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Punching Out is a show about work that airs each week on WAYO 104.3 in Rochester, NY

Punching Out


    • May 14, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 234 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Punching Out

    Episode 231 - The Middle Class

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 56:14


    Ryan, Scott, and Lou discuss the nebulous concept of the Middle Class

    Episode 230 - AI In Education

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 58:54


    Ryan, Noah, Zoe, and Matthew discuss the hamfisting of AI into the field of education

    Episode 229 - Manufactured Nostalgia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 58:15


    Ryan, Lou, and Hannah discuss the nostalgia many Americans feel towards the post-war era of manufacturing labor, warts and all.

    Episode 228 - Social Security

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 58:34


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Trump administration's efforts to cut social security

    Episode 227 - ICE At Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 55:42


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Trump administration's resumption of workplace immigration raids, and ICE's roots in the War on Terror

    Episode 226 - Federal Layoffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 61:07


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the widespread layoffs being illegally undertaken in the federal government, and what they portend for labor more broadly.

    Episode 225 - The Scam Presidency

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 56:04


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the omnipresence of scams in modern American life

    Episode 224 - Tech's Right Turn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 58:03


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the rightward shift of tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos

    Episode 223 - Genius Awards Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 59:54


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou conclude the 2024 Genius Awards with discussions of New York's elected officials

    Episode 221 - Undocumented Farm Labor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 60:16


    Ryan, Noah, and Liz discuss undocumented farm labor in light of the electoral victory by a candidate promising mass deportations.

    Episode 222 - Genius Awards Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 60:27


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou hand out the first batch of 2024 Genius Awards

    Episode 220 - Boeing Crashes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 58:09


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the recently-finished strike at Boeing, a company that may be representative of the country.

    Episode 219 - Growth In Women's Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 56:57


    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.

    Episode 218 - The Heat Is Back On

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 57:38


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the impacts of climate change on workers, and the Supreme Court on climate change.

    Episode 217 - JD

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 57:09


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Republican nominee for Vice President, and the weird ideology that guides him

    Episode 216 - Capital Strikes Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 53:46


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the efforts at shutting down pro-Palestine protests on college campuses.

    Episode 215 - Olympics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 54:40


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the labor abuses that have been required to build the upcoming Olympics in Paris.

    Episode 214 - Back To College

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 58:34


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the changing landscape of youth athletics, and a wave of graduate student unionization

    Episode 213 - Non Profit Industrial Complex

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 57:07


    Ryan and Kathryn discuss the ways in which non-profits mirror profit-driven workplaces

    Episode 212 - Child's Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 57:33


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss a disturbing trend of crowdsourced labor in games targeted to children.

    Episode 211 - Good News

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 60:35


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss good news coming from the UAW and, of all places, the federal government

    Episode 210 - RCSD

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 59:28


    Ryan and Noah are joined by Rajesh and Howard to discuss the challenges faced by urban school districts like RCSD.

    Episode 209 - Education News

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 57:15


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the connections between conservatives' targeting of diversity in education and America's ongoing teacher shortage.

    Episode 208 - The Long Red Scare

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 56:19


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the long-lingering effects of the "Red Scare."

    Episode 207 - ZIRP

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 59:06


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss something called ZIRP

    Episode 206 - Brands On The Run

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 54:45


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss yet another round of media layoffs and the philosophical question of "what makes a Brand Authentic?"

    Episode 205 - All The Work We Cannot See

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 52:43


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the hidden drudgery that underpins the tech industry's supposed innovations.

    Episode 204 - Genius Awards Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 52:51


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou conclude the 2023 Genius Awards, and name our Genius of the Year

    Episode 203 - Genius Awards Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 59:52


    In our Fifth Annual Genius Awards, Ryan, Noah, and Lou take a look at the brightest minds in tech and public office

    Episode 202 - Women's Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 60:11


    Ryan, Noah, and Zoe discuss the fledgling PWHL, and the landscape for women's pro sports in North America

    Episode 201 - An Educational Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 56:47


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss graduate student unionization efforts, and the creep of the economy into high school students' lives

    Episode 200 - Human Resentments V

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 60:10


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou celebrate the 200th Episode with a return to Human Resentments

    Episode 199 - The UAW On Strike

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 55:00


    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.

    Episode 198 - Neofeudalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 58:08


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the hip new craze of neofeudalism

    Episode 197 - Economic Sadists

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 55:19


    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.

    Episode 196 - Immigration

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 60:28


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss recent laws taking aim at migrant workers in the US

    Episode 195 - Heat

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 58:37


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the labor impacts of the hottest summer so far, and the obstacles to even basic water break requirements.

    Episode 194 - Lights, Camera, Labor Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 59:42


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, and how actos and studios might approach a long impasse.

    Episode 193 - More Media Malfeasance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 58:51


    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.

    Episode 192 - Rainbow Washing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 59:42


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the tepid stances companies have taken towards embracing LGBT people in the face of growing right wing backlash.

    Episode 191 - The Case Against Fandom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 59:06


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou argue that fandom is increasingly a weapon wielded by entertainment executives against their workers

    Episode 190 - Les Incompetents

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 59:58


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss some high-profile business failures

    Episode 189 - Writers Strike

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 58:48


    Ryan and Noah discuss the current Hollywood writers' strike, the last strike, and the technology that execs hope will be the industry's future.

    Episode 188 - Everything Is Made Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 60:11


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss three seemingly contradictory stories about workplace trends

    Episode 187 - Book Bans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 60:42


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the plague of book bans serving as harbingers of school privatization

    Episode 186 - The Kids Are At Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 56:59


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the effort to roll back state child labor laws - and the companies breaking the ones still on the books

    Episode 185 - No Competing Allowed

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 58:54


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the scourge of non-compete clauses, which the FTC might be doing away with.

    Episode 184 - The Other NRA

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 59:39


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the National Resatuarant Association, the lobbying arm of restaurant bosses.

    Episode 183 - Court Jesters

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 55:36


    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.

    Episode 182 - Arte Ex Machina

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 61:12


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss Hollywood's exploitation of its VFX artists, and the threat posed by AI art.

    Episode 181 - Turbulence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 56:41


    Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss Southwest Airlines' holiday meltown, and the industry's broader labor problems.

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