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Working People

Working People: A podcast by, for, and about the working class today (now in partnership with In These Times magazine and The Real News Network). Working People is a podcast about working-class lives in 21st-century America. In every episode, you"ll hear interviews with workers from around the country, from all walks of life. We"ll talk about their life stories, their jobs, politics, and families, their joys and hopes and frustrations. Overall, Working People aims to share and celebrate the diverse

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01:03:39

LRPN Member Spotlight: Maximillian Alvarez (Empathy...

Working People ·

2020/11/20

The next time you see us, it will be the premier of Season Four of Working People! Until then, we wanted to share this interview Max did with Evan Matthew Papp of Empathy Media Lab about why Max started the show and how it's developed over the years. They also talk about why Working People is a proud member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, and about the importance of making labor- and human-centered media. Check it out (and check out all the great shows in LRPN)! Additional links/info

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01:19:20

"We Are More Than Just Nametags" w/ Max Alvarez (Our...

Working People ·

2020/11/03

We'll be back with Season Four of Working People very soon, but in the meantime, here's an interview Max did with Our Calgary, a great new Canadian podcast. Max talks with Lucas about the 2020 election and his hopes and fears for the country, the left, and for alternative media. Check it out (and give Our Calgary a follow!). Additional links/info below... Our Calgary's Twitter page, link tree, and Patreon Lucas' Twitter page

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57:27

Soul Rot (w/ Hamilton Nolan)

Working People ·

2020/10/28

We talk to Hamilton Nolan, labor reporter for In These Times, about reporting on the Trump re-election campaign during a pandemic and seeing up close the rotting core of America. Additional links/info below... Hamilton's author page and Twitter page Hamilton Nolan, In These Times, "Risking Your Life For a Trump Rally Means There's Nothing Left to Lose" Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org) Edith Frost, "Temporary Loan"

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29:56

Working-Class Politics: Labor Slate

Working People ·

2020/10/22

We're back with another installment of our ongoing series Working-Class Politics, where we talk to working-class folks and advocates who are running for office. We sit down with two members of California's Labor Slate, Eduardo Torres (running for Ambrose Recreation and Parks Board) and Gaelan Ash (communications director for Labor Slate). Additional links/info below... Labor Slate's website, Facebook page, and Twitter page Eduardo's candidate page Hamilton Nolan, In These Times, "In California,

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35:51

This Could Change Everything (w/ Veena Dubal)

Working People ·

2020/10/09

Everyone who is a worker or who cares about workers should pay attention to Prop 22 in California and understand the potentially devastating impact it could have. Professor Veena Dubal joins us on the show to talk about why. Additional links/info below... Veena's faculty page and Twitter page Sarah Ashley O'Brien, CNN Business, "The $185 Million Campaign to Keep Uber and Lyft Drivers as Contractors in California" Alexander Sammon, The American Prospect, "How Uber and Lyft Are Buying Labor Laws"

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23:44

Mini-cast: #DropTheChargesCO (w/ Amanda Yee)

Working People ·

2020/09/27

We talk with Amanda Yee for this urgent mini-cast on the deliberate and terrifying persecution of leftist organizers and activists by the state, including members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) in Denver. Additional links/info below... Amanda's Twitter page PSL website, Twitter page, and Facebook page PSL Legal Fund: Donate to the legal and political support campaign for arrested Denver organizers PSL Petition: Drop All the Charges on Anti-Racist Organizers in the Denver

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01:29:33

LaDonna Brave Bull Allard (Remastered)

Working People ·

2020/09/07

We've remastered our Labor Day special from Season One and are re-releasing it for all our new listeners. In this episode, we talk to LaDonna Brave Bull Allard of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. We talk about LaDonna's life, the #NoDAPL movement and the erasure of Native peoples, and about learning ways of living with the land. Additional links/info below... Sacred Stone Village Facebook page Sacred Stone Camp Facebook page Wisdom of the Elders, “Turtle Island Storyteller, LaDonna Brave Bull

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01:10:58

Cops — Labor: Which Side Are You On? (w/ Kim Kelly,...

Working People ·

2020/08/29

We close out Season Three of Working People with a critical discussion about why cops have no place in the labor movement and about the rank-and-file push from groups like No Cop Unions (AFL-CIO) and Drop the Cops (SEIU) to get them out. Featuring Kim Kelly, Halimat Alawode, & Julia Wallace. Additional links/info below... No Cop Unions (AFL-CIO) website and Twitter page SEIU Drop the Cops Linktree and Twitter page SEIU Drop the Cops "Labor Stands Against the Cops" event page Kim Kelly Twitter

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01:25:58

No Evil Foods Got Our Last Episode Removed

Working People ·

2020/08/26

UPDATE: We were notified by Libsyn (the service where we host our podcast) that No Evil Foods demanded to have our last episode removed due to our use of an "unauthorized recording" from the union-busting captive audience meetings they subjected their workers to. We are re-uploading the episode with an intro/update from Max. You can still listen to the recordings in question here: http://andrew-miller.com/blog/2020/why-doesnt-no-evil-foods-want-you-to-hear-this/ We talk to Jon, Meagan, Josh, and

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01:31:47

Mo' Evil Foods

Working People ·

2020/08/24

We talk to Jon, Meagan, Josh, and Cortne, four former employees at No Evil Foods, a vegan plant-based meat producer in North Carolina that made headlines over the past year with its union-busting tactics. We talk about the failed unionization drive, the captive-audience meetings management held, and about companies like NEF using "progressive" branding to mask their anti-union practices. Additional links/info below... Mo Evil Foods website and Twitter page Petition: Union for No Evil Foods

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01:09:18

The People's Movement, the People's Media (w/ Mel...

Working People ·

2020/08/18

We talk to Mel Buer (Protean Magazine), Gabby (DefendPDX), and Garrison Davis, three independent journalists who have been on the front lines this summer covering the anti-police protests in Minneapolis, Portland, and Omaha. We talk about how events have unfolded from their vantage point, the hazards of doing this vital work, and about the importance of anticapitalist media. Additional links/info below... Mel's Twitter page and Patreon; Protean Magazine's website and Twitter page Gabby's Twitter

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01:28:02

Maggie Levantovskaya

Working People ·

2020/08/09

We talk to writer, organizer, and adjunct lecturer Maggie Levantovskaya about immigrating from the Soviet Union, navigating class differences in the U.S., and about how so many higher education professionals have become gig workers. Additional links/info below... Maggie's website and Twitter page Maggie Levantovskaya, LitHub, "On Flannery O'Connor's Chronic Illness ... and Chronic Racism" Maggie Levantovskaya, Chronicle Review, "Faculty Are Not Cannon Fodder" Maggie Levantovskaya, The Startup,

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31:26

Mini-cast: In the Lion's Den (w/ The Valley Labor...

Working People ·

2020/07/30

We chat with David Story and Jacob Morrison, the hosts of The Valley Labor Report, a new radio show out of Huntsville, Alabama, about the importance of making pro-worker media in the South. Additional links/info below... The Valley Labor Report Facebook page, Twitter page, Youtube channel, and Patreon Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org) Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"

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01:31:47

Jami Bellefleur

Working People ·

2020/07/25

We're back from hiatus with a new full-length episode! We talk to Jami Bellefleur, a Maine native and shipbuilder, about her life and work, and about the ongoing strike at Bath Iron Works. Additional links/info below... IUMSWA IAMAW Local S6 website, Twitter page, and Facebook page Local S6 strike fund Andy O'Brien, Labor Notes, "Maine Shipbuilders Bring the Hammer Down to Reject Concessions" Dan Neumann, Maine Beacon, "Younger Generation Takes Lead in Uniting Workers at BIW" Todd Chretien,

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12:20

Teaser: Mailbag Episode #1

Working People ·

2020/06/24

Oh shiiiit, it's mailbag time!! Max, Zak, and MacKenna (3/4 of the Alvarez siblings) sit down to answer listener questions. Listen to the full bonus episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mailbag-episode-38475818

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43:55

Labor Is Antifascist (w/ Kooper Caraway)

Working People ·

2020/05/31

UNLOCKED BONUS EPISODE: We talk to Kooper Caraway, President of the Sioux Falls AFL-CIO and Labor Rep for AFSCME Council 65 about the labor movement in South Dakota and about doing labor organizing that is bold, inclusive, anti-racist, and antifascist. (If you want to hear more bonus episodes like this, subscribe to our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/WorkingPeople) Additional links/info below... Kooper's Twitter page Sioux Falls AFL-CIO's website and Twitter page Rebecca Zweig, The Nation,

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01:14:07

Struggle Session (w/ Michael Brooks)

Working People ·

2020/05/28

We talk to Michael Brooks about his new book, Against the Web, and we try to move the ball forward on debates about the "woke left," working-class politics, and left internationalism. Additional links/info below... Michael's Twitter page Michael Brooks, Zero Books, Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right (buy through Red Emma's) The Michael Brooks Show Facebook page, Twitter page, YouTube page, and Patreon Weekends with Ana Kasparian & Michael Brooks YouTube page The Majority

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11:06

The Break Room: Daniel Stone

Working People ·

2020/05/21

In this installment of The Break Room, Daniel Stone, a now-former employee of Dollar General in Nashville, tells us about issues with how the national chain has handled the #COVID19 crisis—and how he was fired after raising concerns with corporate about lack of protection for frontline employees. If you'd like to send something in to The Break Room, hit us up at workingpeoplepod@gmail.com! Additional links/info below... Daniel's Twitter page Kenya Slaughter, The New York Times, "I Never Planned

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01:10:28

On Meritocracy (w/ Zak Alvarez)

Working People ·

2020/05/18

(We are making this Bonus Episode public to provide a follow-up to Max's latest In These Times article on whether or not the working class and progressive professionals can form a political alliance.) Max and his brother Zak talk about meritocracy, work in the corporate world, and that feeling in your gut that most of what you do is pointless. Subscribe to our Patreon if you want more bonus episodes like this one! Additional links/info below... Zak's Twitter page Daniel Markovits, Penguin Random

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19:05

The Break Room: Aminah Sheikh (Elementary Teachers’...

Working People ·

2020/05/15

Welcome to The Break Room, our new, ongoing series where workers and organizers send in 15-20-minute clips to talk about issues they're facing, actions they're taking, and more! (Think of it as a community message board of sorts). In this installment, Aminah Sheikh, a labor organizer with Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), tells us about how she worked with educators in Ontario to launch a successful unionization campaign during the Covid-19 pandemic. If you'd like to send

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