Back in September, the workers of Willy Street Co-op voted overwhelmingly to unionize, joining the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America and forming UE Local 1186. On this episode, we hear from Willy Street workers and union bargaining team members Thayer Reed and Demi Brock-Montgomery about the collective bargaining process and labor conditions […]
Women’s Voices in the Public Sphere
Research has shown time and again that women’s voices are judged more harshly than men’s. For example, on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was criticized for having an off-putting “shrill” voice. Younger women are often mocked or taken less seriously for their use of “vocal fry,” which became headline news in 2015 and […]
Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America with Alissa Quar...
Alissa Quart’s new book Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America has been compared to Barbara Ehrenreich’s seminal work Nickled and Dimed. It offers an important account of the economic hardship of everyday Americans trying to afford housing, healthcare, and the soaring costs of raising children. Today on the podcast, we feature Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd’s interview […]
Music and Musings — Don K Shares Music and Thoughts on our C...
Music and Musings — Don Kliese shares “an hour of music and deep(?) thoughts on our current social mess.” In truth, with the help of music from the likes of Megadeth and Queensriche and Alice in Chains, Don expresses the anger, frustration, and despair many share about the situation in the world today. He also […]
Nicole Gruter’s Organizational Tips
Nicole Gruter has spent nearly 10 years of personally working through every stage of de-cluttering, downsizing, and letting go. She joins Friday Buzz host Jonathan Zarov to share her experience and passion for living with less. Nicole also writes and performs original work, organizes events for the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium, and slings drinks at […]
A Labor Day Conversation with David Graeber, author of Bullshit Jobs
A 2015 YouGov survey revealed that 37% of working British adults think their jobs do not make a meaningful contribution to the world. Similarly, 40% of workers in the Netherlands reported that their jobs had no good reason to exist. Why are so many 21st century workers trapped in useless, meaningless jobs? On today’s special […]
