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Ryan, Noah, Lou and Matt discuss the militarized response by the Trump administration towards pushback against its deportations.
Ryan, Scott, and Lou discuss the nebulous concept of the Middle Class
Ryan, Noah, Zoe, and Matthew discuss the hamfisting of AI into the field of education
Ryan, Lou, and Hannah discuss the nostalgia many Americans feel towards the post-war era of manufacturing labor, warts and all.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Trump administration's efforts to cut social security
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Trump administration's resumption of workplace immigration raids, and ICE's roots in the War on Terror
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the widespread layoffs being illegally undertaken in the federal government, and what they portend for labor more broadly.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the omnipresence of scams in modern American life
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the rightward shift of tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos
Ryan, Noah, and Lou conclude the 2024 Genius Awards with discussions of New York's elected officials
Ryan, Noah, and Liz discuss undocumented farm labor in light of the electoral victory by a candidate promising mass deportations.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou hand out the first batch of 2024 Genius Awards
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the recently-finished strike at Boeing, a company that may be representative of the country.
Ryan, Noah, and Zoe discuss the remarkable growth in popularity women's sports have experienced over the past couple years, and whether all that new attention and revenue will benefit the players at the center of it all.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the impacts of climate change on workers, and the Supreme Court on climate change.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Republican nominee for Vice President, and the weird ideology that guides him
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the efforts at shutting down pro-Palestine protests on college campuses.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the labor abuses that have been required to build the upcoming Olympics in Paris.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the changing landscape of youth athletics, and a wave of graduate student unionization
Ryan and Kathryn discuss the ways in which non-profits mirror profit-driven workplaces
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss a disturbing trend of crowdsourced labor in games targeted to children.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss good news coming from the UAW and, of all places, the federal government
Ryan and Noah are joined by Rajesh and Howard to discuss the challenges faced by urban school districts like RCSD.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the connections between conservatives' targeting of diversity in education and America's ongoing teacher shortage.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the long-lingering effects of the "Red Scare."
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss yet another round of media layoffs and the philosophical question of "what makes a Brand Authentic?"
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the hidden drudgery that underpins the tech industry's supposed innovations.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou conclude the 2023 Genius Awards, and name our Genius of the Year
In our Fifth Annual Genius Awards, Ryan, Noah, and Lou take a look at the brightest minds in tech and public office
Ryan, Noah, and Zoe discuss the fledgling PWHL, and the landscape for women's pro sports in North America
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss graduate student unionization efforts, and the creep of the economy into high school students' lives
Ryan, Noah, and Lou celebrate the 200th Episode with a return to Human Resentments
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the UAW's current strike against the big three automakers, and President Shawn Fain's role in adopting a more militant stance for the union.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the hip new craze of neofeudalism
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the noxious comments made by real estate CEO Tim Gurner, and those in power who share his sentiment in quieter ways.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss recent laws taking aim at migrant workers in the US
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the labor impacts of the hottest summer so far, and the obstacles to even basic water break requirements.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, and how actos and studios might approach a long impasse.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the New York Times' decision to replace its unionized sports desk with The Athletic, and the broader symbolism of that move.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the tepid stances companies have taken towards embracing LGBT people in the face of growing right wing backlash.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou argue that fandom is increasingly a weapon wielded by entertainment executives against their workers
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss some high-profile business failures
Ryan and Noah discuss the current Hollywood writers' strike, the last strike, and the technology that execs hope will be the industry's future.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss three seemingly contradictory stories about workplace trends
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the plague of book bans serving as harbingers of school privatization
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the effort to roll back state child labor laws - and the companies breaking the ones still on the books
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the scourge of non-compete clauses, which the FTC might be doing away with.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the National Resatuarant Association, the lobbying arm of restaurant bosses.
Ryan, Lou, and Greg discuss a case that threatens labor in front of the Supreme Court, and NY governor Kathy Hochul's curious choice for chief justice.
Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss Hollywood's exploitation of its VFX artists, and the threat posed by AI art.
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