Episode 7 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation:
Pathways to a New Economy that Works for Us
Includes:
1. Patty DeMarco returns with Pathways to a New Economy. Her feature interview is with teacher, activist and organizer Michael Bagdes-Canning. They talk dirty jobs and clean ones, failing industry and green, along with fracking and climate change.
- Dr. Patricia DeMarco: patriciademarco.com
- Michael Bagdes-Canning: mikeforpa64.com
2. Larry McCullough joins host Nathan Ruggles with the latest from the Battle of Homestead Foundation, and his music selections -- including a live studio surprise -- related to the feature theme of the episode.
- “Paradise” by John Prine
- “Freakin Frackin” by Jay Kulstad, from the album: World Gone Blind, available on Apple Music and Spotify.
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