Belabored: Trump’s Broken Promises
Trump and Pence claim that industrial jobs are “booming” under their leadership. In Lordstown and Indianapolis, local labor organizers tell a different story.
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Know Your Enemy: Suburban Woman, with Dorothy Fortenberry
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.
Misery at the Happiest Place on Earth
A massive round of Disney Parks layoffs is acutely felt in Florida.
Know Your Enemy: On the Road to Reaganland, with Rick Perlstein and Leon Neyfakh
A discussion about “Fiasco: The Battle for Boston,” the weird and wild 1970s, and Ronald Reagan’s path to victory.
Teachers’ Aides Adjust to the COVID Classroom
In-person, hybrid, and remote teaching all present different challenges for paraeducators.
Belabored: Essential but Excluded, with Nadia Marin-Molina
Community and labor groups are campaigning for equal benefits for undocumented immigrants and other workers excluded from the coronavirus relief packages.
Belabored: The Senate Fiddles While America Burns, with Rebecca Dixon
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.
Belabored: Is it Safe to Go Back to School?
Three education workers talk about school reopening, and their struggle to protect their health and that of their students.
Know Your Enemy: Not Even Past, with Jamelle Bouie
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.
Belabored Podcast #205: Wildcat Sports Strike Wave, with Dave Zirin
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.
Detroit’s Embattled Nursing Home Workers Delay Strike
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.
Belabored Podcast #204: Protect the Post Office
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.
Family Child-Care Providers Unionize in California
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.”
Know Your Enemy: Know Your Frenemies, with Samuel Moyn
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.
Belabored Podcast #203: What the Pandemic Taught Us About Basic Income, with Barb Jacobson
The beginning of the pandemic saw governments around the world experimenting with ways to pay people to stay home. What have we learned?
