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I have known songwriter Kristin Hamilton for 8 years now….Beginning with her membership in an amazing Americana band called Under the Big Oak Tree and continuing with her work with her daughter Lucy Gray, members of Cowtown Country Club and now as a solo artist. In addition to the Tasty Brew Music Radio Show, I host, in rotation with others, a live performance radio show on KKFI called MidCoast Live! shining a spotlight on local and touring artists from all genres of music.  I welcomed the opportunity to showcase Kristin as a solo artist on MidCoast Live!Her music is folk country tinged with the sweet flavor ofbluegrass touching on topics of family & faith, grief & gratitude. Hamilton grew up singing at spontaneous musicalget-togethers on her family's farm in northwest Missouri. Extended family would gather under a big oak tree on summer nights to sing and play old country and gospel numbers. Being "the shy one" in the group, she was eventually brave enough to accept an invitation to sing at church that led to an additional invitation to perform accompanied by her father and accomplished guitar player, Rocky Cathcart.  That show was a great success and eventually led to the formation of Under The Big Oak Tree that included some of the best musicians in the area - Simon Fink, Doug Ward, and Jason Riley. Under The Big Oak Tree released three full length albums including the last release "The Ark" that earned repeated spins on local NPR and community radio stations.In 2018 Kristin joined forces with the Lost Cowgirl Revue for a special tour of Germany, The Netherlands and France. The Revue included acclaimed singer songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, Julie Bennett Hume, Joy Zimmerman, and Jenna Rae with accompaniment by Chris Hudson, finger styleclassical guitarist all of whom get regular spins on the Tasty Brew Music Radio Show. Enjoy this conversation and special musical performance byKristin Hamilton! 

This week the Missouri legislature will once again meet to undermine the will of the voters. On the Heartland Labor Forum we'll talk to Benjamin Singer of Respect Missouri Voters […] The post Respect Missouri Voters Wants to Ban Politicians from Overruling the Will of the Voters and Boeing St. Louis on Strike appeared first on KKFI.

Jennifer Abruzzo was General Counsel to the National Labor Relations Board during the Biden administration. She pioneered changes to help restore the right to organize unions to American workers. Trump […] The post Former NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. She was the best we've had and Trump fired her appeared first on KKFI.

Washburn University students from Topeka joined a Witness for Peace delegation to Cuba to learn about race, environment and the U.S. economic blockade aimed at undoing the Cuban revolution. They […] The post Cuba Through the Eyes of Washburn University Students appeared first on KKFI.

The Trump administration has attacked the federal workforce with firings, union busting, weakened job protections, reduced telework, and speedups.  This week in our continuing labor leader series on the Heartland […] The post Labor Leader Series: Federal Unions and Workers in the Crosshairs of DOGE appeared first on KKFI.

In an age of Amazon, Starbucks and Google it may seem impossible for workers to win a union. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we'll talk with Olivia Geho, […] The post What the Boss Doesn't You To Know. . .and NAFTA-USMCA Renegotiation: Where Is Trade Justice? appeared first on KKFI.

Economist Richard Wolff – podcaster, professor, Marxist and strong advocate for worker-owned cooperatives is more relevant today than ever. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we'll ask Rick Wolff […] The post Richard Wolff: How Will Trump's Economic Plans Change Our Working Class? appeared first on KKFI.

The global movement to stop arms sales and shipments to Israel is growing as dockworkers refuse to load war cargo. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we'll hear from […] The post Unions and Israel/Palestine plus Labor Songs and SUMMER PLEDGE DRIVE appeared first on KKFI.

Unions that haven't gone on strike in years are facing doing so as an increasing number of bosses refuse to bargain in good faith. This week on the Heartland Labor […] The post How to Have a Successful Strike and Should We Get Rid of Taxes on Tips? It's KKFI's SUMMER PLEDGE DRIVE appeared first on KKFI.

Two women started Boots on the Ground Midwest on a whim and full of despair.  It's evolved quickly mobilizing and motivating citizens to protest creeping fascism. We'll hear their experiences […] The post Who's Raising Hell in KC? Boots on the Ground and the Kansas City Defender appeared first on KKFI.

We are thrilled to welcome back award-winning novelist Rachel Kushner for a second in-depth interview—this time about her gripping new corporate-surveillance, bad guy spy-thriller, Creation Lake. This is a twisted tale […] The post Rachel Kushner: Novelist of Activism, Revolution and Intrigue and What's a Workers' Center? appeared first on KKFI.

The United Electrical, Radio and Machine workers is a union that's much more than just those occupations. UE as it's called, has organized thirty thousand graduate workers in the last […] The post What's a Member-Run Union? Carl Rosen, President of UE – the United Electrical Radio and Machines Workers Union appeared first on KKFI.

KU Labor Historian David Roediger is a scholar of white working-class studies. His new memoir, An Ordinary White; My Anti-Racist Education chronicles growing up in a sundown town and then […] The post Two Books: David Roediger: An Ordinary White: My Antiracist Education and Eric Blanc: We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big appeared first on KKFI.

There's a lot of controversy about Trump's tariffs for auto. Is it just spectacle, or could they actually lead to more domestic auto production and at what cost? We'll talk […] The post UAW's Support of Tariffs and Jeremy Brecher: the Green New Deal from Below appeared first on KKFI.

Trump dumped NIOSH – the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health? We'll ask if we can save it and why it's important to workers. Then many unions in the […] The post Can We Save NIOSH? and Labor for Palestine appeared first on KKFI.

Last November Missouri citizens made their voices heard at the ballot box in favor of abortion access and paid sick leave for workers.  Then during the last week of the […] The post Licking Our Wounds: A 2025 Missouri Legislature Wrap-Up appeared first on KKFI.

Americans have many questions these days about government services like the postal service that are under attack. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we'll visit with Darcy Wood, President […] The post Labor Leader Series: Darcy Wood and Our Right to Read Is Under Attack appeared first on KKFI.

UAW founder Walter Reuther was famous, his brother Roy wasn't, but he made important contributions to both the labor and civil rights movements. Roy's son, Alan joins us this week […] The post Alan Reuther: From Flint to Selma: How Roy Reuther Shaped Labor & Civil Rights in America and Bert Nash Mental Health Workers Organize appeared first on KKFI.

Former Commissioner Martin O'Malley says Social Security could collapse within just a few months. Social Security workers report bedlam at work, and their union leader Everett Kelley says Elon Musk […] The post Social Security Workers Speak Out appeared first on KKFI.

It's May Day and this week the Heartland Labor Forum is celebrating International Workers Day with songs to raise the spirit, an interview from 1997 with Studs Terkel on the […] The post HLF-May1-2025-May Day! – Songs, History, and Rants to Celebrate Worker Power appeared first on KKFI.

What do you do when the head of state comes after your union with 6,000 cops and a license to kill? We'll get advice from John Dunne who had his […] The post Remembering the British Miners' Strike after 40 Years with Miner John Dunn appeared first on KKFI.

We see their work everywhere: big cities, small towns, schools, tall and short buildings. These craftsmen are bricklayers and masons. Many can be called artists. This week on the Heartland […] The post Labor Leader Series: Dustin Himes from Bricklayers & Allied Craftsworkers Local 15 and Rep Tobias Schlingensiepen: Fighting Fascism from Germany to KS appeared first on KKFI.

The surest way to defeat a union is to create division within it. Many in management excel at pitting workers against each other, but this week we'll talk with organizers […] The post How Do We Overcome Internal Division in Unions? and Beneath REI's Green Sheen: Union Busting, Debt Bondage, and Partnership with Eco-Criminals appeared first on KKFI.

Right after he became President Trump marked another milestone on the trail of broken promises when he cut funding for Haskell Indian Nation's University in Lawrence, crippling its teaching capacity […] The post Layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University: Treaty Violation? And Property Tax Reform: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly appeared first on KKFI.

We'll interview labor historian Jeff Stilley about Kansas City's greatest labor champion you never heard of — Frank Walsh, labor lawyer, defender of radicals and visionary for future labor law. […] The post Why Has America's Greatest Labor Progressive: Frank P. Walsh Been Forgotten? and The School District Bond Issue with Dr. Jennifer Collier appeared first on KKFI.

The MO Legislature is at it again – trying to subvert the will of the people.  This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we'll talk to Missouri State Reps. Pattie […] The post Will the Missouri Legislature Undo the Will of the Voters? and Former AFL-CIO Organizing Director Stewart Acuff: Love Is Solidarity in Action appeared first on KKFI.

With President Trump's dismantling of the federal bureaucracy in full swing, led by Elon Musk's DOGE, federal workers are under siege. But unionized federal workers are fighting back. We'll talk with leaders […] The post Federal Unions Fight Back appeared first on KKFI.

This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we'll get a report from last weekend's Workers Strike Back Conference organizing to win a $25 minimum wage and healthcare for all. Then, […] The post The Workers Strike Back Conference and Julie Greene on Who Built the Panama Canal and Trump's Bullying appeared first on KKFI.

Union organizer and photojournalist David Bacon joins us to discuss cross-border labor solidarity, the fight for immigrant and domestic workers' rights, and how grassroots organizing is reshaping the future of […] The post David Bacon on Domestic Workers Organizing and Nancy MacLean: Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan appeared first on KKFI.

Have Trump's tariffs got you confused?  How will they affect jobs and prices?   We'll talk to trade expert Lori Wallach, of Rethink Trade. She's a 30-year veteran of international and […] The post Explaining Tariffs and How They Affect the Working Class and Hidden in Plain Sight: the $8.5 trillion in Untaxed Income of the Rich appeared first on KKFI.

In Auburn New York in 1840 William Freeman, an imprisoned Black teenager, demanded pay for forced labor, l leading to violence. We'll talk to author Robin Bernstein about the first […] The post Freeman's Challenge; The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit by Robin Bernstein and The KC Campaign to End Gender Violence in the Workplace appeared first on KKFI.

It's all about chickens and those nuggets that are presumably made from them. We'll talk to Patrick Dixon about his new book, Nuggets of Gold and then to Alice Driver who […] The post Nuggets of Gold: Processed Chicken and the American Diet by Patrick Dixon and The Life and Death of an American Worker by Alice Driver appeared first on KKFI.

Welcome to this week's episode of The Tenth Voice, where we discuss news and issues and items of interest to the LGBTQIA community.  This week is on Bi George, join […] The post The Tenth Voice • Saturday February 22, 2025 – Bi George appeared first on KKFI.

Welcome to this week's episode of The Tenth Voice, where we discuss news and issues and items of interest to the LGBTQIA community.  This week is on Bi George, join […] The post The Tenth Voice • Saturday November 23, 2024 – Bi George appeared first on KKFI.

Welcome to this week's episode of The Tenth Voice, where we discuss news and issues and items of interest to the LGBTQIA community.  This week is on Bi George, join […] The post The Tenth Voice • Saturday November 30, 2024 – Bi George appeared first on KKFI.

Welcome to this week's episode of The Tenth Voice, where we discuss news and issues and items of interest to the LGBTQIA community.  This week is on Bi George, join […] The post The Tenth Voice • Saturday December 28, 2024 – Bi George appeared first on KKFI.

Welcome to this week's episode of The Tenth Voice, where we discuss news and issues and items of interest to the LGBTQIA community.  This week is on Bi George, join […] The post The Tenth Voice • Saturday January 25, 2025 – Bi George appeared first on KKFI.

Kansas City building trades unions want area towns to pass Responsible Bidder Ordinances requiring public works contractors to provide good jobs with apprenticeship training and opportunities for continuous employment for […] The post What's Responsible Bidder Language? and Are There Dire Days Ahead for Labor Under Trump? appeared first on KKFI.

We'll have two remarkable union leaders. Laura Kelly (no it isn't the governor of Kansas) from UFCW Local 655 where she's assistant to the president. She says, “the union changed […] The post “The Union Changed My Life” UFCW's Laura Kelly and Union Leader Series: New KC Federation of Teachers President David Price appeared first on KKFI.

The union of bus drivers in Kansas City local 1287 of the Amalgamated Transit Union or ATU is bogged down in negotiations with the Area Transportation Authority or ATA amidst […] The post Public Transit Union Fights Service Cutbacks appeared first on KKFI.

As we begin the new year, we look back at highlights from the Heartland Labor Forum in 2024. We'll hear clips of some of the most interesting interviews, features, and […] The post The Best of 2024 of the Heartland Labor Forum appeared first on KKFI.

Starting in the 1940s US labor officials worked with the CIA to split militant unions overseas and overthrow neutral governments in an obsessive anti-communist crusade that helped make poor countries […] The post Blue Collar Empire — The AFL-CIA and Trump's Labor Department Pick appeared first on KKFI.

Anticipation or dread, what's YOUR prediction for 2025? Will the current upsurge in support for unions and worker organizing continue, or will the next administration squash labor rights? Will threats […] The post Heartland Labor Forum's Annual Crystal Ball Show appeared first on KKFI.

Do feel assaulted and confused by the abundance of Medicare Advantage ads filled with endorsements by celebrities? Tune into the Heartland Labor Forum Thursday as we clear up deceptions and […] The post David Kingsley Asks: Is Medicare Advantage a Scam? and Shifting Gears; Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics appeared first on KKFI.

In the 1930s American workers responded to the greatest economic crisis in our history, with an upsurge of organizing, and they forced government to respond. This week on the Heartland […] The post What Can We Learn from the Great Depression? and IRIS Workers Organizing appeared first on KKFI.

Workers have been singing while working and singing about working since antiquity. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we give thanks for labor and work songs that they've written. […] The post Thanks for the Labor Music appeared first on KKFI.

We'll look at two ballot measures that won: Prop A will increase the Missouri minimum wage to $15 and mandate paid sick leave for most workers and Amendment 3 removes […] The post Missouri Initiative Debrief on Amendment 3 and Prop A and The Right to Read Coalition appeared first on KKFI.

It's been a year since veteran labor strategists Rand Wilson and Pete Olney discussed the chances of a “labor movement moment” on the Heartland Labor Forum. This week we'll ask […] The post Where Does the Labor Movement Go from Here? and Labor Leader Series: CWA Local 6327's Tanya Holmes appeared first on KKFI.

Pension expert Teresa Ghilarducci returns to the Heartland Labor Forum this week to explain how some corporations are selling off workers' pension plans and putting them at risk. Find out […] The post Teresa Ghilarducci: Is Your Employer Selling Off Your Pension? and HELU, Higher Education Labor United appeared first on KKFI.

For Halloween, we feature two books about blood-thirsty bosses. First book is called Not All Fun and Games about the super-profitable North American video game industry which squeezes the sweat […] The post Two Books Perfect for Halloween: Not All Fun and Games and Building Power, Breaking Power appeared first on KKFI.