64. Good Friday Miracle - Audio Essay - Pandemic Nurse’s Diary - A Tribute to Healthcare Workers Fighting Covid-19
12/15/20 • 7 min
Veteran nurse and Hard Ball Press Publisher, Timothy Sheard, worked with Nurse T (alias used to protect her identity), to write an account of true stories about life and death in a New York City’s Intensive Care Unit during the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020.
To promote this powerful book, Empathy Media Lab and the Labor Radio Podcast Network interviewed Tim about this project and produced audio readings of essays to support emergency medical service workers who risked their lives in order to care for the frightened patients suffering from Covid-19 and their loved ones.
Audio Essays of the Pandemic Nurses Diary
Essay read by Kim Hoyer, Nurse Coordinator at Riverside University Health System, Los Angeles California. Produced by Evan Matthew Papp, Executive Producer of Empathy Media Lab.
Hard Ball Press is the Premier Publisher of Working Class Life
For this holiday season support independent publishers focusing on labor issues and buy a book for yourself or a loved one that will celebrate working class writers, strengthen social justice solidarity, and combat the anti-labor and anti-working class assaults by the ruling class.
Hard Ball Press is dedicated to mentoring working class writers and putting their stories into print, so the world can see their faces, hear their voices, and join them in their struggles.
Check out the catalogue at HARD BALL & LITTLE HEROES PRESS - Stories To Change the World.
Veteran nurse and Hard Ball Press Publisher, Timothy Sheard, worked with Nurse T (alias used to protect her identity), to write an account of true stories about life and death in a New York City’s Intensive Care Unit during the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020.
To promote this powerful book, Empathy Media Lab and the Labor Radio Podcast Network interviewed Tim about this project and produced audio readings of essays to support emergency medical service workers who risked their lives in order to care for the frightened patients suffering from Covid-19 and their loved ones.
Audio Essays of the Pandemic Nurses Diary
Essay read by Kim Hoyer, Nurse Coordinator at Riverside University Health System, Los Angeles California. Produced by Evan Matthew Papp, Executive Producer of Empathy Media Lab.
Hard Ball Press is the Premier Publisher of Working Class Life
For this holiday season support independent publishers focusing on labor issues and buy a book for yourself or a loved one that will celebrate working class writers, strengthen social justice solidarity, and combat the anti-labor and anti-working class assaults by the ruling class.
Hard Ball Press is dedicated to mentoring working class writers and putting their stories into print, so the world can see their faces, hear their voices, and join them in their struggles.
Check out the catalogue at HARD BALL & LITTLE HEROES PRESS - Stories To Change the World.
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63. In the ICU - Pandemic Nurse’s Diary - A Tribute to Healthcare Workers Fighting Covid-19
Veteran nurse and Hard Ball Press Publisher, Timothy Sheard, worked with Nurse T (alias used to protect her identity), to write an account of true stories about life and death in a New York City’s Intensive Care Unit during the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020.
To promote this powerful book, Empathy Media Lab and the Labor Radio Podcast Network interviewed Tim about this project and produced audio readings of essays to support emergency medical service workers who risked their lives in order to care for the frightened patients suffering from Covid-19 and their loved ones.
Hard Ball Press is the Premier Publisher of Working Class Life
For this holiday season support independent publishers focusing on labor issues and buy a book for yourself or a loved one that will celebrate working class writers, strengthen social justice solidarity, and combat the anti-labor and anti-working class assaults by the ruling class.
Hard Ball Press is dedicated to mentoring working class writers and putting their stories into print, so the world can see their faces, hear their voices, and join them in their struggles.
Check out the catalogue at HARD BALL & LITTLE HEROES PRESS - Stories To Change the World.
Audio Essays of the Pandemic Nurses Diary
Essay read by Kim Hoyer, Nurse Coordinator at Riverside University Health System, Los Angeles California. Produced by Evan Matthew Papp, Executive Producer of Empathy Media Lab.
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65. Kayla Blado, President NPEU & Timothy Sheard, Publisher of Hard Ball Press - LRPN Weekly Livestream
Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews labor leaders about current labor issues with rotating hosts made up of network members. On December 16th, hosts Evan Papp of Empathy Media Lab and Patrick Dixon of Labor History Today interviewed Kayla Blado, President Nonprofit Professional Employees Union & Timothy Sheard, Publisher of Hard Ball Press. Kayla Blado, President Nonprofit Professional Employees Union Kayla discussed why white collar workers need unions, unionization efforts for nonprofit workers, and how organizing/bargaining is different during the pandemic. Learn more at https://npeu.org/. Timothy Sheard, Publisher of Hard Ball Press Tim discussed a new book called A Pandemic Nurse’s Diary and why publishing labor books and supporting labor centric writers is important in building collective solidarity. Learn more at https://hardballpress.com. Additional Media: News and History: Radio Labour for Wednesday, Dec 16: Teachers are key to opening schools safely, available at radiolabour.net. Rick Smith of the Rick Smith Show reads Labor History in 2:00: Another Hard Fought Victory https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/december-14-another-hard-won-victory/ Music: “Lullaby” by the Pandemics - https://hardballpress.com/pandemic-songs.html “None of Us are Free” by DC Labor Chorus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PymAc3fog Credits: Hosts Evan Papp of Empathy Media Lab and Patrick Dixon of Labor History Today Executive Producer Chris Garlock of Union City Radio Sound engineer, broadcast producer, and editing by Evan Matthew Papp of Empathy Media Lab. About the Labor Radio Podcast Network The Labor Radio Podcast Network is both a one-stop shop for audiences looking for labor content and a resource for labor broadcasters and podcasters. Resources include a weekly podcast summarizing shows produced by network members, marketing on social media, a website listing network shows and how audiences can find them, a database for contacting expert guests, access to a private listserv for Network members, and a weekly video call to increase solidarity and support amongst members. Launched in April 2020, the Labor Radio Podcast Network focuses on working class issues that are often overlooked in the corporate-controlled media. The goal of the network is to help raise the voices of working people and strengthen organized labor to demand and achieve better treatment from workplaces and elected officials. If you are a journalist interested in learning more or if you’re a labor radio or podcast producer and want to join the network, contact us at [email protected]. Follow the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using the hashtag #LaborRadioPod or visit the website at: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/LaborRadioNet/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/laborradionet INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/laborradionet/ WEEKLY PODCAST NETWORK SUMMARY: https://laborradiopodcastweekly.podbean.com/ #LaborRadioPod #1U #UnionStrong
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