Podcast Archives - Page 9 of 33

Belabored: Strike Averted at the New Yorker, with Gili Ostfield

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ June 18, 2021

Reflections on what The New Yorker Union won, how they did it, and what other workers can learn from their victory.

The Conservative Court

Aryeh Neier ▪ Spring 2021

Since the Nixon era, the Supreme Court’s treatment of poverty and racial justice has made it a consistent enemy of society’s most marginalized.

Belabored: Back to Work

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ June 4, 2021

If you’re nervous about going back to work, you’re not the only one. Workers and labor advocates discuss what the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions might mean for workplace safety and labor rights.

Know Your Enemy: The Enemy Within, with Brandy Jensen

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ May 25, 2021

Writer, editor, and advice columnist Brandy Jensen answers listener questions about how to be a person again (or for the first time) after the pandemic.

The Tom Cat Bakers’ Long Fight for Justice

Michelle Chen ▪ May 21, 2021

The end of the Trump administration and the start of the post-pandemic economic recovery have brought a little optimism to immigrant workers. But many are still struggling to secure their rights and just compensation.

Belabored: General Strike in Palestine

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ May 21, 2021

Political economy researcher Riya Al-Sanah joins us from Haifa to talk about this week’s historic general strike.

Know Your Enemy: The Long Farewell to Majority Rule, with Joshua Tait

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ May 18, 2021

What are the intellectual origins of conservative hostility to majoritarian democracy?

Belabored: The Value of Care, with Alyssa Battistoni

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ May 7, 2021

The author of A Planet to Win talks about Biden’s infrastructure proposals and why care jobs are green jobs.

Know Your Enemy: Overheated, with Kate Aronoff

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ April 26, 2021

Kate Aronoff talks about the history of climate change denial, how the fossil-fuel industry’s strategy has shifted in recent years, and the prospects for a just, sustainable future.

Belabored: The Power of Alt-Labor

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 23, 2021

Worker centers organize workers excluded from labor regulations and disconnected from mainstream unions. They have brought fresh energy to the labor movement.

Belabored: Black Against Amazon, with Steven Pitts and Robin D.G. Kelley

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 9, 2021

Steven Pitts and Robin D.G. Kelley discuss Amazon and the state of the Black working class.

Relief for Cab Drivers

Michelle Chen ▪ April 9, 2021

For many taxi drivers in New York City, their livelihood has become a form of debt bondage. They feel that the city and its bankers have swindled them, and they’re demanding relief.