January 2024
Maximillian Alvarez/Mel Buer: Power At Work Blogcast
Power At Work Blogcast #29: Labor Podcasters on Labor
March 2023
Police Accountability & Reinventing Policing
Taya Graham & Stephen Janis/Mintpress News: Behind The Headlines
Mel Buer/Study Hall: How Freelance Journalists Worked Together To Recover From The 2020 Protests
Like dozens of other freelance journalists, Melanie Buer was reporting on protests for racial justice throughout the summer of 2020. One hot Midwestern evening on July 25, around 150-200 protestor
Max Alvarez/Marianne Williamson: East Palestine, Labor and Where We are Now
Marianne Williamson talks to The Real News Network’s Max Alvarez about the dire situation in East Palestine, Ohio and Norfolk Southern’s actions that brought…
February 2023
Max Alvarez/Breaking Points: Rail Worker EXPOSES Ohio Disaster COVERUP
Max Alvarez breaks down how rail workers predicted the crisis unfolding in Ohio as the major rail companies ignored their warnings for years. Max Alvarez: h…
December 2022
Maximillian Alvarez/Fast Company: 5 must-read books about the labor movement, recommended by people on the ground
The labor movement had a big year in 2022. Here are 5 books to check out, for everything from a primer to a deep dive.
Maximillian Alvarez/Breaking Points: Starbucks Leads Corporate CRIME WAVE To Crush Union Workers
Max Alvarez interviews Starbucks workers who are fighting against the brutal union busting tactics corporate has been illegally imposing on them. To become a…
Maximillian Alvarez/Breaking Points: EXCLUSIVE – Rail Worker SLAMS Biden’s “Tyrannical” Move Blocking Strike
Max Alvarez hosts an exclusive interview with a Rail Worker upset with Biden’s blocking of the railway strike.
Maximillian Alvarez/ Useful Idiots Podcast: ‘Union Joe’ Biden sells out rail workers
For $5 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and a chance to have your comment read on the show in the Absurd Arena a…
Maximillian Alvarez/Bad Faith: Joe Biden ABANDONS Rail Workers
An all-star labor panel convenes to break down how the “most labor friendly president since FDR” backed management & abandoned rail workers, how the media ra…
November 2022
Mel Buer and Maximillian Alvarez/Citations Needed Podcast: News Brief: Biden, Congressional Dems Partner with GOP, Media to Discipline Rail Labor
In this News Brief, we are joined by Real News’ Mel Buer and Maximillian Alvarez to discuss the media campaign to obscure Biden and Congressional dems role in selling out rail workers.
Maximillian Alvarez/Breaking Points: EXCLUSIVE: Inside Chipotle’s CRIMINAL Union Busting Tactics
Max Alvarez of the Real News and Working People podcast breaks down the recent union battles at Chipotle with important national implications. To become a Br…
October 2022
Max Alvarez & Mel Buer/JENerationalChange: Why Railroad Workers Are Prepared To Strike BEFORE The Midterms
#midterms #joebiden #unionstrong Check out our Patreon for more!☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange__☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com☀️ TWITTER: @JENChangeFL…
Mel Buer/The Valley Labor Report: Case New Holland Strike in Iowa in its FIFTH MONTH
Mel Buer joins Jacob and Adam to talk about the CNH Strike in Iowa, which is now in it’s fifth month.✦ ABOUT ✦The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk …
Guerrilla History: The Rise of Fascism, Bolsonaro, & the Brazilian Elections w/ Michael Fox – Dispatch
In this outstanding conversation, we talk with journalist Michael Fox about the rise of Fascism in Brazil, Bolsonaro, the impending runoff elections, the rise of Evangelicalism, the role of the US in these processes, and much more! We make sure to give plenty of historical background on these…
Michael Fox/Latino USA: Brazil on Fire on Apple Podcasts.
Show Latino USA, Ep Brazil on Fire – Oct 17, 2022
Maximillian Alvarez/Breaking Points: How SCOTUS Could CRUSH Labor Strikes | Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Krystal and Saagar have Max Alvarez talk with Harvard labor law expert Terri Gerstein about an upcoming SCOTUS case that could gut the ability workers have t…
Michael Fox/BreakThrough News: Round 2 – Lula vs Bolsonaro, What’s At Stake In Brazil?
To understand what Brazil has gone through in recent years, the significance of the recent election results and what it could mean for the country and the wo…
September 2022
Mel Buer/The Valley Labor Report: Rail Barons are Still Screwing Over Workers and Consumers
Mel Buer joins Jacob and Adam to talk about how supply chain issues are affecting the railways, and the blame rests with corporate billionaires.✦ ABOUT ✦The …
Michael Fox/Democracy Now!: Brazil’s Lula Goes into Sunday Election with Massive Lead. Will Bolsonaro Accept an Electoral Defeat?
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro faces former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s presidential election. Lula is a former union leader who held office from 2003 through 2010. He’s running on a leftist platform to uplift Brazil’s poor, preserve the Amazon rainforest and protect…
Michael Fox/Latino Media Collective: September 16th, 2022: Brazil On Fire
In the lead up to next month’s presidential elections, the LMC spends the hour with freelance writer Michael Fox to discuss Brazil’s descent into fascism under the Bolsonaro administrat…
Max Alvarez/The Hill: States INFIGHT Over Gender-Affirming Care: TX Child Services In Chaos, FL Hospital CANCELS Surgery
Editor-in-chief of The Real News, Max Alvarez, and Republican strategist, Amy Tarkanian, weigh in on the investigations into parents of transgender children …
Maximillian Alvarez/Means Morning News: The Work of Living | Full Interview
Buy Maximilian Alvarez’s book: https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/the-work-of-living/Follow Maximilian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maximillian_alvWatch full…
Michael Fox/The Nation: The Planetary Stakes of the Brazilian Election
If Jair Bolsonaro remains in power—legally or illegally—his government will sabotage the global campaign to slow climate change.
Michael Fox/The Bitchuation Room: Livestream – September 13th 2022
Will Bolsonaro pull a Trump if he loses his October election? Michael Fox an independent journalist based in Brazil joins us to talk Lula. Plus we’ve got the…
Max Alvarez/Breaking Points: Railway Companies Engage In ‘CORPORATE TERRORISM’ Ahead of Strike
Max Alvarez interviews a railway worker about his time at Union Pacific and how the companies are engaging in ‘corporate terrorism’ before the possible strik…
Max Alvarez/The Hill: Biden’s Railroad Worker Agreement DOOMED? Union Organizer Calls Proposal ‘DISINGENUOUS’
Editor-in-chief of The Real News, Max Alvarez, and general secretary at Rail Workers United, Ron Kaminkow, discuss whether a rail strike has been truly avert…
August 2022
Stephen Janis, Taya Graham/NBC’s Dateline: Watch the Dateline episode “What Happened to Anton Black?” now
Lester Holt reports.
Michael Fox/Democracy Now!: “Brazil on Fire” – Lula Launches Campaign to Unseat Bolsonaro & End His Authoritarian Rule
This week former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva formally launched his campaign to challenge Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro this October. Fear is growing Bolsonaro might try to stay in office even if he loses, possibly with help from the Brazilian military. Lula, a union l…
Jaisal Noor/Solutions Journalism: Democracy is at risk. Ten newsrooms explored what’s strengthening it.
More news organizations are recognizing the importance of covering how American democracy works, not simply horse-race politics. The…
Max Alvarez/Breaking Points: How The Pandemic Radicalized Workers | Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Krystal and Saagar are joined by journalist and show collaborator Max Alvarez to better understand how the covid pandemic radicalized essential workers To be…
July 2022
Max Alvarez/Breaking Points: The Chronic Understaffing Running Workers INTO THE GROUND | Breaking Points
Max Alvarez focuses his latest for Breaking Points on the chronic understaffing of workers by corporate bosses that’s running them into the ground and making…
Max Alvarez/CJR: Against ‘poor’ reporting
One of the phrases that most offends Heather Bryant, a former reporter and director of the Tiny News Collective, is “unskilled worker,” variations of which are easy to find in day-to-day media coverage. To Bryant—who grew up in “deep, deep poverty” in rural Missouri, and whose family experienced…
June 2022
Mel Buer/The Valley Labor Report: Union Busters Compare Union Members to Terrorists | Interview: Mel Buer
Mel Buer joins Jacob and Adam to talk about her work and her “horror stories” from the labor movement, with bosses, managers, union-busters, et al. And yes, …
May 2022
Mel Buer/The Valley Labor Report: Mel Buer (Morning Riot Podcast) IS COOL!
Mel Buer from Morning Riot Podcast joins Jacob and Adam to talk a little bit about herself and the work she does.✦ ABOUT ✦The Valley Labor Report is the only…
April 2022
Unions Rising: Amazon v Labor | A Conversation with Marianne Williamson and Max Alvarez
Marianne talks to Real News Network editor-in-chief and labor historian Max Alvarez in the wake of the historic vote to unionize a Staten Island Amazon wareh…
We’ve Got Issues/Jaisal Noor: Progressives are finally learning how to make their case to rural America
Joshua Holland kicks off this week’s show with a look at how the media are sucking up to insurrectionist Republicans in anticipation of Democratic losses in the upcoming midterms. He also argues that Trump’s social media venture, ironically called “Truth Social,” has been a smashing success and cons…
February 2022
Mel Buer/Revolutionary Left Radio: There is Power in a Union: The US Labor Strike Wave
Mel Buer – host of the Morning Riot podcast, journalist, and IWW member – joins Breht to discuss the recent wave of strikes throughout the country, what its …
The Hill’s Rising/Taya Graham and Stephen Janis: Police In Small, Rural Towns EXPLOITING The Poor, Funding Departments With Exorbitant Fines
Investigative reporters for The Real News, Taya Graham and Stephen Janis, break down their reporting on a disturbing trend of overpolicing in small town Amer…
The Civil Rights Lawyer/Taya Graham and Stephen Janis: Milton WV Police Caught on Video Searching RV without a Warrant
This video features the case of a Michigan man currently rotting in a West Virginia jail for the high crime of traveling through West Virginia with a few hem…
January 2022
The Hill’s Rising/Maximillian Alvarez: Has The US Grown MORE Corrupt During The Pandemic? Americans Reject BOTH Party Establishments
Team Rising discuss Americans’ overall dissatisfaction with both Democrats and Republicans. About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan ho…
Federalist Radio Hour/Maximillian Alvarez: In An Era Of Corporate Misconduct, Workers Want Answers on Apple Podcasts
Show Federalist Radio Hour, Ep In An Era Of Corporate Misconduct, Workers Want Answers – Jan 17, 2022
The Hill’s Rising/Maximillian Alvarez: Kroger CEO GREED Makes Employees Suffer. Dems LOSE Working Class To GOP, Do Right Populists Deliver?
Team Rising weighs in on shocking new survey results showing many Kroger employees are facing serious financial struggles.About Rising: Rising is a weekday m…
December 2021
Krystal, Kyle, & Friends Episode 53: Maximillian Alvarez
We talk to Max Alvarez of The Real News about mainstream narratives putting customers’ convenience over workers’ needs, as well as the problems and potential in current bipartisan support of strikes.
October 2021
The Laura Flanders Show/Jaisal Noor: Covid Couldn’t Stop Worker-Owned Co-ops
When homecare workers at Cooperative Home Care Associates in the Bronx ran short of masks in the early days of the Covid pandemic, the worker-owners of Oppor…
Yes! Magazine/Jaisal Noor: Baltimore’s Community Land Trusts Offer a Pathway to Housing Justice
After years of grassroots activism, the city has found success in addressing historical housing discrimination through community land trusts.
The Progressive Magazine/Jaisal Noor: Take This Job and Love It
Worker cooperatives offer an alternative to keeping power and profits in the hands of a few rich people.
Solutions Journalism Network/Jaisal Noor: Ten newsrooms dig into potential solutions for American democracy
The Solutions Journalism Network launches the Advancing Democracy project with 8 reporting projects in 10 newsrooms across the United…
September 2021
The Nation/Marc Steiner: The 19th Century’s 9/11
Long before the 9/11 of 20 years ago, another episode of violence took place on that day in 1851 and portended our nation’s deepest divide.
August 2021
Baltimore Magazine/Lisa Snowden-McCray: Best of Baltimore 2021: News & Media
Our annual compendium of the people and places that make Charm City great.
By Any Means Necessary/Maximillian Alvarez: Frito Lay Strike and Worker Co-Ops Show Inherent Humanity of Labor Struggle on Apple Podcasts
Show By Any Means Necessary, Ep Frito Lay Strike and Worker Co-Ops Show Inherent Humanity of Labor Struggle – Jul 19, 2021
Your Call radio/Maximillian Alvarez:Worker Uprisings Continue Making Waves Across The Country
Published August 5, 2021 at 1:00 AM PDT
In These Times/Maximillian Alvarez:A Bold Experiment in Working-Class Journalism
Sometimes the most revolutionary thing you can do is listen.
The Hill’s Rising/Maximillian Alvarez:Biden Admin FUMING After Veteran Congressmen Make UNAUTHORIZED Trip To Kabul To Witness Evacuation
Team Rising reacts to two congressmen taking an unauthorized trip to Kabul.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks t…
The Hill’s Rising/Maximillian Alvarez:Rahm Emanual Ambassador To Japan Nomination Slap In he Face To Progressives, Pay For Play?
Team Rising discusses former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel’s various connections to Japan.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts t…
The Jacobin Show/Maximillian Alvarez:When Reagan Declared War on Working People — Max Alvarez
On the fortieth anniversary of the 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike, Max Alvarez breaks down how Ronald Reagan crushed t…
July 2021
Audubon/Lisa Snowden-McCray: An Urban Oasis Grows in Baltimore—With Justice and Nature In Mind
Through hustle and vision, Atiya Wells founded a green space from unused land that serves its community’s needs.
The Hill’s Rising/Maximillian Alvarez: J&J SETTLES Opioid Case For MILLIONS, Is It Enough?
Team Rising discusses the New York AG’s announcement that Johnson and Johnson will cease manufacturing and sales of opioids nationwide.About Rising: Rising i…
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar/Max Alvarez: Hard Lessons For The Left In NYC
Krystal and Saagar invite Max Alvarez on the show to discuss what the NYC results mean for the left and moreTo become a Breaking Points Premium Member and wa…
Just Solutions/Maximillian Alvarez: Rural Wisconsin Communities Battle Industrial Scale Hog Farms
Rural communities in Wisconsin are battling two proposed concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in their areas. These gian…
The Hill’s Rising/Maximillian Alvarez:Biden Presidency BIGGEST Missed Opportunity? Left Prioritizes ACCESS Over Influence
Max Alvarez, host of Working People podcast, discusses President Biden’s relationship with progressive Dems.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show wi…
The Zero Hour w/ RJ Eskow/Maximilian Alvarez on the Alabama Miners’ Strike & Stories to Build Solidarity
Find Out More: https://therealnews.com/striking-alabama-coal-miners-hit-streets-of-nyc-to-protest-corporate-greed Subscribe to The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow fo…
Means Morning News/Maximillian Alvarez: 7/29/21 – MMN Goes Underground on Apple Podcasts
Show Means Morning News, Ep 7/29/21 – MMN Goes Underground – Jul 30, 2021
June 2021
WBAI Radio/Jaisal Noor: 060721 Peru election to the wire, AMLO, Kamala, Guatemala, Park Rights
Elections come down to the wire in Peru.. Mexico’s president suffers a set back… Kamala goes to Guatemala.. and the right to use a city park..
Means Morning News/Jaisal Noor: 6/3/21 – It is Happening Again on Apple Podcasts
Show Means Morning News, Ep 6/3/21 – It is Happening Again – Jun 4, 2021
The Hill’s Rising/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Media, party elites BAFFLED on how to WIN OVER working class
Team Rising discusses how, “working-class voters upended elite assumptions,” and voted for Joe Biden.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipa…
WORT/Jaisal Noor: The Power of Worker Coops on Worker’s Lives – WORT 89.9 FM
According to the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, a worker cooperative is a values-driven business that puts worker and community benefit at the core of its purpose. At worker coops, the workers own the business and benefit from it’s financial successes. Workers also have representation on and …
The Nomiki Show/Maximillian Alvarez: Maximillian Alvarez, Jordan Zakarin, Natalie Shure | The Nomiki Show 6/23/21
TODAY » Maximillian Alvarez of @The Real News Network + Jordan Zakarin, Natalie ShureWe need your help to keep providing free videos! Make sure to click Lik…
IPA/Jaisal Noor: How Worker Co-Ops Weathered COVID-19 by Prioritizing People Over Profits – accuracy.org
Noor added: “Worker cooperatives distribute decision-making power, profits and risk. Data indicates that during the pandemic, worker cooperatives were less likely to lay off staff and often pivoted their business models so they could continue to operate while protecting their workers and the public.…
The Hill’s Rising/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel REACTS: Derek Chauvin Sentenced In Death Of George Floyd, Reform Imminent?
Team Rising reacts to the sentencing of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with biparti…
FAIR/Jaisal Noor: Jaisal Noor on Worker Co-Ops, Duncan Meisel on Fossil Fuel Greenwashing
In the way they balance worker health and company success, worker co-ops complicate corporate media’s economic storyline.
Get In There podcast/Maximillian Alvarez: Get In There with Hardley Browne: S1.EP5 – Maximillian Alvarez featuring the music of Jules Taylor
Maximillian Alvarez is the editor-in-chief of the Real News Network and the host of the podcast ‘Working People’. He has a dual-PhD from the University of Michigan in history and comparative literature. Max’s writing has been featured in , , , , and the . In this episode, Max joins us to discuss ho…
The Progressive Magazine/Jaisal Noor: Co-ops Weathered COVID-19 by Prioritizing People Over Profits
A documentary from The Real News Network highlights how co-ops show us what a workplace centered around democracy and dignity could look like.
Baltimore Sun/Jaisal Noor: East Baltimore community’s only green space fenced off by Weinberg Y, residents unite in protest | READER COMMENTARY
After the pandemic upended daily life, the Stadium Place green space transformed into an essential resource for the community — a safe space to reconnect with neighbors. Historically, low-income communities of color, like those in East Baltimore, have been denied such access to quality green space.
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Jaisal Noor: Jaisal Noor says co-op businesses ‘give a sense of ownership’ to workers
Jaisal Noor, a senior reporter at The Real News Network, said that co-op business operations give “a sense of ownership to the workers” when decisions are made democratically, which ultimately improves the
FAIR/Jaisal Noor: ‘Having a Say Can Be Transformative’
“You can have profit-sharing, you can have a living wage. And these are all things we are told that you can’t have in America.”
May 2021
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Record # Of Republicans Want Third Party
Team Rising weighs in polling that reveals a majority of Republicans believe a third political party is needed.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show…
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Trump’s New Blog Gets HORRIFIC Engagement
Team Rising discusses the performance of Donald Trump’s communications platform. So far it has gotten a total of 212k engagements. About Rising: Rising is a…
The Laura Flanders Show/Maximillian Alvarez: Labor Looks Up After Amazon Union Vote
“The opportunities for labor right now are virtually limitless,” says Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, the country’s largest labor federation. With …
April 2021
Srsly Wrong podcast/Maximillian Alvarez: 230 – A Chat About May Day (w/ Max, Franz, Liz and Amy!) – srsly wrong
by Srsly Wrong · Published April 30, 2021 · Updated April 30, 2021
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Fox News ERUPTS Over Chauvin Verdict
Team Rising reacts to Fox News host, Greg Gutfeld’s, comments on the Derek Chauvin verdict.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hos…
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Tech Co’s Launch CHAMBER OF PROGRESS To Lobby For GOOGLE, Amazon, Facebook
Team Rising reacts to the launch of Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech coalition created by a former Google exec.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morni…
The Valley Labor Report/Maximillian Alvarez: The Valley Labor Report – The Valley Labor Report Full Episode April 10 2021
Maximillian Alvarez of Working People Pod and editor for Real News Network
March 2021
Delmarva Life/Stephen Janis: OCFF 2021 – The Friendliest Town – DelmarvaLife
Stephen Janis is former newspaper reporter from Baltimore who now works for The Real News Network, a nonprofit organization […]
The David Feldman Show/Maximillian Alvarez: David Feldman Show: Woody, Charles And Other Royal A-Holes, Episode 1220 on Apple Podcasts
Show David Feldman Show, Ep Woody, Charles And Other Royal A-Holes, Episode 1220 – Mar 8, 2021
Ocean City Film Festival/Stephen Janis: Ocean City Film Festival to Feature Documentary about our neighboring town Pocomoke City, “The Friendliest Town”
The story of Kelvin Sewell, a former Baltimore City police detective, and Pocomoke City In 2011, the town of Pocomoke City, Md. hired Kelvin Sewell, a former Baltimore City police detective and the town’s first Black police chief, to address the town’s crime problem. Five years later, the town fired…
Pod Damn America/Maximillian Alvarez: OPERATION AMAZON w/ Maximillian Alvarez
Maximillian Alvarez from The Real News and Working People Podcast tells us about the fight to unionize Amazon and the PRO act coming to a country near you maybe provided you live in America Read abou
MUSE TV/Stephen Janis/Taya Graham: Kelvin Sewell, Stephen Janis & Taya Graham Talk The Friendliest Town
Kelvin Sewell, Stephen Janis & Taya Graham Talk The Friendliest Town:MUSE TV’s Michael Sandoval talks with the former Chief of Police in Pocomoke Kelvin Sewe…
The Labor Radio / Podcast Network Livestream/Maximillian Alvarez: 128. Uber vs. Aslam, California’s Prop 22, & Fighting for the Global Rights of Gig Workers – LRPN Livestream
Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews labor leaders about current labor issues with rotating hosts made up of network members.
Guests for March 10th, 2021 of LRPN Livestream included Yaseen Aslam (Uber BV v Aslam and Presiden…
Guests for March 10th, 2021 of LRPN Livestream included Yaseen Aslam (Uber BV v Aslam and Presiden…
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Is Biden REALLY Going To Raise Taxes On The Rich?
Team Rising debates how the Biden administration will fund their proposed multi-trillion dollar infrastructure package.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morn…
Howard University/Stephen Janis: Africana Film and Discussion Series: The Friendliest Town | Howard Calendar
The Africana Film and Discussion Series is a partnership of the Howard University Libraries’ Reference Department and the Howard University Afro-American Studies and African Studies departments. It was founded by Ms.
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Kamala To Join Bill Clinton For Conversation On ‘Women And Girls’
Team Rising discusses this Friday’s Clinton Global Initiative event.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold…
Music City Drive-In/Stephen Janis/Taya Graham: Interview with ‘The Friendliest Town’ Director Stephen Janis and Producer Taya Graham
New documentary The Friendliest Town follows a government takedown of Pocomoke City, Maryland sheriff Kelvin Sewell. This film is a hard one to watch because you are taken into the life of someone …
Jacobin/Maximillian Alvarez: Danny Glover on Amazon Workers’ Struggle to Organize in Alabama
Legendary actor and longtime progressive activist Danny Glover was recently in Bessemer, Alabama, supporting workers’ efforts to organize a union there. In an interview, Glover talks about what brought him to Bessemer, his own labor history, and why the Amazon workers’ “struggle has significance for…
February 2021
This Is Revolution/Eddie Conway: Ep. 109: Rattling the Bars w/ Black Panther Eddie Conway
Today we speak with former head of the Black Panther Party’s Baltimore chapter Eddie Conway. Conway was wrongfully convicted and served 43 years in prison. While in prison Brother Conway started a lab
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Are Cotton, Hawley, Romney SERIOUS About Raising Minimum Wage?
Team Rising discusses Republican plans for raising the minimum wage.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold…
Far Out Magazine/Stephen Janis: From Ava DuVernay to Raoul Peck: A decade of race on film
A deep dive.
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Steve Mnuchin TAPS Gulf Arab Money For Fund After Leaving Office
Team Rising reacts to reports that Steve Mnuchin is starting an investment fund.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that bre…
Film School Radio/ Stephen Janis: The Friendliest Town – Director Stephen Janis and Subject Kelvin Sewell | Film School Radio hosted by Mike Kaspar
THE FRIENDLIEST TOWN chronicles a startling tale of institutionalized racism working against the dedicated efforts of the first African American Police Chief, Kelvin Sewell in the small town of Pocomoke on Maryland’s lower Eastern Shore. The national debate over policing generally misses a critical …
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Max Alvarez: ON THE GROUND From Alabama Union Organizing. Could This Set Off A Flood?
Host of Working People podcast, Max Alvarez, discusses what’s happening on the ground in Alabama as Amazon workers continue to push for a union.About Rising:…
Black Power Media/Stephen Janis/Taya Graham: There Is No Mayberry. Taya Graham and Stehpen Janis On Racism In Small Town Maryland
Both Graham and Janis are veteran Maryland-based reporters and the current creators of “The Friendliest Town.“https://www.facebook.com/thefriendliesttown/abo…
Mariame Kaba/John Duda: We Do This ’Til We Free Us
February 2021, “Toward the Horizon Of Abolition” (Interview with Mariame Kaba), published in NYT bestselling book We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
The Chronicle Review/Maximillian Alvarez: Cornel West: ‘My Ridiculous Situation at Harvard’
The activist and scholar on tenure, respect, and the racial politics of higher ed.
Behind the Lens/Stephen Janis: BTL Radio Show – 02/15/2021 with special guests DEANNE FOLEY & LATONIA HARTERY and STEPHEN JANIS – Behind The Lens Online
It’s a full house this week on #BTLRadioShow thanks to special guests, STEPHEN JANIS, DEANNE FOLEY, and LATONIA HARTERY. Plus, some review bytes for you on ME YOU MADNESS and PARADISE COVE.
The Hill/Maximillian Alvarez: Editor in chief of The Real News: Amazon is the ‘great and un-unionized white whale’ of the labor movement
Editor in Chief of The Real News and host of Working People podcast Max Alvarez on Wednesday discussed the importance of the unionization efforts among Alabama Amazon fulfillment workers, calling the tech giant “the great and un-uni
Baltimore Magazine/Stephen Janis: New Documentary Examines Racism in “The Friendliest City in Maryland”
Feature-length doc on Pocomoke City exposes racism directed at former Baltimore detective-turned-local police chief.
January 2021
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Bernie PUSHES Biden For Emergency Universal Health Care
Team Rising discusses a potential new stimulus package created by Senator Bernie Sanders.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts…
LRM Online/Stephen Janis: Kelvin Sewell and Stephen Janis Talk Police Chief Firing in The Friendliest Town Doc [Exclusive Interview]
Pocomoke City may call itself “the friendliest town on the Eastern Shore.” However, this small town in Maryland was broiled in a civil and political
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Will 17 Republicans ACTUALLY Vote To Convict Trump?
Team Rising discusses the prominent Republican leaders who have called for President Trump’s removal from office.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning sh…
Baltimore Sun/Stephen Janis/Taya Graham: Baltimore filmmakers document racism under the ‘Mayberry’ façade of Pocomoke City | COMMENTARY
What happens when an African American homicide detective from Baltimore moves to a small town with a history of racism on the Eastern Shore of Maryland? It isn’t pretty, but it is illuminating and moving in the documentary "The Friendliest Town" arriving Jan. 19.
The David Feldman Show/Maximillian Alvarez: David Feldman Show: The Insurrection Results Are In, Episode 1203 on Apple Podcasts
Show David Feldman Show, Ep The Insurrection Results Are In, Episode 1203 – Jan 7, 2021
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: LA TImes MOCKED for FAWNING Kamala Harris coverage
Team Rising discusses the newest beat announced by the LA Times, “Covering Kamala Harris.“About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan host…
Film Threat/Stephen Janis: The Friendliest Town | Film Threat
The racist firing and judicial lynching of beloved police chief, Kelvin Sewell, tears the small town of Pokomoke apart.
The Hill’s Rising with Krystal & Saagar/Maximillian Alvarez: Panel: Is Impeachment OVER Before It Even Began?
Team Rising reacts to Sen. Rand Paul’s proposal to vote on the constitutionality of impeaching a former president and discusses what the results might indica…
December 2020
The Vanguard Podcast/Maximillian Alvarez Interview – Combating the Corporate Media
Gavin & Zac, hosts of the Vanguard Podcast, interview Maximillian Alvarez (editor-in-chief at The Real News and host of the Working People Podcast) about the…
November 2020
Empathy Media Lab/Maximillian Alvarez: 46. LRPN Member Spotlight: Maximillian Alvarez host of Working People
Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Member Spotlight Series pays homage to radio and podcast producers who are focusing on working class issues. Maximillian Alvarez is host of Working People, in partnership with In These Times magazine, which is a podcast about…
End of Sport podcast/Maximillian Alvarez: Episode 52: Fascism, Spectacle, and Politics with Maximillian Alvarez and Sina Rahmani
In this somewhat off-brand episode, Johanna and Nathan are joined by friends Dr. Maximillian Alvarez (our first repeat guest!) and Dr. Sina Rahmani to wade through the all-consuming political moment in the United States. Maximillian Alvarez is host of Work…
Our Calgary podcast/Maximillian Alvarez: _OURCALGARY: Episode 006 – “We Are More Than Just Nametags” w Max Alvarez on Apple Podcasts
Show _OURCALGARY, Ep Episode 006 – “We Are More Than Just Nametags” w Max Alvarez – Nov 2, 2020
