Labor Heritage Power Hour

Joe Hill lives!

Broadcast on June 15, 2023 on WPFW 89.3 FMHosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
Elise Bryant talks with Susan Eisenberg and Dave Elsila, this year’s Joe Hill awardees at the 2023 Great Labor Art Exchange, on Your Rights At Work.PLUS: Music by Lynn Marie Smith, Joe Glazer, Joe Uehlein and Seth Newton Patel and spoken word from Professor Louie. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @joeuehlein LaborHeritage1

Don’t Iron While the Strike is Hot!

Broadcast on June 8, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and MacGyver Williams
Owen Smith, who’s directing the Don’t Iron While the Strike is Hot! labor musical, which will be performed in Upstate New York on June 17, part of the festivities around the Grand Opening of the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in Troy, New York. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @nysaflcio

An artist and a poet walk into a picket line

Broadcast on June 8, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and MacGyver Williams
Medicinal social justice movement artist, organizer and trickster Ricardo Levins Morales and poet Rocky Delaplaine; they’ll both be participating in this year’s Great Labor Arts Exchange, June 15-18 in Linthicum Heights, MD. PLUS: Latest WGA strike audio postcard, with Aiko Little and Sierra Teller Ornelas at the Native & Indigenous Writers takeover at the Writer’s Guild picket line at Disney.Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @WGAWest @rlmartstudio

Your Rights At Work: Americonned

Broadcast on June 1, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock, Ed Smith and Elise Bryant
The new documentary Americonned traces the history of the labor movement, as well as the devious political tactics of a select few who have influenced the course of history. But radical inequality leads to radicalization, and this powerful documentary depicts what happens when America hits its tipping point.Labor Goes to the Movies co-host Chris Garlock talks with director Sean Claffey about the film, which is now screening at selected locations around the country, including Tuesday, June 6 at the AFI Silver in Silver Spring, Maryland, where it’s being co-sponsored by the DC Labor FilmFest. We have a limited number of free passes available; CLICK HERE or email info@laborheritage.org.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @LaborHeritage1 @AFISilver @americonneddoc

The Great Labor Arts Exchange

Broadcast on June 1, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock, Ed Smith and Elise Bryant
Singers Colleen Kattau and Ben Grosscup and union organizer David Heller talk – and sing -- about the power of labor arts and why they’re attending the June 15-18 Great Labor Arts Exchange. Plus this week’s Writers Guild strike audio postcard.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @ColleenKattau, @ATUComm @BenGrosscup

Trumka on why art matters to labor

Broadcast on May 25, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith
For 40 years, labor activists have gathered to celebrate the labor movement through the arts at the Labor Heritage Foundation’s Great Labor Arts Exchange, which takes place June 15-18 in Linthicum Heights, MD this year. On today’s show, we hear what former AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka -- who died in 2021 – had to say about the importance of the arts to the labor movement. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Contract TK

Broadcast on May 25, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith
Comedy from striking Writers Guild members, plus picket line reports from the Guild strike and a Starbucks strike in Olney, MD. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @WGAWest #WGAstrike #WGAStrong #WGA @SBWorkersUnited

Memorial Day Massacre

Broadcast on May 18, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant.
Greg Mitchell and Lyn Goldfarb discuss their new film Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried, which explores a largely forgotten episode in labor--and media—history.Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @GregMitch @history_labor

“As long as it takes”

Broadcast on May 18, 2023 on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington, DCHosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
TV writer Joe Webb says he and 11,500 television writers – members of the Writers Guild -- are prepared to strike for “As long as it takes” to win a fair deal and protect their livelihoods. Plus music from Charlie King; he’s performing a free online concert this Sunday, May 21 at 7p ET.Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WGAWest #WGAstrike #WGAStrong #WGA @Charlie_K_Music

Writers walk, building worker power, May Day ‘23

Broadcast on May 11, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock
Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network, including Your Rights At Work, the Reinventing Solidarity podcast, the Workers Beat radio show, and the Green and Red podcast. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @CunySLU @KNON893FM @PodcastGreenRed