
Back Again!
05/19/21 • 18 min
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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Podcast website: essentialworkpodcast.org
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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 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
Please review us and give us five stars on Apple Podcasts!
Please support this podcast and our sponsoring organization: battleofhomestead.org
Podcast website: essentialworkpodcast.org
Comment line: (412) 326-9435
Email: [email protected]
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.
Previous Episode

Farming for the Future: Community & Urban Gardening
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:
Please review us and give us five stars on Apple Podcasts!
Please support this podcast and our sponsoring organization: battleofhomestead.org
Podcast website: essentialworkpodcast.org
Comment line: (412) 326-9435
Email: [email protected]
Logo by Brittany Sheets: bsheetscreative.com
Original Music by Jason Kendall: jasonkendallproductions.com
Audio Engineering consu
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.
Next Episode

Microloans for Hidden Peoples
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
Please review us and give us five stars on Apple Podcasts!
Podcast website: essentialworkpodcast.org
Comment line: (412) 326-9435
Email: [email protected]
Audio Engineering support and consulting provided by Angela Baughman: thatsoundgirl.com
Logo by Brittany Sheets: bsheetscreative.com
Original Music by Jason Kendall: jasonkendallproductions.com
Please support this podcast and our sponsoring organization:
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.
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