Belabored Podcast #125: Striking to Live in the Age of Trump
Organizers and participants in three recent strikes—the Yemeni bodega strike, the taxi workers’ strike at JFK airport, and last year’s Verizon strike—discuss labor under Trump.
Spring 2025
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Belabored Podcast #124: College Dreams and College Schemes, with Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom talks about her new book, Lower Ed, and why the expansion of the for-profit college industry is a labor issue.
Belabored Podcast #123: Marching on Mississippi, with Morris Mock and Danny Glover
Actor and activist Danny Glover and worker Morris Mock talk about the March on Mississippi and the fight for a union at the state’s Nissan plant.
Belabored Podcast #122: Immigrants Strike Back at the White House
Following last week’s Day Without Immigrants, organizers share their insights about how to fight Trump at work and in the streets.
Hot & Bothered Podcast #11: A Just Transition for New York State? With Franchelle Hart
From the Rust Belt to the Big Apple, a coalition of grassroots groups across New York state is showing what local climate policy can do in the age of Trump.
Belabored Podcast #121: Trading Our Rights Away? With Arthur Stamoulis and John Cavanagh
Will Trump’s renegotiated trade deals be any better for workers—in the United States and abroad—than the old ones?
Belabored Podcast #120: Meet the New Boss, with Andrew Stettner
Andrew Stettner of the Century Foundation joins us to talk about Trump’s cabinet picks, and what they mean for labor.
Hot & Bothered Podcast #10: Into the Abyss
Four guests join us for back-to-back interviews on how the climate movement is gearing up to resist Trump’s agenda and build toward a radically different future.
Belabored Podcast #119: The No-Rights-At-Work Attack, with Bill Londrigan
Bill Londrigan of the Kentucky AFL-CIO joins us to talk about the right-to-work bill that just passed in his state, and the fight to maintain union power under a hostile regime.
Hot & Bothered Podcast #9: A Holiday Gift for Climate Wonks, with Kevin Ummel
Data scientist Kevin Ummel joins Daniel to discuss carbon, consumption, cities, and how climate policies should reflect them.
Belabored Podcast #118: Fighting for Sanctuary and Solidarity
Rosanna Aran and Christina Fox of #SomosVisibles join us to talk about immigrant organizing in New York under Trump.
Hot & Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips
What does fighting environmental racism really look like? Daniel talks to Dawn Phillips, a lead organizer with Causa Justa-Just Cause, which has been leading the fight against “green” gentrification in the Bay Area. And Kate reports from Standing Rock, where Native activists are looking ahead to the long term.
Belabored Podcast #117: Welcome to the Resistance, with Barbara Madeloni
Massachusetts Teachers Association President Barbara Madeloni joins us to talk about an election victory for public education, and how labor should respond to Donald Trump.
Hot & Bothered Podcast #7: What Trump’s Victory Means for the Climate Movement
Kate and Daniel try to wrap their heads around climate politics in the age of Trump, and how movements can step up to defeat his extremist agenda.
Belabored Podcast #116: Facing Labor and Politics Under Trump
We look at some bright spots from the election, including the story of how a unique labor-community coalition in Arizona helped defeat the reelection bid of the infamous bigot Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
