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Social Wealth Funds with Matt Bruenig from 2018-07-30T18:01:56
Matt Bruenig, founder of the People's Policy Project, joins We The Podcast to discuss wealth inequality and a potential solution: a social wealth fund. With similar concepts already implemented in ...
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Nancy Altman - Medicare For All from 2018-07-27T17:56:54
Social Security Works' Nancy Altman joins Rep. Keith Ellison remotely to discuss why Medicare for All is more efficient than the privatized health insurance status quo, and the idea's deep roots in...
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We The Podcast - Dream Act Now with Erika Andiola from 2018-02-07T15:50:57
We need a DREAM Act to protect 800,000 Dreamers whose lives were thrown into turmoil by Donald Trump. Dreamer activist Erika Andiola put her body on the line for this movement and joins us to discu...
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Taking on Amazon with Lina Khan and Stacy Mitchell from 2017-12-15T20:43:10
On this We The Podcast, we sit down with Lina Khan (Open Markets Institute) and Stacy Mitchell (Institute for Local Self-Reliance) on the monopolistic rise of the Amazon corporation and what it mea...
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Franchising: Part II from 2017-10-27T20:48:22
This week, Keith revisits the topic of franchising, with former guest Megan Edwards, who joined with other franchisees to successfully sue Curves Gym for unfair treatment of franchisees.
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Racism and Economic Hardship with Keri Leigh Merritt from 2017-10-16T20:31:08
Keri Leigh Merritt is the author of Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South. Keith and Keri Leigh Merritt discuss the link between economic hardship and the spread of racism...
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Market Concentration with Barry Lynn from Open Markets Institute from 2017-10-01T18:12:44
Barry Lynn is the head of the Open Markets Institute, a think tank that examines the problem of corporate consolidation, market concentration, and monopoly power. These issues make it hard for work...
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Labor Day with Lee Saunders from 2017-09-04T22:06:19
On this special Labor Day episode of We The Podcast, Keith interviews Lee Saunders, President of AFSCME, about the history and future of labor rights in America.
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Framing the Message with Professor George Lakoff from 2017-08-10T13:38:17
George Lakoff is a professor of cognitive linguistics and philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley. Now, you might be asking yourself, “what does cognitive science, linguistic scien...
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Voting Rights/Ari Berman from 2017-07-20T20:46:56
The Republican Party talks about "voter fraud" all the time. President Trump even claims he lost the popular vote because more than 3 million people voted illegally. Sounds like a big deal. But how...
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Pre-Existing Conditions from 2017-07-16T21:13:55
For years, millions of Americans were frightened of two words: pre-existing conditions. Before the Affordable Care Act, private insurance could deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions....
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Market Concentration from 2017-07-06T17:20:54
A few weeks ago, we learned that Amazon is buying Whole Foods for $13 billion. When big firms merge, it drives up market concentration. But how does that affect working people or local businesses?...
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The Fight for $15 and a Union from 2017-06-27T13:26:01
Six bucks. That’s all someone working full-time at the federal minimum wage would have left over after paying the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the United States of America. It’s time...
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The Gender Lens from 2017-06-14T16:12:37
Women experience the economy different than men. They pay more for everything from clothes and hygiene products, to dry cleaning and vehicle repairs. This is called "the pink tax". Terry O'Neill ...
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The Transgender Community and The Economy from 2017-05-10T13:25:15
The transgender community is more visible than ever. But this increased visibility hasn’t improved the lives of all transgender people. Nationwide, violence against trans people – and trans women i...
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Unions Leading in Education from 2017-04-29T14:17:01
Unions raise wages and worker protections for everybody – even if you’re not in a union! These jobs aren’t so simple either. It takes a lot of training to do what these men and women do every day. ...
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Women In the Age of Trump from 2017-03-30T16:20:31
There are millions of women around the country fighting for equal pay, for better working conditions, for an end to sexual harassment. But in an age of extreme right wing politics – the age of Pres...
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Credit Access from 2016-12-19T01:37:02
Millions of Americans lack credit scores or have scores that are too low to gain access to affordable credit. The problem affects young people, African-Americans, Latinos and immigrants, many of wh...
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Best of We the Podcast (Special Election Day Episode) from 2016-11-04T14:39:12
Two years ago, we started We the Podcast so we could tell stories about how people engage with the economy. Twenty-three episodes and 75,000 downloads later, we’ve covered everything from union org...
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Bank Workers from 2016-10-24T13:51:03
Just last month, we found out that Wells Fargo Bank committed a years-long scam that stole from their customers, inflated their stock price, and lined the pockets of their top level executives. The...
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Minnesota Nurses Strike from 2016-10-01T03:49:48
We spend a lot of time talking about how important unions are. On this episode, we’re going to see organized labor in action on the streets of my home city, Minneapolis. Right now, almost 5,000 Min...
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Overtime Pay from 2016-09-30T13:42:50
How many of you work 40 hours a week? If you’re a salaried worker, guess what: your employer is pretty happy. After all, they’re getting free work. That’s right. Millions of salaried workers are es...
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Tax Havens with Frank Clemente from 2016-09-07T13:18:25
Let’s be honest, few people enjoy paying their taxes. But most of us understand that taxes serve a critical purpose—the public good. And since we all benefit from these things, you’d figure that we...
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The Housing Crisis with Matthew Desmond from 2016-08-08T15:59:57
What does "home" mean to you? For millions of people in America, a safe and stable home is something they dream about but is out of reach. There is a housing crisis in this country. To get a better...
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The Woman Behind the New Deal from 2016-07-21T01:39:54
Every single American has felt the benefits of the New Deal – and for low-income folks, working families, and seniors, the New Deal has been the difference between security and poverty. A lot of t...
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Diaper Need Update (From the White House) from 2016-06-18T15:24:16
This week, We The Podcast took a field trip to the West Wing of the White House to talk with Cecilia Munoz, the Director of the President’s Domestic Policy Council about something We The Podcast ha...
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Payday Loans from 2016-05-28T18:46:07
Payday loans aren’t like the kinds of loans you usually see, like car loans or student loans. They’re small dollar amounts, often as small as a few hundred bucks. But they have interest rates as hi...
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#SayHerName with Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw from 2016-05-11T14:37:23
When we talk about race, decision makers rarely talk about women. And when we talk about women’s issues, we rarely talk about black girls and women. This is a concept known as intersectionality, a...
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Voter Turnout with Dr. Theda Skocpol from 2016-04-07T20:19:04
In 2014, voter participation was at its lowest since World War II. Why is that? Keith talks with Dr. Theda Skocpol about voter ID laws and how we can reverse declining civic participation.
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Special Episode: The Supreme Court from 2016-03-16T20:53:34
The Supreme Court is supposed to have 9 justices. Today, we've got 8. On this week's We The Podcast, we talk about what this means for reproductive rights, voting rights, and the environment.
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Episode XII: Diaper Need from 2016-03-05T15:17:36
On this week's We The Podcast, we talk about "diaper need." That's the urgent need that many American parents have for affordable diapers. With one third of all parents struggling to pay for diaper...
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Episode XI: Prison Phone Rates from 2016-01-30T03:23:21
How much do you pay for your monthly phone plan? How much would you pay? Would you pay $14 a minute? On this episode of We The Podcast, we talk about prison phone rates - the charges that incarcera...
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Episode X: Criminal Justice Reform from 2015-12-08T16:29:29
More than 2.4 million people are locked up in the United States today. Our country has 5% of the world's population and more than 25% of the world's prison population. This week on We The Podcast, ...
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Episode IX: E-Waste and the Hard to Place from 2015-11-01T01:11:50
This week on We The Podcast: what happens to our gadgets when we're done with them? How many cell phones and computers have you gone through? What are you going to do with the device you're reading...
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Episode VIII: Poverty and Shame from 2015-09-18T17:32:24
This week on We The Podcast, we talk about how our society treats the poor. In what ways is poverty stigmatized and shamed in the world we live in, and what does this mean for low-income folks?
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Special Investigation: Franchising from 2015-08-04T16:30:56
A special We The Podcast investigation into the way franchisees, the people who own corporate restaurant franchises, are treated by their parent companies.
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Episode VII: Zero Waste from 2015-07-31T19:20:46
If you threw away a piece of trash today, where would it go? How does this affect us? How will it affect our children? Is a world without waste possible? In this week's We The Podcast, we find out....
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Episode VI: Money in Politics from 2015-07-13T15:40:14
How do the people outside of the millionaire and billionaire class (you know, most of us), engage with our economy and influence politics? Music: Viva La Vida by Coldplay
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Episode V: The Voting Gap from 2015-05-22T14:26:38
What is driving the disconnect between our legislators and working Americans? Music: "Future People" & "Don't Wanna Fight" by Alabama Shakes from the album Sound and Color
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Episode IV: Faith and the Economy from 2015-04-18T14:07:10
Faith is critical to the lives of so many working Americans, so I talked to Sister Simone Campbell, Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman and Imam Makram El-Amin about what faiths in the Un...
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Episode III: Right to Work from 2015-03-27T18:43:21
When people can come together and ask for better wages and working conditions on the job, we all do better. Unfortunately, some politicians and corporations don’t see it that way.
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Episode II: Home Healthcare Workers from 2015-02-27T21:32:52
Home healthcare workers take care of our loved ones. So why aren't they paid well? And what can we do to help them?
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Episode I: Employee Unions from 2015-01-14T16:58:56
When employers threaten workers, it often chills union activity. But retaliation doesn't intimidate everyone.
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