Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs

Season 2, Episode 2 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 with the co-founders of ASA Social Fund for Hidden Peoples: Dr. Louis Picard and Pauline Greenlick. They discuss microloans, and how they provide financial resources and support to qualified individuals and groups -- particularly to vulnerable and fragile children and adults beset by strife, disability, or trauma in Uganda -- helping them build sustainable, successful business enterprises. We take a look through our unique lens of past, present, and future: getting the all-important background to their organization, hearing the stories of the microloan recipients, along with discussing what lies beyond the impact of the pandemic.

• ASA Social Fund for Hidden Peoples: https://asasocialfundforhiddenpeoples.org
• Pauline Greenlick’s films for the organization and IMDb page
• Dr. Louis Picard at The University of Pittsburgh

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Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.

This is Season 2, Episode 1 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.

The start of a new season!

Host Nathan Ruggles talks with Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Manager and music guru Larry McCullough. After a quick check-in and look back on the organization, Larry kicks off this season with a selection from the cannon of presidential campaign songs. He reviews the New Lost City Ramblers and their version of “Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Back Again,” from their album “Songs from the Depression”, with a look back at its place in the tradition of both music and presidential politics.

“Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Back Again” on YouTube Music

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Logo by Brittany Sheets: bsheetscreative.com

Original Music by Jason Kendall: jasonkendallproductions.com

Audio Engineering consulting and assistance provided by Angela Baughman: thatsoundgirl.com

In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
Show your support today at battleofhomestead.org.
Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.

This is Episode 11 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.

Including:

1. Patricia DeMarco (https://patriciademarco.com) hosts our feature interview with Rayden Sorock, Director of Community Projects for Grow Pittsburgh, who has worked to support the growth and sustainability of more than 100 community gardens in Allegheny County over 9 years. They discuss initiatives around urban agriculture and preserving fertile land in Pittsburgh to feed people, along with ideas of regenerative agriculture.

• Grow Pittsburgh: growpittsburgh.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. Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Manager Larry McCullough talks with host Nathan Ruggles, reviewing the online programming from the past year -- including the YouTube series “Charlie’s Monday Marker” -- and inviting listeners to contribute ideas for future events (email [email protected]). The episode wraps with a music selection from Larry. This time, it’s an example of a Mexican-American corrido with a labor and political theme. The song is composed by Rumel Fuentes, and recorded in 1976 by Los Pinguinos Del Norte, preserved as part of the Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings at UCLA:

• Corrido de César Chávez

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Original Music by Jason Kendall: jasonkendallproductions.com

Audio Engineering consulting a

In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
Show your support today at battleofhomestead.org.
Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.

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:

• “Aja Lejber Man” (I’m a Working Man)

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Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.

This is Episode 9 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.

Working Over Time: What’s at Stake in Election 2020

Includes:

1. Commentators Rosemary Trump and Charlie McCollester return just in time for Election Day with their regular feature Working Over Time. They discuss what’s at stake for working people , with host Nathan Ruggles, the origins of current issues, and look ahead to what we might expect both post-election and in 2021.
2. Larry McCullough talks over the latest from the Battle of Homestead Foundation (including the ongoing YouTube series “Charlie’s Monday Marker”) The episode wraps with an inspired music selection from Larry, a folk song among the many found and recorded over decades by journalist George Korson, and which are now part of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress:

• “This Is What the Union Done” by Uncle George Jones

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Logo by Brittany Sheets: bsheetscreative.com

Original Music by Jason Kendall: jasonkendallproductions.com

Audio Engineering consulting and assistance provided by Angela Baughman: thatsoundgirl.com

In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
Show your support today at battleofhomestead.org.
Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.