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Working People

Working People · Maximillian Alvarez

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Show overview

Working People has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 385 episodes. That works out to roughly 430 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 40 min and 1h 26m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2019, with 62 episodes published. Published by Maximillian Alvarez.

Episodes
385
Running
2018–2026 · 8y
Median length
1h
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Working People: A podcast by, for, and about the working class today (now in partnership with In These Times magazine and The Real News Network). Working People is a podcast about working-class lives in 21st-century America. In every episode, you'll hear interviews with workers from around the country, from all walks of life. We'll talk about their life stories, their jobs, politics, and families, their joys and hopes and frustrations. Overall, Working People aims to share and celebrate the diverse stories of working-class people, to remind ourselves that our stories matter, and to build a sense of shared struggle and solidarity between workers around the country.

Latest Episodes

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Over 4,000 UAW members on strike at Harvard University

May 12, 202650 min

Meet the new Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bosses, same as the old bosses

May 7, 202652 min

Alec Baldwin backs union drive at Starbucks

May 1, 202625 min

May 1: A Nationwide 'Economic Blackout' Against Billionaires and Authoritarianism

Apr 29, 202647 min

'The rain was black': A plant explosion set off a toxic bomb in this Louisiana town

Apr 15, 202652 min

Baltimore security guards strike for respect, healthcare, and a union

Apr 8, 202629 min

US postal workers side with communities over collaboration with ICE: "Don't be a snitch"

Apr 1, 202640 min

Immigrant workers launch largest US meatpacking strike in 40 years

Mar 25, 202633 min

Fourth-generation fisherwoman Diane Wilson goes on hunger strike against Dow Chemical

Mar 18, 202652 min

"ICE got me": The urgent fight to free Ludovic Mbock

Mar 12, 202643 min

Sean O'Brien sold workers and unions out to Trump—these Teamsters are running to oust him

Mar 4, 20261h 8m

Tech workers protest Microsoft's ties to ICE terror and Israel's war crimes

Feb 26, 202625 min

They won their strike fair and square. Now their rich bosses are closing up shop.

Feb 18, 202633 min

NO DEAL: Nurses at NY-Presbyterian overwhelmingly vote to stay on strike

Feb 13, 202621 min

Massive strike at Kaiser Permanente enters third week

Feb 12, 20261h 0m

America's toxic future looks like East Palestine, OH, today

Feb 6, 202638 min

"A hero": Nurses, federal workers honor Alex Pretti

Feb 1, 202615 min

Largest nurses union calls to abolish ICE after Alex Pretti killing

Jan 28, 202624 min

"Shut everything down": Minnesota calls for mass strike on Jan. 23

Jan 21, 202656 min

The longest-running strike in the US is over—and the workers won

Dec 18, 20251h 16m