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Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny: the Rise and Revolt of the College Educated Working Class and Joe Uehlein, Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology
Jun 23, 2026
Unknown duration
NLRB Update – the New Republican Majority and Working Families Friend Turns 23
Jun 17, 2026
Unknown duration
The 2026 State of Misery Legislative Sum-up and the Labor Caucus and --- IT'S KKFI SUMMER FUND DRIVE!
Jun 9, 2026
59m 57s
Is the Proposed Royals Stadium a Good Deal for Taxpayers?
Jun 2, 2026
59m 38s
It's Labor History Month - plan your vacation with a map of labor sites and Quindaro - some local history
May 27, 2026
59m 10s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/23/26 | Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny: the Rise and Revolt of the College Educated Working Class and Joe Uehlein, Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology | We explore two books. First, New York Times reporter Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College Educated Working Class who face underemployment, low pay and crippling debt after graduation. Then, Joe Uehlein whose memoir Three Roads takes him from 60’s antiwar protests to the Battle of Seattle, to civil disobedience at the White House against the Keystone pipeline, all the while working for the AFL-CIO and leading a rock band. Our feature is Washington Window with Mark Gruenberg. | — | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | NLRB Update – the New Republican Majority and Working Families Friend Turns 23 | The National Labor Relations Board will soon have a Republican majority, meaning that the rollback of Biden-era union protections is imminent. We’ll talk with journalist Robert Iafolla (Eye-uh-foal uh) of Bloomberg Law about what’s next for the NLRB. Then, we’ll talk to DSA’s Elias Garcia about their campaign to get local businesses to sign the Monarch Pledge and say “No” to ICE. | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | The 2026 State of Misery Legislative Sum-up and the Labor Caucus and --- IT'S KKFI SUMMER FUND DRIVE!✨ | Missouri legislative sessionlabor caucus+3 | Emily WeberAdrian Plank | KKFI | Missouri | Missourilegislative session+4 | — | 59m 57s | |
| 6/2/26 | Is the Proposed Royals Stadium a Good Deal for Taxpayers?✨ | Kansas City Royalsstadium proposal+3 | Mary Erio | Kansas City RoyalsHallmark | Crown Center | Royals stadiumpublic subsidies+3 | — | 59m 38s | |
| 5/27/26 | It's Labor History Month - plan your vacation with a map of labor sites and Quindaro - some local history✨ | labor historyroad trip+3 | Chris Garlock | Labor Heritage FoundationWashington Window | Quindaro | labor historyroad trip+3 | — | 59m 10s | |
| 5/19/26 | Mid-Continent Library Workers Organize and Retiring Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy✨ | labor organizationunion+3 | Rick Levy | Mid-Continent Libraries | — | Mid-Continent Librariesunion+5 | — | 1h 00m 15s | |
| 5/11/26 | Motown & the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries and the Kansas City Public School Foundation✨ | Labor historyEducation funding+3 | Authors of Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries | League of Revolutionary Black WorkersKansas City Public School Foundation+1 | MissouriDetroit | Motownworking-class revolutionaries+3 | — | 1h 00m 10s | |
| 5/6/26 | KU Pharmacists Organize!✨ | union electionpharmacists+3 | Mary Erio | University of Kansas Medical Center | — | pharmacistsunion+4 | — | 59m 26s | |
| 4/27/26 | Raiding the Heartland by William D. Lopez and The Missouri Legislature’s Labor Caucus✨ | ICE raidsimmigrant workers+4 | William D. LopezAdrian Plank | University of MichiganMissouri Legislature+1 | — | ICE raidsimmigrant workers+4 | — | 59m 46s | |
| 4/22/26 | The KC Port Authority Subsidies and Our Schools and Will Killing the State Income Tax Cost Working People More? You betcha!✨ | Port Authority subsidieseconomic growth+5 | Amy Blouin | Kansas City Port AuthorityMissouri Budget Project | MissouriKansas City | Port Authoritysubsidies+8 | — | 59m 16s | |
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| 4/14/26 | The New Bus Riders Union and IATSE Local 31 is Staffing the World Cup✨ | public transportationlabor unions+3 | Michael Amash | KC Bus Riders UnionInternational Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 31 | — | bus riderslabor union+5 | — | 59m 57s | |
| 4/7/26 | The Annoyance Economy and Missouri Workers Center Organizing Restaurant Workers✨ | Annoyance Economyrestaurant workers+3 | Chad Maisel | Groundwork CollaborativeMissouri Workers Center | — | junk feesphone scams+3 | — | 59m 59s | |
| 3/30/26 | Celebrating 50 Years of Free Agency in Baseball✨ | free agencybaseball+4 | Michael Haupert | Major League Baseball Players Association | — | free agencybaseball+5 | — | 1h 00m 09s | |
| 3/24/26 | Singing No Kings and Hunger Is a Union Issue✨ | social justicelabor issues+3 | Mark Gruenberg | KC Indivisible Social Justice ChorusMill Creek NO Kings+1 | Great Britain | social justicelabor+5 | — | 1h 00m 07s | |
| 3/18/26 | Jeff City Misery – A Legislative Update✨ | legislative updateworkers' rights+3 | Mark SharpKemp Strickler+1 | Heartland Labor ForumKKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio | Missouri | legislationMissouri+3 | — | 59m 25s | |
| 3/11/26 | Kansas Legislative Update and ATU’s Nic Miller in Our Labor Leader Series✨ | Kansas legislatureworking families+4 | Jake Lowen | Kansas AFL-CIO | KansasKansas City | Kansas legislatureworking families+5 | — | 1h 00m 18s | |
| 3/3/26 | CoreCivic in Leavenworth: Reformed or Human Rights Abuser? We’ll Talk to Prison Guards and Residents✨ | private prisonhuman rights+4 | former guardsformer detainee | Core CivicAdvocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation | Leavenworth | Core CivicLeavenworth+4 | — | 1h 00m 02s | |
| 2/23/26 | Whose Got the Power? By Dave Kamper and Parents for KC Kids✨ | labor upsurgeeducation+3 | Dave Kamper | Parents for KC KidsMissouri legislators+1 | — | laboreducation+5 | — | 1h 00m 04s | |
| 2/19/26 | From the Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins to Minneapolis Some News and Lessons from other Labor Shows | We’re going to introduce our listeners to a couple of shows from the Labor Radio Podcast Network. The Green and Red podcast did a show about the Greensboro Sit-Ins sixty-four years ago and the power of direct action linking lessons to the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis. Then, we’ll here a few minutes from the podcast The Power at Work asking three labor observers about recent news. Our feature is Know Your Rights with Michael Amash. | — | ||||||
| 2/11/26 | The AI Bubble??? and Challenges of Social Work in a Shrinking Welfare State | Whether AI will be a glorious revolution for humanity or a dystopian nightmare remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: Big Tech is all in. We'll ask the American Prospect’s David Dayen if we’re in an AI bubble that could wreck the economy. Then, since 1976, El Centro has helped the Latino community thrive. We’ll talk with social worker Maryely Cadena-Zarate about how her work is changed under Trump as families fear being disappeared by ICE. Our feature is Labor Song of the Month. | — | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | Peter Cole on Dockworker Resistance to Arms Shipments and John Miller: Health Insurance for 20 Million is at Risk | Dockworkers have long been on the progressive forefront supporting racial equality and fighting fascism. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll talk with Professor Peter Cole about the history of longshore workers and how they’re dealing with creeping fascism in today’s America. Then, Congress has disappeared the Affordable Care Act tax credits. We’ll ask economist John Miller about the millions of Americans losing their health coverage and what’s the impact on the rest of us? Our feature is Safety First with Mary Erio. | — | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | Half Price Book Workers Win a Union and Union Buster Supreme: The Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Last fall workers at two Half Priced Books stores organized a union. Now workers at the Westport store have won a first contract. We’ll celebrate with them this week on the Heartland Labor Forum . Then, one of the longest strikes in recent history ended with a judge’s order and a big win for the union. Then management fired everyone and shutdown operations. Yes it’s the Pittsburg Post Gazette, and we’ll talk to the President of the News Guild CWA’s John Schleuss. Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at 5am. Our feature is Voices from Labor History with Christina Dismang. | — | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | A Union Member’s Bill of Rights and Deep Fission: Is It Safe? | Do you know the union members Bill of Rights? If you are a union member these affect you just in case your union fails to be democratic. Tonight we’ll talk to Josh Soffler from the Association for Union Democracy. Then, is burying a nuclear reactor almost half a mile underground a good idea? This Trumpian project designated for Parsons, Kansas says it will bury its own waste just as deep. We’ll ask nuclear expert Ann Suellentrop about it. Our feature is Washington Window with Mark Gruenberg. | — | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | United Electrical Workers: 1st Union to Come Out Against War with Venezuela and Have Politicians and the Media Lied Us into War on Venezuela? | UE, The United Electrical Workers, was the first US union to denounce Trump’s attacks on Venezuela. Other unions have now joined them demanding “no more blood for oil.” This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we talk to UE President Scott Slawson about why and how union leaders talk to members about controversial political issues. Then, we’ll interview author Joe Embersberger about how the media has failed to report the real and complex story of how the US has undermined Venezuelan democracy for years. Thursday at 6pm, rebroadcast Friday at 5am. Our feature is Know Your Rights with Michael Amash. | — | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | Our Annual Crystal Ball Show: What's in Store for the Working Class in 2026? | A year ago on the Heartland Labor Forum we predicted what was in store for working people in 2025. This week we’ll look in our 2026 crystal ball and ask How will workers and unions do this year? Will organizing surge despite a paralyzed NLRB? Will Missourians reject gerrymandered maps? Will unions join the No Kings coalition? Will the Chiefs get a deal in Kansas? | — | ||||||
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