The Library of Virginia in Richmond features oral histories and photographs reco...

Bought by WCNY, KEDT, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 12
New Virginians (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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A traveling exhibit called New Virginians: 1619-2019 & Beyond from The Library of Virginia in Richmond features oral histories and photographs reco...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
New Virginians (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A traveling exhibit called New Virginians: 1619-2019 & Beyond from The Library of Virginia in Richmond features oral histories and photographs reco...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCT, KRDP, WYAP, WFHB and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
David Jepsen, Educator, Historian, Author, Film Maker of Labor Wars of the Northwest
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: A Film by David Jepsen
Interview by Mike Dumovich: David talks about his new documentary and how important this film is to students, history, and workers.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Thomas Germano and Tom J. Germano
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Thomas Germano and Tom Germano at their StoryCorps interview in North Babylon, NY, on February 7, 2020. , Credit: Camila Kerwin for StoryCorps.
Tom Germano speaks with his son, Thomas, about the Great Postal Strike of 1970, and his love of delivering the mail.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington: Seattle General Strike of 1919.
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
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Interview by Mike Dumovich: Mike continues his special segment of We Do The Work called ‘Learn Yourself” that explores an historical labor event ho...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
Tom Copeland, Author, & Conor Casey, Labor Archivist, on Elmer Smith & the Centralia Tragedy, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Tom Copeland
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Tom continues to provide many details of the Centralia Tragedy and Conor provides resources to learn more about the lab...

  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
Debs In Canton
From: The National Audio Theatre Festivals
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American labor leader Eugene V. Debs gave a speech in June of 1918 to a movement rally in which he condemned US involvement in the First World War....

Bought by KUNM and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 57:48
  • Purchases: 2
Tom Copeland, Author, & Conor Casey, Labor Archivist, on Elmer Smith & the Centralia Tragedy, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Tom Copeland
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor introduces Tom Copeland and Tom gives the history, accomplishments, and character of the Wobblies lawyer, Elmer ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
Episode 132: Herrin Massacre
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In the summer of 1922, in a town in southern Illinois, 23 people were murdered over two days. Men, women, and children came out of their houses to ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 24:23
The Business of Incarceration- A Conversation with Craig Gilmore
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we speak on the phone with writer and prison abolitionist Craig Gilmore, who begins by discussing his recent piece in Commune Magazine. ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:02
Three Years of Prison Insurgency
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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It’s been one year since the August 2018 National Prison Strike. This week, we feature a talk from Ben Turk and Amani Sawari- both of whom were imp...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:01

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