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A 21st Century WPA: Back from Halimuhfack
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs
10/24/20 • 57 min
Episode 8 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation:
A 21st Century WPA: Back from Halimuhfack
Taking a look at the most impactful and ambitious employment program in American history: the Works Progress Administration, or WPA
Includes:
1. Nathan Ruggles talks with Max Page of the University of Massachusetts Amherst about his recent piece in Labor Notes entitled “In the Face of Mass Unemployment, We Need a 21st Century WPA.” Page is Professor of Architecture and a Director of Historic Preservation Initiatives and Vice President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association. They review the powerful past legacy of the WPA, his proposal for a WPA for today, and a vision for what such a program could mean for the future.
2. Larry McCullough follows up with a song recording that directly resulted from WPA initiatives: “Halimuhfack” by Zora Neale Hurston. Nathan and Larry also discuss the latest news from the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
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Year in Re/Pre-view (Part 2)
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs
02/16/22 • 22 min
Episode 3-2 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
Part 2 of our Year in Review/Year in Preview with labor leader Rosemary Trump and labor historian Dr. Charles McCollester. They continue their discussion with host Nathan Ruggles on a range of issues facing workers on the job and in society today.
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Original Music Composed and Recorded by: Jason Kendall (jasonkendallproductions.com)
Promotion and additional support by Larry McCullough (Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Chair)
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Investing in Communities to Build a New Economy: A Marshall Plan for Middle America
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs
12/05/20 • 53 min
This is Episode 10 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
"Investing in Communities to Build a New Economy: A Marshall Plan for Middle America"
Includes:
1. A feature interview from host Patricia DeMarco (https://patriciademarco.com), this time with Tom Croft, Managing Director of Heartland Capital Strategies (www.heartlandnetwork.org) and Executive Director of the Steel Valley Authority (www.steelvalley.org). They discuss the Marshall Plan for Middle America Roadmap along with responsible investing and its impact on economies and communities. They also delve into layoff aversion, innovative economic policy, and investment in sustainable energy, and what it all means for jobs in the Appalachian region and beyond.
- Reimagine Appalachia: https://reimagineappalachia.org
- “Pathways to a New Economy that Works for All of Us”: With her thirty-year career in energy and environmental policy in both the private and public sector, Dr. DeMarco regularly addresses labor, environment and health considerations as she explores Re-Imagining America with her guests -- all amazing experts and change agents -- who are building those positive pathways toward a sustainable future.
2. Larry McCullough takes a look at recent episodes and previews upcoming stories in the YouTube series “Charlie’s Monday Marker” with host Nathan Ruggles. He also invites listeners to contribute their ideas for future programming by the Battle of Homestead Foundation (email [email protected]). As with each episode, it wraps with a music selection from Larry. This time, it’s a historic folk song composed by Slovakian immigrant Andrew Kovaly, and recorded by Vivian Richman, preserved as part of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress:
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Pathways to a New Economy that Works for Us
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs
10/17/20 • 37 min
Episode 7 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation:
Pathways to a New Economy that Works for Us
Includes:
1. Patty DeMarco returns with Pathways to a New Economy. Her feature interview is with teacher, activist and organizer Michael Bagdes-Canning. They talk dirty jobs and clean ones, failing industry and green, along with fracking and climate change.
- Dr. Patricia DeMarco: patriciademarco.com
- Michael Bagdes-Canning: mikeforpa64.com
2. Larry McCullough joins host Nathan Ruggles with the latest from the Battle of Homestead Foundation, and his music selections -- including a live studio surprise -- related to the feature theme of the episode.
- “Paradise” by John Prine
- “Freakin Frackin” by Jay Kulstad, from the album: World Gone Blind, available on Apple Music and Spotify.
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In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
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Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
Compliments of Your Waitress (ROC Part 1)
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs
09/12/20 • 43 min
Episode 3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
Includes:
- A feature examining the struggles of food service workers through a conversation with Pittsburgh representatives of the nonprofit organization The Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC). Nathan Ruggles talks with organizer and former server Bobbit Linskens, and local barista and member of ROC, Abbey Rideout. Topics in this multipart interview include their experiences on the job, the issues they and other workers in the industry have been facing, the particular challenges for restaurant workers under a pandemic, the work ROC has done to help struggling workers, and their hopes for the future. (Part 2 will appear in a special bonus episode!)
- A spotlight on upcoming free online events hosted by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Communication Manager Larry McCollough provides the latest. The episode closes (as always) with a song selected by Larry, this time inspired by the restaurant worker: “Compliments of Your Waitress” from eclectic English band Chumbawanda (known for their 1997 hit “Tubthumping.”)
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Logo by Brittany Sheets: bsheetscreative.com
Original Music by Jason Kendall: Jasonkendallproductions.com
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In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
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Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
ReImaging an Economy for All (Premiere Episode!)
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs
08/28/20 • 45 min
This is the premiere episode of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
The episode features:
- Discussion between host Nathan Ruggles and John Haer, current President of the Battle of Homestead Foundation, about the organization, it’s mission, and why it’s starting a podcast.
- As part of her regular segment Pathways to a New Economy, looking at labor, environment and health, Patty DeMarco interviews one of the leaders of the new ReImagine Appalachia initiative: Amanda Woodrum, of Policy Matters Ohio. They discuss the origins of this project to forge a new blueprint for the future of the region and beyond, with exciting proposals for developments around the economy, jobs, and the environment.
- Nathan Ruggles talks with Battle of Homestead communications manager and labor music aficionado Larry McCullough, introducing the regular final segment in which they take the show out on a song. They discuss this weeks selection, “Four Loom Weaver,” along with some of the latest news and events from the organization.
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Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
A Year in Work Re/Pre-view (Part 1)
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs
01/25/22 • 45 min
Episode 3-1 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
A New Year and new season on the podcast!
Long-time friends of the show, labor leader Rosemary Trump and labor historian Dr. Charles McCollester join host Nathan Ruggles for a Year in Review/Year in Preview on a range of issues facing workers on the job and in society today.
- Film: Don't Look Up on Netflix
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Bonus: The $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs
12/23/21 • 11 min
Episode 2-5 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
A bonus previously unreleased excerpt from our interview with entrepreneur and author Jeff Wald., in which he talks about his $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize with host Nathan Ruggles. In the last episode, they had an in-depth conversation of Jeff’s book The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations. Check out that in Episode 2-4 here.
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Edited by: Nathan Ruggles, with Angela Baughman.
Audio Engineering consulting: Angela Baughman (thatsoundgirl.com)
Log Design: Brittany Sheets (bsheetscreative.com)
Original Music Composed and Recorded by: Jason Kendall (jasonkendallproductions.com)
Marketing by Larry McCullough (Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Chair), with Nathan Ruggles
In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
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Industrial Revolutions and On-Demand Workers
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs
12/09/21 • 64 min
Episode 2-4 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
Host Nathan Ruggles discusses the book The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations with author Jeff Wald. A best-selling writer, tech entrepreneur, angel investor, founder of WorkMarket and Spinback, Jeff examines how companies and workers reacted to the last three industrial revolutions. They review this history of work and his analysis of how it has led to the current state of the labor market, along with how workers, companies and societies might respond to the coming Rise of the Robots.
Watch for a special podcast Bonus Episode coming soon, with special additional content from the interview, in which they discuss Jeff’s $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize.
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- Hosted by: Nathan Ruggles (nathanruggles.com)
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- Edited by: Angela Baughman, with Nathan Ruggles
- Audio Engineer: Angela Baughman (thatsoundgirl.com)
- Log Design: Brittany Sheets (bsheetscreative.com)
- Original Music Composed and Recorded by: Jason Kendall (jasonkendallproductions.com)
- Marketing by Larry McCullough (Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Chair), with Nathan Ruggles
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Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
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Dr. Joe Trotter and Black Labor in the Making of America
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs
11/23/21 • 43 min
This is Episode 2-3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
Nathan Ruggles hosts our feature interview Dr. Joe Trotter is the Giant Eagle University Professor of History and Social Justice and past History Department Chair at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also the Director and Founder of Carnegie Mellon’s Center for African American Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE), President Elect of the Urban History Association and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His latest publication is Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America (University of California Press, 2019).
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- Log Design: Brittany Sheets (bsheetscreative.com)
- Original Music Composed and Recorded by: Jason Kendall (jasonkendallproductions.com)
- Marketing by Larry McCullough (Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Chair), with Nathan Ruggles
In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
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Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs have?
Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs currently has 18 episodes available.
What topics does Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Labor, Future Of Work, History, Work, Environment, Podcasts and Technology.
What is the most popular episode on Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs?
The episode title 'Year in Re/Pre-view (Part 2)' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs?
The average episode length on Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs is 45 minutes.
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Episodes of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs?
The first episode of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs was released on Aug 28, 2020.
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