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Faith and Labor is a podcast video series exploring the history of Catholic Social Teachings and how it can be used to bridge divisions and guide humanity to solve the great challenges facing the working class.

Hosted by John Andrechak of Laborlines and Evan Matthew Papp of Empathy Media Lab, they discuss history, scripture, encyclicals, current events, and how faith and love is needed to strengthen solidarity and heal a world in disarray. 

Episode 3 focuses on Gaudium Et Spes, which means “Joy and hope” and and was published after the Second Vatican Council.

We will also discuss current headlines related to Pope Francis visit to Iraq, the Vatican stance against same-sex unions, and the Catholic Labor Network’s support for the Pro Act.

We would love to hear your feedback, ideas, and suggested guests for future shows, as we seek to promote what Pope Francis described in Fratelli Tutti as a more just and fraternal world where “Love shatters the chains that keep us isolated and separate; in their place, it builds bridges.”

#union #labor #pope #popefrancis #Vatican #vaticano #VaticanCity #faith #faithful 

This excerpt is from an interview with Daniel K of PsyOp.

Download the album: https://psyopdc.bandcamp.com

Follow PsyOp 

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Watch the full interview: https://www.empathymedialab.com/post/daniel-k-of-psyop-debut-album-howl-from-the-void-eml-s-artist-profiles 

Lyrics - The World Owes Me Something

All our yesterdays like ashes 

All our dreams in water washes 

Away into the winding stream 

Weaving winding byzantine 

Straight to the sea of desire 

Where dreams plot and where they conspire 

Kill the living steal their flesh 

To the land of nod and of death 

The world owes me something x 4

But I don't know what it is x2

One day one day we all will die 

We had a fountain but they stripped it dry 

And I feel a ripple in time itself 

Stop the travesty of souls to sell 

Debt collectors armed to the teeth 

Serve the papers and they kill the thief 

Anthill skyline blocks the sun 

Like a growing carcinogen 

(Chorus)

They won't rest until everything is commodified 

Cheapened deadened surveilled and privatized 

Prisoners of automated paralysis 

Humanity consumed by the sheer force of our artifice 

There's nowhere to hide in the desert of the real 

We must tear down the walls of the city on the hill 

The system zeroes in with it's omniscient eye 

A hunter honing in on it's kill

 At least the hippies had a reprieve from the churning gears 

At least they could (indistinct) greed and fear 

Now we are pawns of the atrociously wealthy 

Our only reprieve xanax blackouts and fentanyl ODs

Chandra Whitfield is host and producer of In The Gap podcast with episodes featuring everyday Black women and experts sharing their personal experiences on how the gender pay gap, pay discrimination and systemic inequality affects the lives and livelihoods of Black women in the American workforce. 

In 2020, Black women still only make 62 cents on the dollar compared to white, non-Hispanic men. In recognition of these ongoing disparities, In These Times presents In The Gap, a 12-episode podcast series. Episodes feature everyday Black women and experts alike sharing their personal experiences and insights on how the gender pay gap, pay discrimination and systemic inequality affects the lives and livelihoods of Black women in the American workforce. 

About the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Launched in April 2020, the Labor Radio Podcast Network focuses on working class issues that are often overlooked in the corporate-controlled media. The goal of the network is to help raise the voices of working people and strengthen organized labor to demand and achieve better treatment from workplaces and elected officials.

The Labor Radio Podcast Network is both a one-stop shop for audiences looking for labor content and a resource for labor broadcasters and podcasters. Resources include a weekly podcast summarizing shows produced by network members, marketing on social media, a website listing network shows and how audiences can find them, a database for contacting expert guests, access to a private listserv for Network members, and a weekly video call to increase solidarity and support amongst members.

If you are a journalist interested in learning more or if you’re a labor radio or podcast producer and want to join the network, contact us at [email protected].

Follow the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using the hashtag #LaborRadioPod or visit the website at: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/.

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WEEKLY PODCAST NETWORK SUMMARY: https://laborradiopodcastweekly.podbean.com/

#LaborRadioPod

#1U

#UnionStrong

Video and audio was produced by Evan Matthew Papp of Empathy Media Lab.

Music by DC Labor Chorus Song “None of Us Are Free" written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Brenda Russell. Album Hail to the Thieves, Volume III: Songs to Take Our Country Back! Learn more at Labor Heritage Festival.

The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current events through a policy lens.

Episode 19 focuses on ethics and public policy with Dr. Chloe Schwenke. Participants also included Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11). 

Dr. Chloe Schwenke is an international development ethicist, practitioner, human rights activist, researcher and educator. Her career has focused on gender equality and social inclusion, LGBTQ+, governance, peacebuilding, and human rights. 

Chloe is President of The Center for Values in International Development, which is a new non-profit organization comprised of both practitioners and ethicists, working together to make secular, universal moral values explicit,  informative, persuasive, and influential in international relief and development policy, programming, advocacy, monitoring, evaluation, and learning. She served as a political appointee at USAID under the Obama Administration, as Senior Advisor on democracy, human rights, and governance in sub-Saharan Africa, and on LGBTQ+ issues. She currently serves as an adjunct professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland at College Park.

We discussed: 

• Her international development experiences in post apartheid South Africa;

The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.

This excerpt is from an interview with Daniel K of PsyOp.

Download the album: https://psyopdc.bandcamp.com

Follow PsyOp 

https://www.facebook.com/PSY-OP-105756408045635

https://www.instagram.com/psyopmusic/

Watch the full interview: https://www.empathymedialab.com/post/daniel-k-of-psyop-debut-album-howl-from-the-void-eml-s-artist-profiles 

Lyrics - Bang My Head Against the Wall

Got the vision but can't shake the coil 

Film the revolt but air the rerun 

Cauterize the burn but leave the tumor 

Growing and growing and growing 

Bang my head against the wall 

It's all I can do 

Bang my head against the wall 

It's all I can do 

It's all I can do 

The rush of blood is like a shot in the arm 

A catalyst for excision of pain 

After a while it all goes numb and you're 

Bleeding and bleeding and bleeding 

(Chorus)

Piece together the shattered mirror 

The shards of glass won't fit together 

So realize with a sinking feeling 

You'll never see your reflection 

Again

Elise and Chris discuss “The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem” with director Yu Gu and mark the anniversary of “Salt of the Earth,” the classic labor film that opened on March 14, 1954 and was banned soon after.

Includes trailer for A Woman’s Work and Salt of the Earth.

Produced by Chris Garlock. Video edited by Evan Papp.

About Labor goes to the Movies

If you like movies and are interested in the labor movement, hang out with Labor Heritage Foundation Executive Director Elise Bryant and DC Labor FilmFest Director Chris Garlock as they kick back and talk about their favorite films and chat with guests about work and workers on the silver screen.

The debut EP of DC-based PsyOp brings you into the fractured mind of one Daniel K, a twisted prophet of rage who speaks of shifting dreamscapes and the unnameable terrors of the night.

Howl from the Void fuses nihilist anthems of decadence and decay ('Bang My Head Against the Wall,' 'The World Owes Me Something'), hardcore bruisers ('Before the Gates'), and jagged postpunk ('Copy and Paste') to create a breathless display of alienation, paranoia, and outrage towards the dystopian techno-horror that is our world today.

Henry and John of grind powerhouse No Mas, along with co-writer Seth Abelson and producer Dag'Nabbit, conjure a vivid backdrop to K's scouring vocals and piercing lyrics. PsyOp draws from the righteous fury of classic hardcore and the nihilism of 70's punk to create something fiercely its own. 

Download the album: https://psyopdc.bandcamp.com

Follow PsyOp 

https://www.facebook.com/PSY-OP-105756408045635

https://www.instagram.com/psyopmusic/

Also, you can read Daniel K’s short story Hikikomori: https://www.empathymedialab.com/post/hikikomori-by-danial-kadir 

EML’s Artist Profiles

Empathy Media Lab’s Artist Profile series focuses on the role of artists in society. Inspired by James Baldwin’s numerous essays and interviews like James Baldwin on the Creative Process and the Artist’s Responsibility to Society and The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, this series will profile artists, highlight their work, and explore the creative process and the role of the artist in today's society.

Empathy Media Lab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. 

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“The American people want a government that works, they want a government that is responsive to their needs and is responsive to how they are suffering right now.”

Matt Verghese is the chief of staff for U.S. Congressman Anthony Brown who represents Maryland's 4th congressional district. Matt has also served as a senior advisor on the Van Hollen for Senate campaign as well as Political and Communications Director for the Maryland Democratic Party, and as Senior Legislative Aide in the Montgomery County Government.

The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current events through a policy lens.

Episode 18 focuses on Legislating Policy with Matt Verghese (UMD SPP ‘10). Participants also included Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11). 

We discussed: 

• Why he first got interested in public policy; 

The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.

“I see a lot of hope in struggle and people willing to be empathetic...it comes back to that ideal of humanity and care. And when we start caring about other people and because we want them to be as happy as we are, that's something I'm seeing more of in Australia. There's hope there.”

Jordie Abela is co-host of Solidarity Breakfast out of Melbourne, Australia. Solidarity Breakfast is a Rank and File Worker and Trade Union Show, covering current affairs, progressive issues and news and events from the labour movement. 

About the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Launched in April 2020, the Labor Radio Podcast Network focuses on working class issues that are often overlooked in the corporate-controlled media. The goal of the network is to help raise the voices of working people and strengthen organized labor to demand and achieve better treatment from workplaces and elected officials.

The Labor Radio Podcast Network is both a one-stop shop for audiences looking for labor content and a resource for labor broadcasters and podcasters. Resources include a weekly podcast summarizing shows produced by network members, marketing on social media, a website listing network shows and how audiences can find them, a database for contacting expert guests, access to a private listserv for Network members, and a weekly video call to increase solidarity and support amongst members.

If you are a journalist interested in learning more or if you’re a labor radio or podcast producer and want to join the network, contact us at [email protected].

Follow the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using the hashtag #LaborRadioPod or visit the website at: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/.

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/LaborRadioNet/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/laborradionet

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/laborradionet/

WEEKLY PODCAST NETWORK SUMMARY: https://laborradiopodcastweekly.podbean.com/

Video and audio was produced by Evan Matthew Papp of Empathy Media Lab.

Music by DC Labor Chorus Song “None of Us Are Free" written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Brenda Russell. Album Hail to the Thieves, Volume III: Songs to Take Our Country Back! Learn more at Labor Heritage Festival. 

#LaborRadioPod

#1U

#UnionStrong

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 President of the App Drivers & Couriers Union), Willy Solis (Gig Worker Collective), and Maria C. Figueroa (Cornell University-School of Industrial and Labor Relations).

LRPN Co-Hosts: Bama Athreya (The Gig Podcast) and Maximilian Alvarez (Working People Podcast and The Real News Network).

Topics Discussed: 

• The UK Uber vs. Aslam;

Additional Credits: Produced by Chris Garlock (Union City Radio); Producer, engineer, and editor is Evan Matthew Papp (Empathy Media Lab). 

Additional Links

Episode 3 of The Gig Podcast to learn more about Uber vs. Alsam in Judgement Day Overview: James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam decided to challenge the premise that they were not Uber’s workers.  In the UK we follow their precedent-setting lawsuit as it rises to the UK Supreme Court.  In the US we talk to drivers and organizers on the eve of their historic victory in California, the passage of Assembly Bill 5 that set a standard for all gig workers to be classified as workers.

Labor History in 2 by the Rick Smith Show: March 10, 1925 The Radium Girls

Music by DC Labor Chorus Song “None of Us Are Free" written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Brenda Russell. Album Hail to the Thieves, Volume III: Songs to Take Our Country Back! Learn more at Labor Heritage Festival. 

About the Labor Radio Podcast Network

The Labor Radio Podcast Network is both a one-stop shop for audiences looking for labor content and a resource for labor broadcasters and podcasters. Resources include a weekly podcast summarizing shows produced by network members, marketing on social media, a website listing network shows and how audiences can find them, a database for contacting expert guests, access to a private listserv for Network members, and a weekly video call to increase solidarity and support amongst members.

Launched in April 2020, the Labor Radio Podcast Network focuses on working class issues that are often overlooked in the corporate-controlled media. The goal of the network is to help raise the voices of working people and strengthen organized labor to demand and achieve better treatment from workplaces and elected officials.

If you are a journalist interested in learning more or if you’re a labor radio or podcast producer and want to join the network, contact us at [email protected].

Follow the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using the hashtag #LaborRadioPod or visit the website at: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/.

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/LaborRadioNet/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/laborradionet

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/laborradionet/

WEEKLY PODCAST NETWORK SUMMARY: https://laborradiopodcastweekly.podbean.com/