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Know Your Enemy: Suburban Woman, with Dorothy Fortenberry  

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ October 30, 2020

Dorothy Fortenberry, playwright and writer on The Handmaid’s Tale, talks about gender and politics, the work women do, the importance of institutions, the #Resistance, and more.



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Misery at the Happiest Place on Earth  

Michelle Chen ▪ October 29, 2020

A massive round of Disney Parks layoffs is acutely felt in Florida.



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Know Your Enemy: On the Road to Reaganland, with Rick Perlstein and Leon Neyfakh  

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ October 23, 2020

A discussion about “Fiasco: The Battle for Boston,” the weird and wild 1970s, and Ronald Reagan’s path to victory.



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Teachers’ Aides Adjust to the COVID Classroom  

Michelle Chen ▪ October 22, 2020

In-person, hybrid, and remote teaching all present different challenges for paraeducators.



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Belabored: Essential but Excluded, with Nadia Marin-Molina  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ October 16, 2020

Community and labor groups are campaigning for equal benefits for undocumented immigrants and other workers excluded from the coronavirus relief packages.



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Belabored: The Senate Fiddles While America Burns, with Rebecca Dixon  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ October 2, 2020

The Democrats in the House just passed a new stimulus bill, but what are its odds of passing the Senate? Rebecca Dixon of the National Employment Law Project breaks it down.



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Belabored: Is it Safe to Go Back to School?  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 18, 2020

Three education workers talk about school reopening, and their struggle to protect their health and that of their students.



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Know Your Enemy: Not Even Past, with Jamelle Bouie  

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ September 15, 2020

Matt and Sam are joined by New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie for a wide-ranging discussion of how conservatives (and liberals and leftists) use American history to make political claims in the present.



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Belabored Podcast #205: Wildcat Sports Strike Wave, with Dave Zirin  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 4, 2020

The athletic strikes may have been short-lived, but they made a huge impact, disrupting the pretense of normalcy that sports entertainment normally helps viewers create.



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Detroit’s Embattled Nursing Home Workers Delay Strike  

Michelle Chen ▪ August 21, 2020

After a plea from Governor Whitmer, nursing home workers will suspend a planned strike for thirty days while negotiations continue. The drive for collective action comes after months of stress and anguish.   



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Belabored Podcast #204: Protect the Post Office  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 21, 2020

As public fear rises over potential disruptions to mail-in voting in the lead-up to the election, we talk with three postal workers about what’s happening to our mail and the people who handle it.



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Family Child-Care Providers Unionize in California  

Michelle Chen ▪ August 11, 2020

Rosa Carreño hopes her new union will lead to more support from the state. “The parents can’t go to work if they don’t have a safe place for their children to stay.”



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Know Your Enemy: Know Your Frenemies, with Samuel Moyn  

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ August 10, 2020

A conversation with historian Samuel Moyn on the Never Trump movement, a collection of conservative intellectuals and Republican operatives trying to consolidate the so-called political center against not just Trump but also the left.



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Belabored Podcast #203: What the Pandemic Taught Us About Basic Income, with Barb Jacobson  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 7, 2020

The beginning of the pandemic saw governments around the world experimenting with ways to pay people to stay home. What have we learned?



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“I’m Not Going to Risk My Life for Lipstick”  

Michelle Chen ▪ August 5, 2020

Sephora workers are weighing their growing economic insecurity against the health risks of returning.



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