Low Tide

Sick and tired of low pay (scared of working conditions) and having sick days cut in a pandemic, the Research Assistants at the Prestigious McLean Hospital, formed the hospital's first union. Klara Ingersoll & guest host Klara Kaufman are joined by union organizers, Leah Cohen, Neda Morakabati, Peter Durning, and Karen Hildebrand who share their victorious fight.  (@McLeanUnion on Twitter)

Journalist Daniel Boguslaw (The Intercept, American Prospect) joins Klara & Aida to discuss UNCOVERING the orchestrated homophobic smear campaign to sink progressive challenger Alex Morse by Massachusetts Demoractic Party Officials & the UMass Democrats aiding Rep. Richard “Money Bags” Neal of Central & Western Mass. Also discussed: shady politics, false allegations of sexual assault, Mattel dolls, and bacon. You can read the story here: https://theintercept.com/2020/09/02/alex-morse-primary-result-richard-neal/

This episode, Nori Needle joins Klara and Aida in the *studio*! We talk abolition, common philosophical understandings of what "good" means, political mildew, how the left has to up its trolling game, and much, much more. Nori reminds us that care work and play work keep hearts alive

In this episode, Aida and Klara discuss why our dreams are weird in quarantine and reflect on organizing a group zoom screening of the dreamy feminist musical ONE SINGS THE OTHER DOESN’T by Agnes Varda. They talk 1970s France, Zoom bombing, long-distance friendship, and more!

In episode two of Low Tide, Aida and Klara talk with organizer, playwright and sometimes embarrassed girl Rosie McInnes. They discuss the Parent Trap as a gay awakening, queer platonic relationships, flip flops and never giving up on our dreams as we grow. Find Rosie on IG @what_does_sally_want! Album artwork by Anzia Anderson. Theme music by Alex Mclean. Edited and produced by Aida Muratoglu and Klara Ingersoll, with support from Rosie McInnes.

Welcome to the first episode of Low Tide, a podcast about sifting through the googoo muck, the stream of nothingness, aka everything that is our world! Through interviewing guests we love & respect, we work on slowing down and processing pop culture, ourselves, our relationships, and our hang ups.Aida and Klara have been friends since ninth grade, and this podcast seems like the next step in reflecting and building upon projects they’ve facilitated.In this episode, Aida and Klara talk gardens, pink hair, sporty brothers, organizing, and Stephanie Meyers’s bestselling series “Twilight.”LIKE & SUBSCRIBE!Album artwork by the one and only Anzia Anderson.