Labor Heritage Power Hour

LIVE from the Great Labor Arts Exchange!

Highlights from Saturday night’s concert at the Great Labor Arts Exchange in Chicago, a preview of the DC Labor FilmFest’s Opening Night screening of The Old Oak, and Elise remembers Ed Smith and Dennis Serrette. Plus: The California Spinach Riot. Get LHF’s free weekly newsletter here and subscribe the Labor Notes here.Broadcast on April 25, 2024. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant.Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@labornotes @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

The Return of John Brown

Abolitionist John Brown is mistaken for a Black Lives Matter activist in Gene Bruskin’s latest labor musical, Matewan and Office Space return to the DC Labor FilmFest, and a tour guide keeps Black worker history alive.   Broadcast on April 18, 2024 on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington DC. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@AFISilver @librarycongress @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Labor FilmFest, union photos, Coal Mining Woman

This week's show: Previewing the 2024 DC Labor FilmFest, winners of the IBEW’s annual photo contest, Si Kahn on Coal Mining Woman. Plus: celebrating the UFW’s Dolores HuertaBroadcast on April 11, 2024; Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise BryantProduced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@AFISilver @IBEW @UFWupdates @DoloresHuertaFD
#SiSePuede @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Making room for solidarity

Last year the AFL-CIO changed the name of its main meeting room at the federation’s headquarters from the Gompers Room to the Solidarity Room; CBTU president Terry Melvin tells us why. PLUS: Part 1 of our DC Labor FilmFest preview; Terry’s favorite labor song; MLK’s “Mountaintop” speech; latest labor arts news briefs.
Broadcast on April 4, 2024 on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington DC. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@AFISilver @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Changing Lives, Changing L.A.

“Changing Lives, Changing L.A.” a play created from transcripts from the UNITE HERE Local 11 Oral History Project; four members of UNITE HERE Local 11 share their stories of becoming leaders in their union, and fighting for a better life while helping transform Los Angeles. From our colleagues at the Re:Work podcast.In her own words: Rosemarie Francis-Primo, a Home Healthcare Aide from Brooklyn and a proud member of Domestic Workers United; from the America Works podcast. Free speech for who? The ACLU defends the NRA at the Supreme Court: labor historian Joe McCartin on why this case matters to American union members. On Labor History in 2:00: the day Centralia Coal Mine #5 exploded, killing 111 miners. NEW! Get your hot-off-the-presses LHF merch here now!
Broadcast on March 28, 2024 on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington DC. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@rework_radio @librarycongress @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Our labor sheroes

Broadcast on March 21, 2024Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
This week's show: Labor leaders share their favorite sheroes, an REI worker writes a play and the Coalition of Labor Union Women celebrates 50 years. Plus music from Nina Simone, Rose City Kings and The Detroit Diva. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@LizShuler @CLUWNational @reiunionsoho @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

The Labor Oscar winners!

Broadcast on March 14, 2024Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
This week's show: Winners of the first-ever Labor Oscars, the Meany Labor Archives reviews 1955’s “For Fair Play” short film, and two versions of labor classic “Roll the Union On.” Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@BurnesCenter @MrSethHarris @sagaftra @AndreaLyman10 @haroldPDX @AWFJ @aboutdocsguide @PowerAtWorkBlog @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

We Were There

Broadcast on March 7, 2024Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
This week's show: Celebrating women’s labor herstory: Bev Grant on the origins of “We Were There”; a sample of Work Stoppage’s “Women in the US Labor Movement” series; Why AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride loves “Electric Boogie”; Les Leopold on “Wall Street's War on Workers” and, on Labor History in 2:00, Lucy Parsons and Frances Perkins. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@WorkStoppagePod @les_leopold @AFSCME @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

SAG’s laborific shows; the Black Wobbly

Broadcast on February 29, 2024Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
This week's show: Actor and fellow labor podcaster Harold Phillips joins us for his annual labor review of the Screen Actors Guild Awards; Nashville-based folk artists Michael and Nell with the story behind their song Boss Called a Meeting; from the Working Class History podcast, on this last day -- in fact this extra Leap Year day -- of Black History Month, who was Ben Fletcher and why have you never heard of him before? And, on Labor History in 2:00: The year was 1937; that was the day with whistles blowing, the call to strike could be heard through the aisles of Woolworth in downtown Detroit. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@sagaftra @SAGawards @wrkclasshistory @ProfPeterCole @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

American Fiction’s Cord Jefferson

Broadcast on February 22, 2024Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
This week's show: Writer/director Cord Jefferson takes us behind the scenes of creating his acclaimed film American Fiction, the challenges of adaption, and creating Black-centered narratives; organizer and musician Joe Uehlein tells the story behind his song “Hands”, and, on Labor History in 2:00: the year was 1805; that was the day abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Angelina Grimke was born.NOTE: The Cord Jefferson segment is excerpted from 3rd & Fairfax, the podcast of the Writers Guild of America West.Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.@WGAWest @THEULINERS @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod