It’s November 2nd. This day in 1977, Jimmy Carter signed legislation to raise the minimum wage to $3.35.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the relatively short history of the minimum wage in this country — one in which the rate was increased fairly regularly, until a generation ago.
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Nov 20
Evacuation Day: NYC's Forgotten Holiday (1783)
<p>It's the last week in November -- on November 25th, 1783, British troops finally left New York City, which had suffered a brutal two years since the formal end of the Revolutionary War.</p><p>Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss what life was like in the period when British troops w ... Show More
23m 7s
Nov 18
The Myth of The Myth of Lewis & Clark (1805)
<p>It's November 18th. This day in 1805, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark have returned back east to report on their trip to President Jefferson. It hasn't been very successful.</p><p>Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how their names faded into relative obscurity in the ... Show More
22m 6s
Nov 16
The Penny Is Dead [Some Sunday Context]
<p>Welcome to our Sunday Context series, where we try and bring you new conversations and episodes from the archives to give a little context for the news of the day. Today, a look at the very first one-cent coins, as the US minted the very last new penny.</p><p>.....</p><p>It’s ... Show More
13m 32s
Oct 2021
Primer: Microworking for the Weekend
<p>We're back! This week, we speak with Phil Jones, author of <em>Work Without the Worker: Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism</em>, a new book from Verso Books. Jones is also a researcher for the think tank Autonomy.</p>
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39m 1s
Dec 2022
Introducing: The Al Franken Podcast
A five-time Emmy winning SNL comedy writer/producer, joins a four-time #1 NYT bestselling author, a three-time highest-rated national progressive radio host, a two-time Grammy winning artist, and a former US Senator. So, it gets a little crowded in the booth when Al talks public ... Show More
7m 58s
Aug 2023
Repudiados por Franco y odiados por el Reich - Ep.1 (Españoles en campo de concentración nazis)
El retrato político de los reos que arribaron a Francia a partir de 1938 nos muestra a antiguos combatientes del Ejército Popular y a miles de sindicalistas. El doctor en Historia Gaspar Celaya, experto en el exilio, confirma que hubo anarcosindicalistas de la CNT, trotskistas de ... Show More
16m 11s
Aug 2021
235-Korean Folklore: Ghost Story
<p>Three stories from Korean folklore! On the first, a boy loves collecting stories, but no one really taught him proper story care, so they went the way of so many carnival goldfish. On the second, a young man protests his unfair (and kind of murdery) working conditions...by tur ... Show More
43m 44s
Apr 2021
The Law is a Tutu (with Dahlia Lithwick)
On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “The Law is a Tutu,” Preet answers listener questions about whether government officials listen to his podcast, the debate around cameras in the courtroom, and his favorite legal films.
Then, Preet interviews Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor ... Show More
59m 6s