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Caption: Cartoon Paul Buhle, Credit: Steve Chappell
Our guest is Paul Buhle, one of the foremost historians of American Radicalism and the American Left having authored or edited over 30 books, inclu...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 59:36
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When should a judge step aside? As more and more money floods into judicial elections across the nation, states are grappling with this question. P...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:36
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Hear old-timey prospectors, bathroom romance, and sanctified stroking in this week’s Final Edition Radio Hour.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 49:39
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Universities are paternalistic and infantilizing and municipalities enable them. This translates loosely into "If you're father says it's okay..." ...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 57:25
Caption: Tia Koonse, UCLA Labor Center
Tia Koonse, Legal and Policy Research Manager for UCLA Labor Center Interview by Ken Winkes: Tia explains the reports on low-wages, the people who...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:06
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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: PSARA
Interview by Ken Winkes: Robby and Steve, members of the Puget Sound Alliance for Retirement Action, disclose what they have in mind regarding ret...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:28
Caption: Peter Saltzman
Interview by Rich Austin: Peter explains how and why our pension plans are in jeopardy. For more information on pensions, go to http://www.pensi...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Professor Susan Eaton
Immigration. That’s a major hot button issue. In recent years, a handful of states have passed laws designed to make it easier to deport unauthor...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 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: Lynne Dodson, WSLC
Lynne Dodson, Secretary-Treasurer of the Washington State Labor Council Interview by Gary Kanter: Lynn gives a report on what has been going on in...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:13
Caption: Sharon Abreu & Mike Hurwicz
Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz, singers, songwriters, and activists Interview by Gary Kanter: Sharon and Mike, two passionate and harmonious voi...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:14
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Case Before U.S. Supreme Court Could Cripple Public Sector Labor Unions; N...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Susan Alan, NFWM
Susan Alan, Associate Director of the National Farm Worker Ministry Interview by Rich Austin: Susan gives the history, mission, and actions of the...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Tom Kochen
Over the past 35-years, the economy has been reasonably productive. It’s worked well for investors and high-level executives, but not for ordinary ...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dean Shelton, WSCFF
Dean Shelton, 10th District Representative of the Washington State Council of Firefighters Interviewed by Rich Austin: Dean explains what is going...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Joe Uehlein, Ex Dir
Interviewed by Rich Austin: Joe describes how trade agreements are detrimental to our environment and increases unemployment as well as explaining...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:41
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“Labor and Civil Rights” was the theme of a discussion on November 4, 2015, with the Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina NAACP and...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:54:26
Caption: Joe Uehlein
Interview: Joe tells us the mission of the Labor Network for Sustainability, explains the concept of Just Transition, and much more. For more inf...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 28:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Our program today is "The Shell Game of Digital Liberation." Segment One: The Amazonization of Everything. We’ll take a look at what Jeff Bezos ha...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:44
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We continue a three-part series on work in America. This is Part Two: what we do all day, and how we feel about it.

Bought by KZYX, KMXT, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Peter Olney, ILWU
Interview: Peter talks about his co-authoring a series titled ‘Just a Whisper Now—A Look Back at the AFL-CIO’s New Voice After 20 Years’—an assess...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
Caption: Susan Alan, NFWM
Interview: Susan testifies that the almost 2 million farmworkers work hard, are skilled, and their work has dignity—it is work we all depend on. ...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2015
  • Length: 27:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Do service-sector workers represent the future of the U.S. labor movement? Mid-twentieth-century union activism transformed manufacturing jobs fro...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:11
Caption: Kim Marks, Jen Wallis
Interview: Jen and Kim summarize the successful Railroad Safety Conferences, which included workers, community & environmentalists, as well as exp...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1