Labor Heritage Power Hour

An exiled labor leader speaks

Broadcast on September 28, 2023Hosted by Bill Fletcher Jr.Guests: David Abdulah, former general secretary of the Trinidad Oilfield Workers Trade Union; Lizaveta Merliak, leader of Salidarnast, the Belarus labor organization in exile. Originally aired on WPFW’s 2023 Labor Day show. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Pride at Work: Stories of coming out on the job

Broadcast on September 21, 2023Hosted by Jerame Davis & Elise BryantA panel of union members discusses LGBTQIA+ issues in the workplace. Guests: Keturah Johnson (AFA); Joseph McCue, Baltimore P@W; Lyseria Kursave, IBEW member, Pride@Work; Liv Yelton, IBEW. Originally aired on WPFW’s 2023 Labor Day show. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Run for office, not for coffee

Broadcast on September 14, 2023 (Original airdate September 4, 2023)Hosted by Elise Bryant and Chelsea BlandA panel of women union leaders, members and elected officials on why and how to run for office. Guests: Gina Cooper (IBEWIVP 4th District); Crystal Herrera, CLUW National Officer/Young Women Workers Committee; Dora Cervantes, IAM Sec-Treasurer; Laura Wentz, CLUW State President/City Council member. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

AI & workers (full show)

Broadcast on September 7, 2023The Labor Radio Podcast Network hosts a panel of workers and experts discussing and debating the impact of artificial intelligence (AI).Hosted by WorkWeek Radio’s STEVE ZELTZER and WorkBites JOE MANISCALCO;Guests: SAG-AFTRA members DANA JACKS and MICHAEL  X SOMMERS; striking WGAW member STEVE MARTINI; SAIPH SAVAGE, Assistant Professor & Director Civic A.I. Lab, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, and CARLOS TOXTLI HERNANDEZ, computer science professor at Clemson University. Also participating: Judy Ancel, Heartland Labor Forum & Chris Garlock, Labor Heritage Power Hour.Originally aired on September 4 on WPFW’s Hot Union Summer Labor Day show; a shorter version aired on the Labor Heritage Power Hour on August 31.  Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

AI & workers: Is the end at hand?

Broadcast on August 31, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock
The Labor Radio Podcast Network hosts a panel of workers and experts discussing and debating the impact of AI; San Francisco Mime Troupe’s Michael Gene Sullivan reports on the Troupe’s plans to bring Red Carol to the stage; plus an excerpt from the 1940’s radio show New World A’Coming, about migratory workers and race tensions, Ben Grosscup’s Rich Men Owning North of a Billion and The Battle of Blair Mountain, on Labor History in 2:00.Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod  @SFTroupers @BenGrosscup @laborradionet

Still marching, 60 years later

Broadcast on August 24, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
APWU’s Daleo Freeman on the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington; previews of our Hot Union Summer Labor Day show with Women’s Hour and Pride Hour clips; Billy Bragg’s “Rich Men Earning North of a Million.” Plus, remembering Malvina Reynolds on Labor History in 2:00. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @NationalAction #MOW60 @APWUnational @billybragg @PrideatWork @CLUWNational

“Baltimore doesn’t happen without Charleston”

Broadcast on August 17, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
Longtime union organizer Bob Muehlenkamp explains how a failed strike in Charleston helped fuel a successful organizing drive by Baltimore-area hospital and nursing home workers in 1969. Radical Songbook host Michael Funke will co-host an hour of music on WPFW’s upcoming annual Labor Day show (September 4, 8a-2p); we preview that segment today.Plus an excerpt of The Roads Must Roll, an episode on the 1956 radio show X Minus One; check out the complete episode Sunday, August 20 on WAMU’s The Big Broadcast.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @1199SEIU_MDDC

SF Mime Troupe’s “Breakdown”

Broadcast on August 10, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
On a visit to San Francisco, Chris chats with the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s Michael Gene Sullivan about their latest musical, “Breakdown”, and then takes a tour with Harvey Smith of the newly-renovated WPA murals in Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @SFTroupers

We Will Never Stop

Broadcast on August 3, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
In Part 2 of our interview with singer, songwriter and storyteller John McCutcheon talks about how he came to write Christmas in the Trenches, worker solidarity and the power of song.Then, in the final episode of the I AM STORY podcast, current labor leaders discuss how the lessons of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike are as relevant today as they were 55 years ago.Labor History in 2:00: Teamsters defy martial law.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @AFSCME

Inside the room

Broadcast on July 27, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
Behind the scenes at contract talks between SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood studio bosses; we talk with striking actors Janae Palmer and Towanda Underdue.The actors joined TV writers who have been walking picket lines since early May, striking over many of the same issues. Striking TV writer Rafael Augustin briefed members of the Labor Radio Podcast Network earlier this week.PLUS: Labor music from Michael & Nell, poetry by Jim Daniels and, from Labor History in 2:00, The Battle of the Halstead Street Viaduct. Produced by Chris Garlock and the Labor Heritage Foundation; subscribe to the LHF newsletter here; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @sagaftra @WGAWest @towandaunderdue