Labor Heritage Power Hour

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

Actors strike; Musicians organize

Broadcast on July 20, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
This week's show: Actor Elliott Bales on why he and 160,000 fellow SAG-AFTRA members walked out on strike last week. PLUS: American folk music singer-songwriter John McCutchen on how he helped organize the North American Traveling Musicians Union. Labor History in 2:00: Striking for Dignity. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod @sagaftra #SAGAFTRAstrong

Art Works

Broadcast on July 13, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock
This week's show: An inside look at the organizers and artists on the front lines of political mobilization and social change: Ken Grossinger on his new book Art Works: How Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together. Check out the Art Works music playlist on Spotify.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. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @AFSCME
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The Disney Revolt

Broadcast on July 6, 2023Hosted by Chris GarlockAs the Writers Guild strike stretches on past the 10-week mark, we turn our attention to another Hollywood strike, the 1941 walkout by hundreds of animators at Walt Disney Studios. Animation historian Jake Friedman joins us to discuss his book The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Age.Then, the second season of one of our favorite shows, The Bear, recently dropped on Hulu. Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant talk with Sherry Linkon about the first season of the show, set in a Chicago sandwich shop. Sherry teaches at Georgetown and co-edits the Working-Class Perspectives blog.Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman.@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @jakesfriedman#thedisneyrevolt @WCPerspectives @TheBearFX