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

Brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Bringing you stories and struggles, people and perspectives, interviews and commentaries, all on the world of work yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The program explores a wide range of social and economic topics impacting the way we work, presented through a unique historical perspective. Interviews feature local and national guests -- change agents, activists, experts, workers, researchers, and more. | Website: essentialworkpodcast.org | Listener line: 412-326-9435 | Contact us with comments, questions, & suggestions: https://bit.ly/35nMSAd | Sign up for Listener Alerts: https://bit.ly/3tZTMWn | Please support this podcast and the organization: battleofhomestead.org | Host, Producer, Program Manager: Nathan Ruggles (nathanruggles.org) | Host, Pathways to a New Economy that Works for All of Us (addressing labor, environment and health): Dr. Patricia DeMarco (patriciademarco.com) | Feature commentators: Rosemary Trump, Dr. Charles McCollester. | Production advisor: Angela Baughman (thatsoundgirl.com) | Logo design: Brittany Sheets (bsheetscreative.com) | Original Music by Jason Kendall (Jasonkendallproductions.com) | Essential Work is available on popular podcast platforms and apps.

Episodes

Year in Re/Pre-view (Part 2)

Episode 3-2 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation....

February 15, 2022 • Season 3 • Episode 2 • 22:46

A Year in Work Re/Pre-view (Part 1)

Episode 3-1 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation....

January 25, 2022 • Season 3 • Episode 1 • 45:14

Bonus: The $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize

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 previo...

December 23, 2021 • Season 2 • Episode 5 • 11:53

Industrial Revolutions and On-Demand Workers

Episode 2-4 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Host

December 09, 2021 • Season 2 • Episode 4 • 1:04:15

Dr. Joe Trotter and Black Labor in the Making of America

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.

November 23, 2021 • Season 2 • Episode 3 • 43:54

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.

June 24, 2021 • Season 2 • Episode 2 • 1:18:17

Back Again!

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.<...

May 19, 2021 • Season 2 • Episode 1 • 18:36

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.Includi...

February 10, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 11 • 47:44

Investing in Communities to Build a New Economy: A Marshall Plan for Middle America

This is Episode 10 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation."Inv...

December 05, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 10 • 53:24

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

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 ...

October 31, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 9 • 1:00:28

A 21st Century WPA: Back from Halimuhfack

Episode 8 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation:A 21st Centur...

October 24, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 8 • 57:37

Pathways to a New Economy that Works for Us

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 Ne...

October 16, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 7 • 37:40

¡Que Viva Clemente!

Episode 6 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Includes:...

October 09, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 6 • 1:00:19

Serving It Up Pandemic-Style (ROC Part 3)

Episode 5 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Final episode in...

October 02, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 5 • 34:17

Nickeled and Dimed (ROC Part 2)

Episode 4 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Includes:...

September 19, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 4 • 35:38

Compliments of Your Waitress (ROC Part 1)

Episode 3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Includes:

September 12, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 3 • 43:48

We Just Come to Work Here (We Don't Come to Die)

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

September 05, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 2 • 50:30

ReImaging an Economy for All (Premiere Episode!)

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....

August 28, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 1 • 45:42