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Reporting on Covid in the Country
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Equipped with a facemask and a selfie stick, Laura Flanders reports in this episode (from a responsible distance) on the impact of Covid-19 on one ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Phillip Lindquist, Government Affairs Director of the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, District 5
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Phillip Lindquist
Interview by Lori Province: Phillip explains the Painters and Allied Trades apprenticeship program.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
Essential: Gig Workers and COVID-19 ENCORE
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Gig Workers, driver's for app companies such as Lyft and Uber, are struggling during COVID-19. They're considered essential workers, so they can st...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KDNK


  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Labor Day Show with Liz Shuler, Sec-Tre of the AFL-CIO, & Larry Brown, Pres of the WSLC
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO, Larry Brown, WSLC
Liz and Larry share their Labor Day messages and we play a mix of traditional labor songs and poem as well as original labor songs.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 28, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Self Care as Selfless Act: Mental Health at the Root of Activism
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Activists in the Latinx immigrant community of Los Angeles share what they do to take care of their mental health. Self-care becomes a “selfless ac...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Tim Wheeler, Writer, Activist, Musician, and Reporter for the People’s World, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: by Tim Wheeler
Interview by Ken Winkes: Tim describes his family history, his life on the family farm, and tells some of his stories from his new book called “New...

  • Added: May 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
Karen Ehrens Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that Article 14 of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights declares that “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in othe...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hannah Fishman, Organizer for SEIU 1199NW & Kim Deans, CNA/Member of Negotiating Team
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Island Hospital Workers, SEIU 1199NW
Interview by Lori Province: Hannah and Kim talk about the workplace issues at Island Hospital.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Margaret Cary & Cliff Cawthon, MLK County Working Families Party, Marco Morales, Local Leader, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
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Interview by Ken Winkes: Margaret and Cliff tell us all about the Working Families Party and Marco gives us his concerns and aspirations.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
How the Diversity Industry is Failing and What We Can Do to Fix It
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In an era when companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on diversity and inclusion programs, the proportion of African Americans in tech, me...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Throwing It Out
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
We're talking trash at the library today. Specifically, the story of a 3,000-ton garbage barge that made a scene in Brooklyn in the 1980s… and, we ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 21:06
  • Purchases: 1
Ramon Torres, Edgar Franks, and Marciano Sanchez, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Familias Unidas por la Justicia
Interview by Gary Kanter: Ramon and Edgar share the activities of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, an independent Farm Worker Union.

Bought by KRZA and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 06, 2019
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
How to Make a Democratic Economy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The U.S. economy, weak or strong, is the question at the heart of the election. But it doesn't get to the reality which is that, whatever else it m...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy, and Author at University of Michigan
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Dr. Elizabeth Anderson
Interview by Ken Winkes: Dr. Anderson discusses her book “Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (And Why We Don't Talk About It).”

  • Added: Oct 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Paul Galovin, Rep for the Pacific NW Regional Council of Carpenters and Nate Nehring, Snohomish County Councilman
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Regional Apprenticeship Pathways
Interview by Gary Kanter: Paul and Nate describe the Regional Apprenticeship Pathways (RAP) program.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Addressing Economic Class Conflict
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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While some organizations and individuals believe there is multidimensional inequality in the U.S., this PEACE TALKS RADIO program is only about eco...

Bought by KCSB-FM


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reporting on Economic Hardship
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Roughly 40 million people live in poverty in the USA. Can you imagine living under $24,000 a year for a family of four? If you can’t, why not? Sure...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Addressing Economic Class Conflict
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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While some organizations and individuals believe there is multidimensional inequality in the U.S., this PEACE TALKS RADIO program is only about eco...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WRIR, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
From Piers to Plantations
From: Ian Ruskin
Caption: ILWU Local 142 Mural (section)
The story of Hawai’i, as told through the voices of Karl Malden, Ed Asner, Carroll O’Connor, Congressional members Patsy Mink, Neil Abercrombie and...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 2
The Outlaw Ocean, Part Two
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The outlaw ocean, a space apart, hidden from view, a place of rampant criminality and exploitation. This week on World Ocean Radio we offer part on...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 05:32
The Outlaw Ocean, Part One
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The outlaw ocean, a space apart, hidden from view, a place of rampant criminality and exploitation. This week on World Ocean Radio we offer part on...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2019
  • Length: 05:07
Veronica Wilson, Partnerships Director for the UCLA Labor Center
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
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Interview by Ken Winkes: Veronica talks about one of her other interests the “Labor Network for Sustainability.”

  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 27:59
Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO
Interview by Lori Province: Liz reports on the current labor issues for Labor Day.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 28:00

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