Episode #188: Hillbillys in Hollywood on Strike!
Chuck and Callie take listener submissions about the worst thing they ever got in trouble for as a kid, and then talk with Jeffrey Reddick - creator of the Final Destination horror franchise - about the writers/actors strike in Hollywood and what working class people are facing with rich studio executives.
Episode #174: A North Carolina mill town's 1,100 union jobs disappeared
Callie's hometown of Canton, NC is facing an absolutely devastating situation as the company who own's the town's biggest employer - a paper mill - announced it would be shutting down the facility in June, leaving 1,100 union workers without jobs.
Callie breaks down the history of Canton and lays the context for why this is so hearbreaking, we talk about the politics, and we interview the Mayor of Canton - Zeb Smathers, who doesn't mince words.
Episode #62: Sen. Sherrod Brown talks unions and fighting for Appalachia
We talked to Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) about the future of unions, winning as a Democrat in rural red America, and supporting Appalachia