Labor Heritage Power Hour

Our theme song contest

This week's show: Chris and Elise play songs submitted in our Labor Heritage Power Hour Theme Song Contest; which will be the winner?
Broadcast on Sept. 5 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC. (Replay from 9/2 Labor Day show)
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.@LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Peekskill, 1949: What Was Lost, What Remained, What It Means Today

Labor Day Special: Longtime labor activist Kurt Stand, with an excerpt from his essay Peekskill, 1949: What Was Lost, What Remained, What It Means Today, plus music from Paul Robeson, Woody Guthrie, Sweet Honey in the Rock and more. Broadcast on Sept. 2 on WPFW 89.3FM 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.@LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Jamie Raskin’s favorite labor song

This week's show: Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin on why he loves Tom Morello’s Union Town; a radio version of the new "Saga of KOIN-TV Workers vs The Empire" graphic cartoon; 9 to 5 cofounder Karen Nussbaum’s Unions Songs for Kids playlist; and CWA’s Debbie Goldman on her new book, “Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age”. NOTE: for a free hard-copy of “The Saga of KOIN-TV Workers vs The Empire" graphic cartoon, email office@nabet51.org; tell them the Labor Heritage Power Hour sent you!Broadcast on August 2, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM 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.@RepRaskin @tmorello @CWAUnion @CLUWNational @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Blood in the Streets

This week's show: Blood in the Streets, photographer Chuck Avery’s illustrated history of American labor struggles, Kurt Stand shares an excerpt from his essay, Peekskill, 1949: What Was Lost, What Remained, What It Means Today, and MacGyver shares some of her favorite labor songs. Broadcast on August 15, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC.Hosted by Chris Garlock and MacGyver Williams; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network@LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

The 1934 Minneapolis trucker’s strike

This week's show: Labor historian Peter Rachleff on how a Midwest strike helped shape national labor law plus a preview of his talk on the 1886 takeover of the Richmond (VA) City Council by black and white union activists.  Plus labor music from The Heartland Labor Forum and, on Labor History in 2:00, the birth of the original Rebel Girl, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Broadcast on August 8, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM 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.@LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

The Fruit of Labor celebrates 40 years

Producer MacGyver Williams’ audio postcard from The Fruit of Labor’s 40th anniversary celebration at the Fruit of Labor World Cultural Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.Broadcast on August 1, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM 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.@FruitofLaborWCC @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

A farewell to BJR

“I think her music or the soundtrack she provides is for every generation, every decade.” WPFW Program Director Katea Stitt on Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, who died last week, here in Washington, DC, at the age of 81.Broadcast on July 25 on WPFW 89.3FM 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.@LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Art Works (Encore)

(Originally broadcast 7/6/23) An inside look at the organizers and artists on the front lines of political mobilization and social change: Ken Grossinger on his 2023 book Art Works: How Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together. Check out the Art Works music playlist on Spotify and read Chris Garlock's July 2024 review in Portside.PLUS: Stand Up, Don’t Sit Down; An excerpt from AFSCME’s I AM STORY podcast.Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @ArtWorksbook @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @AFSCME

Love & Solidarity

This week's show: Remembering civil and labor rights apostle Rev. James Lawson and labor radio pioneer Frank Emspak, who both died recently. PLUS: LaborForce podcast Michael Struchen’s favorite labor song, incarcerated writer Amber Kim’s poem “In Response to the Prompt ‘Write About the Invention of the Sunkist Bottle’”, more entries in our Labor Heritage Power Hour Theme Song Contest, and, on Labor History in 2:00, the day 1,400 workers at the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company launched a four-day strike.Broadcast on June 27, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM 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.@LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio @LaborForcePod @ILLaborHistory #1u #unions #laborradiopod

Our Theme Song Contest!

This week's show: Elise and Chris play some listener suggestions for the show’s new theme song. Plus: the Oregon AFL-CIO’s new mural, the story behind Joe Uehlein’s song “Hands”, a reading from “Presente: A Dockworker’s Story” and, on Labor History in 2:00, the UAW wins a first contract at Ford. Broadcast on June 20, 2024 on WPFW 89.3FM 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.@ProPeterCole @OregonAFLCIO @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod