Labor Radio-Podcast Daily
Episodes
The Long Day of the College Athlete
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Power at Work exposes the grueling schedules, exhaustion, and injuries faced by college football players as th...
Trapped by Wages Too Low to Live
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Buwa Basebetsi follows a South African factory worker whose life on the minimum wage leaves her struggling to ...
Flipping the script on union antisemitism
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour with historian Joe McCartin on Congress’s “Unmasking Union Antisemitism” and h...
From Doctors and Cops to Every Voice
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the SAG-AFTRA Podcast spotlights audiobook narration, where actors bring entire casts of characters to life. I...
Sword of Damocles Over Free Speech
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: AAUP Presents warns against the government using immigration law to silence dissent. In labor history, the NHL...
Real community is built through play
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Exploits of Play from the Reimagine Value Action Lab explores how joy and fun build resilient communities. In ...
Complicated storytelling made simple
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Director’s Cut podcast unpacks the film Freakier Friday and the art of telling complex stories. In labor...
The circus is a workplace
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: We hear from Circus World author Andrea Ringer and Art Works author Ken Grossinger on the power of the arts an...
Smoke and mirrors for workers
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Rick Smith Show calls out empty promises from the Department of Labor while union jobs are cut. In labor h...
Corporate power and the state
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The KGNU Labor Exchange explores how corporate power often allies with the state in pernicious ways. In labor ...
They’re lying to you
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Monday, September 8: The Work Stoppage Podcast calls out Trump’s anti-union energy policies. In labor his...
Every worker depends on public service
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Friday, September 5: What’s Going On spotlights the vital role of federal workers and the erosion of staf...
Strike records as their own genre
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Thursday, September 4: Josh MacPhee, co-author of Strike While the Needle is Hot, joins the Labor Heritage ...
“One of the only truths I’ve ever heard”
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Wednesday, September 3: Former NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo tells the Heartland Labor Forum about ...
Pilots, Wear Your Union Pin
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Engage—The Podcast for Delta Pilots on solidarity you can see and why wearing your ALPA pin matters. In labo...
Drop the Needle on Solidarity
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour’s Labor Day Special with Josh MacPhee on strike records from the Sixties to the Ei...
Bring a New Member
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Machinists 141 Connections on recruiting, education, and showing up to union meetings, plus a plug for Monday’...
Who Will Dare to Light the Fuse?
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: clips from the Labor Heritage Power Hour—Theater Alliance’s “Fire Work,” strike songs from Strike Whil...
Lies and Liars
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Workers Beat Extra takes on Trump, truth, and the takeover of the airwaves. In labor history, sanitation s...
Unions as Community
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Power At Work podcast explores how unions build solidarity and community beyond economic struggles. In lab...
That ain’t happening on my watch
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Alberta Worker Podcast brings us voices from the Canadian flight attendants’ strike. In labor history, t...
Pick the best candidate for workers
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On the Labor Notes podcast, organizers explain how UAW Region 9A backed the strongest pro-worker candidate—a...
All people must be free
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour talks with poet Martín Espada about immigration and poetry. In labor history, Nat T...
The myth of an invisible army
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Green and Red podcast challenges the myth of an invisible army of federal workers. In labor history, 2021 ...
From Superman to ICE
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Workers Mic riffs on ICE’s celebrity turn as ’90s Superman star Dean Cain signs on as an agent. In lab...
You can’t fix service without federal workers
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Valley Labor Report on why you can’t improve service without hiring federal workers. In labor history, 1...
Sanitation strikes and society’s backbone
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Jawn on why Philly gets a sanitation strike about every 40 years — and what that says about the work w...
Holding on to the power of democracy
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Naomi Williams joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to discuss her new book A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity a...
“What about unemployed people?”
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Tales from the Reuther recalls an AFL-CIO meeting where delegates challenged union leaders to focus more on un...
Hard hats vs. hippies in New York
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: America’s Workforce Radio digs into Nixon’s role in the infamous 1970 “hard hat protest” that pitted c...
America’s Workforce Radio; Tales from the Reuther Library; Labor Jawn; Solidarity Works; Labor Heritage Power Hour
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: From America’s Workforce Radio, we revisit the Vietnam era’s “Hard Hat” protest and how labor’s...
The legacy of Cesar Chavez is a call to action
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Solidarity Works looks at how the Delano grape strike’s legacy continues to inspire immigrant labor, collect...
Fighting Misinformation at the Local Scale
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Boiling Point podcast tackles the importance of local labor media in the fight against misinformation. In ...
Cowboys and Capitalists
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Filmmaker Matthew Pehl on the 1883 Great Cowboy Strike, featured on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour, a...
The Union’s Bigger Family
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working To Live In Southwest Washington on why union membership means more than just good benefits—it means ...
Why Can't Plumbers Represent Chimney Sweeps?
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On the Pipe Up podcast, members of the Plumber’s Union discuss expanding representation to chimney sweeps—...
Outrage in the Brotherhood
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Monday, August 4: The Labor Notes podcast reports on backlash after leadership cuts support for Black, Lati...
The Chaos Before the Curtain
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The On Writing podcast explores how fast-paced, last-minute collaboration fuels live shows like SNL. In labor ...
The Canal Brought Wealth—But Not for Everyone
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Mark S. Ferrara explores the human cost of progress along the Erie Canal on the Labor Heritage Power Hour. In ...
They Want to Bust the Union Up
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Madison Labor Radio brings us a true David versus Goliath story from the healthcare frontlines in Janesville, ...
If Wages Aren’t Increasing, How Do We Expect This to Work?
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Worker Power Hour tackles the housing crisis and wage stagnation in Southern California. In labor history,...
Only Two Hours of Sleep
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Life at sea and the toll of commercial fishing on the Labor Link Podcast. In labor history, on this date in 19...
Moses Was a Migrant
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Friday, July 25: Union or Bust explores faith, migration, and the moral call to action in today’s struggl...
Riddle Three for the Affordable Door
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Thursday, July 24: Art and Labor takes on gentrification and how developers use design to divide. In labor ...
Lula vs. the Imperialist Americans
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Wednesday, July 23: Green and Red explores how Trump’s tariffs have rallied support for Brazil’s Presid...
Infiltrated by Love
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Tuesday, July 22: Heartland Labor Forum shares the true story of an eco-activist who fell for an undercover...
Rural Clinics at Risk
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Medicaid cuts could shut down rural clinics and hospitals, forcing patients to travel hundreds of miles for ca...
12,000 Electricians Needed
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: As data centers boom, The Line podcast reports one major project alone may need up to 12,000 electricians in j...
“I Stepped Into That Picket Line”
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Organizer and author Michael Ansara recalls the moment at age 13 that launched his lifetime of activism. We ta...
This Bill Is a Disaster
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Chuck Cora joins The Valley Labor Report to break down what he calls the largest Medicaid cut in U.S. history—...
Shutting the Doors on Healthcare
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Adam Fox on The Valley Labor Report warns Medicaid cuts could shut down rural clinics. In labor history, steel...
“The Most Massive Job Site We've Tried to Handle”
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Long hours, long commutes, and big responsibilities—lineworkers talk about the scale and stress of modern in...
Not a Business Strategy
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Artist Eric Ruin talks about the role of solidarity work in sustaining a creative life; paid or not. That’s ...
“Medicaid Cuts Are a Catastrophe”
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Nurses on the Union Talk podcast warn that slashing Medicaid will devastate care for vulnerable patients, over...
We Are the City
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Leaders of AFSCME District Council 33 tell The Labor Show podcast why nearly 9,000 Philadelphia city workers w...