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Air Date: 3/27/2026

Today we examine the relationship between labor education, moral ambition, and the possibility of a better world. We'll hear about IWW members building a "Philosophy 101" for organizers, a historian's argument that humanity is fundamentally cooperative rather than selfish, and why getting labor history into public schools may be one of the most important organizing projects of our time.

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TOP TAKES

KP 1: A Case for Human Decency (by Rutger Bregman) Part 1 - Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso - Air Date 10-25-20

KP 2: 73 Ben Fletcher, Part 1 - Working Class History - Air Date 6-5-23

KP 3: Striking At Kings Part 1 - Labor Heritage Power Hour - Air Date 2-12-26

KP 4: The Unsung Women of the Labor Movement with Jenny Kaplan Part 1 - The Bright Side - Air Date 9-2-24

KP 5: Climate Justice Through Collective Liberation Mikaela Loach Part 1 - This Is Hell! - Air Date 8-6-25

KP 6: Are We Trapped In Meaningless Jobs (With Rutger Bregman) Part 1 - Lever Time - Air Date 12-18-25

(00:49:56) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Solidarity Isn't a Feeling — It's a Structure (And Bosses Know It)

Requiem for the Wagner Act

DEEPER DIVES

(01:01:40) SECTION A: HISTORY

A1: Restoration, Revolution and English Enlightenment - The History of England - Air Date 11-9-25

A2: 73 Ben Fletcher, Part 1 Part 2 - Working Class History - Air Date 6-5-23

A3: UNLOCKED Overtime Episode 43 - The General Strike in US History Pt 3 - Work Stoppage - Air Date 1-23-26

A4: The Unsung Women of the Labor Movement with Jenny Kaplan Part 2 - The Bright Side - Air Date 9-2-24

A5: UNLOCKED Overtime Episode 43 - The General Strike in US History Pt 3 Part 2 - Work Stoppage - Air Date 1-23-26

(01:40:45) SECTION B: ORGANIZING

B1: Eugene Debs' Winning a World Speech, 1904 - Bucckeyye Historin - Air Date 9-28-24

B2: What Does It Mean To Be Member Run Part 1 - One Big Podcast - Air Date 6-6-21

B3: Revisiting the Legacy of the Fight for $15 (with Yannet Lathrop and Dr. T. William Lester) Part 1 - Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer - Air Date 8-27-24

B4: What Does It Mean To Be Member Run Part 2 - One Big Podcast - Air Date 6-6-21

B5: Are We Trapped In Meaningless Jobs (With Rutger Bregman) Part 2 - Lever Time - Air Date 12-18-25

(02:24:47) SECTION C: EDUCATION

C1: IWW Education and Organizing in Higher Ed Part 1 - One Big Podcast - Air Date 1-17-26

C2: Striking At Kings Part 2 - Labor Heritage Power Hour - Air Date 2-12-26

C3: Revisiting the Legacy of the Fight for $15 (with Yannet Lathrop and Dr. T. William Lester) Part 2 - Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer - Air Date 8-27-24

C4: IWW Education and Organizing in Higher Ed Part 2 - One Big Podcast - Air Date 1-17-26

(02:55:10) SECTION D: VISION

D1: A Case for Human Decency (by Rutger Bregman) Part 2 - Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso - Air Date 10-25-20

D2: Cornel West Hope Is Spiritual Armor Against Modern Society's Spiritual Warfare - Big Think - Air Date 7-27-17

D3: The Importance Of Revolutionary Optimism - Second Thought - Air Date 10-8-21

D4: Climate Justice Through Collective Liberation Mikaela Loach Part 2 - This Is Hell! - Air Date 8-6-25

SHOW IMAGE CREDITS

Description: Photo of a worker at a Fight for $15 rally calling into a megaphone while the crowd behind her holds protest signs.

Credit: "Fast food workers on strike for higher minimum wage and better benefits" by Fibonacci Blue, Flickr | CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Cropped

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