In this interview episode, Sam and Gabe sit down with Brídín Clements Cotton and Natalie Robin to discuss their recent book, Theatre Work: reimagining the labor of theatrical production, which explores the history and current state of labor in the theatre industry.

https://www.productionlaborbook.com/

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When the "mother of American anarchism" tried to speak in Philadelphia in 1909, it triggered a protracted legal battle involving the police department, the mayor, and the federal government.

Originally aired: July 13, 2022.

Sources:

Emma Goldman’s writings:

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/emma-goldman

Emma Goldman broad history:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldman-1869-1940/

https://jwa.org/womenofvalor/goldman

Newspaper accounts of the 1909 speech:

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-goldman-arrest/104483531/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-goldman-in-phi/104484303/

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An introductory course on the first few years of the Great Depression in Philadelphia.

Originally aired: November 29, 2021.

Notes:

General histories of Philadelphia in the Depression:

http://explorepahistory.com/storydetails.php?storyId=1-9-1B&chapter=3

https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/great-depression/

https://blog.phillyhistory.org/index.php/2016/10/philadelphia-politics-and-the-presidential-campaign-of-1932/

Daily Worker Accounts of the March on City Hall:

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020097/1931-10-03/ed-1/seq-2/?date1=1931&index=46&date2=1931&searchType=basic&state=New+York&rows=50&proxtext=Daily+Worker&y=16&x=4&dateFilterType=yearRange#words=%5Bu%27DAILY%27%2C+u%27Daily%27%2C+u%27WORKER%27%2C+u%27Worker%27%2C+u%27WORKERS%27%5D

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020097/1931-10-03/ed-1/seq-3/?date1=1931&index=47&date2=1931&searchType=basic&state=New+York&rows=50&proxtext=Daily+Worker&y=16&x=4&dateFilterType=yearRange#words=%5Bu%27DAILY%27%2C+u%27Daily%27%2C+u%27daily%27%2C+u%27WORKER%27%2C+u%27worker%27%2C+u%27Worker%27%2C+u%27workers%27%2C+u%27Workers%27%5D

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