Broadcast on January 4, 2024
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant
This week's show: AFSCME president Lee Saunders on his favorite labor song; Labor’s Troubadour Joe Glazer on the song’s history; novelist Rachel Kushner on "We Want Everything," Nanni Balestrini’s classic novel about the Italian Fiat workers’ strike that led to a mass uprising; and folksinger Si Kahn launches a new feature, “The Story Behind the Song”.
Plus Labor History in 2:00.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman.
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