Welcome to the Reuther Library's podcast archive. They are arranged by publication date with the most recent on top and the oldest at the bottom.
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[Podcast] Communists and Community in Wartime Detroit
Posted October 28th, 2021 by teller
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- Communism
- Communist Party of America
- Community activists
- Community development--Michigan--Detroit
- Community organization.
- Detroit (Mich.)
- Detroit--politics and government
- Detroit--social conditions
- Discrimination in housing--Michigan
- Labor unions and communism
- United Automobile Workers
- World War, 1939-1945
Dr. Ryan Pettengill explains how communist activists in Detroit worked with labor activists during and after the Second World War to enhance the quality of life in the community by advocating for civil rights, affordable housing, protections for the foreign-born, and more. read more »
[Podcast] Sandfuture: Exploring Minoru Yamasaki, Lost Humanist Architecture, and the Rise of Sick Buildings and Sick People
Posted September 28th, 2021 by teller
Artist and author Justin Beal shares the career and legacy of influential yet often forgotten architect Minoru Yamasaki. read more »
[Podcast] Midnight in Vehicle City: Modern Lessons From the Flint Sit-Down Strike
Posted August 11th, 2021 by teller
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Edward McClelland recounts the gripping details of the Flint sit-down strike, and considers what we can learn today from the strikers’ successful fight for shared prosperity in 1936-1937. read more »
[Podcast] Blaming Teachers: How America Simultaneously Professionalized and Patronized Education
Posted July 9th, 2021 by teller
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Dr. Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz explains how the push to professionalize and standardize educators beginning in the mid-1800s, without granting them decision-making power, has made them the public face of foundering school policies developed and implemented by local school administrators and state and national policymakers. read more »
[Podcast] From Bargaining Table to Diplomatic Table: Leonard Woodcock in China (Part 2)
Posted May 26th, 2021 by teller
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After Leonard Woodcock stepped down as president of the UAW in 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter sent him to Beijing as a diplomatic envoy and ultimately as the nation’s first ambassador to the People’s Republic of China. In the second of a two-part interview, his wife Sharon Woodcock talks about Deng Xiaoping's visit to the United States; Leonard Woodcock's work after leaving the State Department, including his work on the Board of Governors of Wayne State University; and his support of the Reuther Library. read more »
