Working Life

If you are shaking off the cobwebs from way too much surfing, watching and texting about every bit of Election Day trivia, then, you are an elections junkie. So, buckle up: I’ve got a great episode to keep that addiction fed. Listen again to Beto O’Rourke talk about the campaign as he rode in his […]

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I know no more than the next person about what the mid-term election results will be. But, what I can do is bring you, exclusively, the thinking in this episode of Celinda Lake, one of the nation’s leading Democratic and issues pollsters, who tells us what is driving voters right now just days before the […]

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Thousands of drivers in the app-driven ride service business, principally those who work for Uber and Lyft, just can’t make ends meet—and the whole scramble has created a race-to-the-bottom in which companies impoverish the very people who bring in the cash (sound familiar?). To get an insight into the plight of such drivers, I speak […]

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I am devoting the entire podcast this week to Rebecca Traister’s new book, “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger”. I rarely do books on this show because, once you start, where do you draw the line on what I *have* to read? But, this is an important topic—I had the chance to […]

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I’ve been featuring dozens of progressive candidates running at all levels. Many of them have not won their races, largely primaries. But, as I’ve said before, the conversation that such progressive bring to a race is so key—especially in more conservative areas. So, I talk to Mike Ellison, a working class union member, who is […]

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It doesn’t matter where a woman sits on the political spectrum—solid majorities of Democratic, Independent and Republican women support policies you could term “progressive”. I talk with Celinda Lake, a long-time national pollster who conducted a just-released survey, which points to a powerful wave of women voters who will shape the coming election. And they […]

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I know—you’re shocked, shocked to hear that major drug companies are dodging taxes & stashing billions in tax havens around the world. Oxfam’s Robbie Silverman joins me to talk about the organization’s blockbuster report, and how Big Pharma’s Gang of Four is hurting millions of people. Then, it’s over to the nation’s Capitol where the […]

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A quick “birthday” promo: you are listening to the 100th episode of the podcast. Make today the day you become one of our small financial supporters—go to workinglife.org, click on the Patreon link and sign up to be a monthly contributor. Every bite of food you take contains a lot of sweat and tears of […]

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Anonymous did, in fact, do us a great favor—but probably not in the way he or she (most likely a “he”) thinks. I ruminate a bit on the point I have made for a long time—Anonymous simply showed us that Donald Trump and the Republican Party, as a whole, are one and the same. I, […]

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Curious which states have a better work environment? We have the answer thanks to Oxfam which unveils a ranking based on wages, worker protections and the right to organize a union. I chat about the details with Oxfam’s Minor Sinclair. I, then, welcome back Alicia Priest, president of the Oklahoma Education Association, for a chat […]

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