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Dec. 22, 2019: DC 37’s Municipal Employees Legal Services Dir./Gen. Counsel Bill Whalen and MELS Housing Unit Co-Supervisor Anette Bonelli on NY State’s expanded tenant protections. Show also aired on Wed., December 25, 2019.

Dec. 15, 2019: DC 37’s youngest local president, New York City Police Department Civilian Unit Local 3778 Pres. Donique Berry. Also, a re-broadcast of SSEU Local 371’s new podcast, Studio 371, featuring SSEU Local 371 President Anthony Wells. Show also aired on Wed., December 18, 2019.

Dec. 8, 2019: The second of a two-part broadcast on economic inequality and mobility with guests James Parrott, Director of Economic & Fiscal Policies at The New School’s Center for NYC Affairs; Janet Gornick, Director of CUNY’s Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality; and Steve Kreisberg, AFSCME’s Director of Research. Show also aired on Wed., December 11, 2019.

Dec. 1, 2019: The first of a two-part broadcast on economic inequality and mobility with guests James Parrott, Director of Economic & Fiscal Policies at The New School’s Center for NYC Affairs; Janet Gornick, Director of CUNY’s Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality; and Steve Kreisberg, AFSCME’s Director of Research. Show also aired on Wed., December 4, 2019.

Nov. 17, 2019: Census for New York Director Julie Menin on 2020 NYC Census count; Washington, D.C. political consultant Jiore Craig on Fake News. Show also aired on Wed., November 20, 2019.

Nov. 3, 2019: DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido discusses the 2020 U.S. Census and other issues. Show also aired on Wed., November 6, 2019.

Oct. 27, 2019: Guests are City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Newsday columnist Dan Janison. Show also aired on Wed., October 30, 2019.

Oct. 20, 2019: Author Richard Rothstein discusses his book, “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America;” Political Action Director Jeremy John talks about the new Emerging Leaders Training Academy for DC 37 members interested in running for public office. Show also aired on Wed., October 23, 2019.

Oct. 13, 2019: Erika Boll, Exec. Dir. of The David Prize, elaborates on the new, annual $1 million prize for 5 extraordinary New Yorkers; labor historian/author Brandon Weber reviews the history of presidential impeachment in the U.S. Show also aired on Wed., October 16, 2019.

Oct. 6, 2019: Manhattan City Council member Ben Kallos discusses his bill to establish a retirement savings program for private sector workers; Center for American Progress’s Karla Walter talks about a new, national report that shows encouraging developments in training for public sector employees. Show also aired on Wed., October 9, 2019.

Sept. 29, 2019: Award-winning composer Julia Wolfe discusses “Fire In My Mouth,” her acclaimed, large-scale homage to women in New York’s garment industry at the turn of the 20th Century; James Parrott, the New School’s Center for NYC Affairs Dir. of Economic & Fiscal Policies, talks about salary parity gains for early childhood educators. Show also aired on Wed., Oct. 2, 2019.

Sept. 25, 2019: NYC Charter Revision Commission Chair Gail Benjamin on the NYC Charter and the ballot questions for the November 2019 elections.

Sept. 8, 2019: AFSCME’s Director of Research & Bargaining Steve Kreisberg on the status of American workers and their unions in today’s economy. Show also aired on Wed., Sept. 11, 2019.

Sept. 1, 2019: NYS AFL-CIO Pres. Mario Cilento on the union movement this Labor Day, 2019; Dir. of the Office of Community Partnerships Raul Rodriguez to talk about the upcoming NYC 2019 Labor Day parade. Show also aired on Wed., Sept. 4, 2019.

Aug. 25, 2019: Teamsters Local 810 General Counsel/Author Mark Torres on his new book, “Adeline.” Labor historian Brandon Weber on the history of Labor Day. Show also aired on Wed., Aug. 28, 2019.

Aug. 18, 2019: Former NY Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse on his new book, “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present and Future of American Labor.” Show also aired on Wed., Aug. 21, 2019.

Jul. 28, 2019: DC 37 Exec. Dir. Henry Garrido on the latest union news. Part 2 of Local 1320 NYC Sewage Treatment & Senior Sewage Treatment Workers Pres. Jim Tucciarelli on his 42 years as a union leader/activist. Show also aired on Wed., Jul. 31, 2019.

Jul. 7, 2019: Retired Local 1320 Pres. Jim Tucciarelli on his 42 years as a union activist, including 35 as a local president. Show also aired on Wed., Jul. 10, 2019.

Jun. 30, 2019: DC 37 Political Action Dir. Jeremy John on new city budget; CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies graduate/ Local 2627 member Nicolas Pineda on labor studies. Show also aired on Wed., Jul. 3, 2019.

Jun. 23, 2019: NYC Central Labor Council’s Pol. Dir. Lucia Gomez on 2020 Census participation. Attorney Barbara Hart on child sex abuse legislation. Show also aired on Wed., Jun. 26, 2019.

Jun. 16, 2019: DC 37 Safety & Health Dir. Veronica Foley on House panel passing the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund permanent funding legislation. Show also aired on Wed., Jun. 19, 2019.

Jun. 2, 2019: DC 37’s Political Action Dir. Jeremy John; Author Charles Leerhsen, ghostwriter of Trump’s 2nd book, ‘Surviving at the Top’. Show also aired on Wed., Jun. 5, 2019.

May 22, 2019: NYS Attorney General Letitia James on her challenges as state’s top law enforcement officer; Local 1757 Pres. Maria Policarpo on city’s revenue losses; DC 37 Ed Fund Admin. Diallo Shabazz on latest Ed Fund classes and programs. Show also aired on Sun., May 26 and Wed., May 29, 2019.

May 12, 2019: Executive Director Andrew Tilson provides a look at the 8th Workers Unite Film Festival (May 10 – 23rd) in NYC; Newsday columnist Dan Janison on the latest developments in #TrumpTwilightZone. Show also aired on Wed., May 15, 2019.

May 5, 2019: DC 37’s Office of Community Partnerships Dir. Raul Rodriguez on the union’s upcoming members-only rewards program. National Writers Union NY Chapter Co-chair/union organizer Tim Sheard talks about his latest mystery novel. Show also aired on Wed., May 8, 2019.

Apr. 28, 2019: DC 37 Exec. Dir. Henry Garrido on NYC’s Green New Deal; DC 37 attorney Steven Atchison on tenant rights. Show also aired on Wed., May 1, 2019.

Apr. 21, 2019: Campaign director Celia Weaver talks about Housing Justice For All, a statewide effort to strengthen renter’s rights; reporter Tom Robbins on the rehabilitation and parole of Judith Clark, imprisoned as the driver in a foiled 1981 armored car robbery where two police officers and a security guard were murdered. Show also aired on Wed., Apr. 24, 2019.

Apr. 14, 2019: Costa Constantinides, Chair of the NY City Council’s Committee on Environmental Protection, talks about the importance of and need for Intro 1253, which is poised to become the most ambitious carbon reduction bill ever passed by a city. Show also aired on Wed., Apr. 17, 2019.

Mar. 31, 2019: NYC Department of Education official David Anderson talks about how the DC 37 Education Fund helped change his life; writer Kate Child Graham discusses her new book, “Why I Run: 35 Progressive Candidates Who Are Changing Politics.” Show also aired on Wed., Apr. 3, 2019.

Mar. 24, 2019: NYS AFL-CIO Pres. Mario Cilento and AFSCME Dir. of Research and Negotiations Steve Kreisberg. Show also aired on Wed., Mar. 27, 2019.

Mar. 10, 2019: Activist/organizer Heather Booth; Brandon Weber, author of “Class War, USA: Dispatches from Workers’ Struggles in American History.” Show also aired on Wed., Mar. 13, 2019.

Mar. 3, 2019: DC 37 Safety & Health Dir. Veronica Foley and Dir. of Field Ops. Barbara Edmonds with two recent graduates of our union’s Women’s Leadership Academy: Local 1359 Recording Secretary Stacey Payton & Local 768 member Daysha Padia. Show also aired on Wed., Mar. 6, 2019.

Feb. 24, 2019: Former NY Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse; sociologist and activist George Lakey, author of “How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning.” Show also aired on Wed., Feb. 27, 2019.

Feb. 13, 2019: Shaun D Francois l, recently elected president of DC 37; EMS Officers Local 3621 Pres. Vincent Variale & Uniformed EMTs & Paramedics Local 2507 Pres. Oren Barzilay. Show also aired on Wed., Feb. 20, 2019.

Feb. 10, 2019: Michael Tomasky, author of “If We Can Keep It: How the Republic Collapsed and How it Might Be Saved,” and Jere Hester, editor in chief of a new on-line publication covering NYC, called The City. Show also aired on Wed., Feb. 14, 2019.

Feb. 3, 2019: DC 37 Education Fund Administrator Diallo Shabazz and In the Public Interest Executive Director Donald Cohen. Show also aired on Wed., Feb. 6, 2019.

Jan. 27, 2019: New York state AFL-CIO Pres. Mario Cilento and DC 37’s Director of Community Partnerships Raul Rodriguez. Show also aired on Wed., Jan. 30, 2019.

Jan. 13, 2019: AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on the government shutdown, mid-term elections and the challenges ahead in 2019. Show also aired on Wed., Jan. 16, 2019.