Épisodes

  • EP9: Mill Stories
    May 3 2026

    Michelle Stefano and Bill Shewbridge discuss Mill Stories, their project to preserve the legacy of the workers at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point mill in Baltimore.

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    17 min
  • EP8: Dave Kotelchuck on the Red Scare in Baltimore
    Apr 21 2026

    Bill Barry interviews Dave Kotelchuck on the Red Scare in Baltimore.

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    27 min
  • EP7: Angie Luvara on the Luke Mill Strike
    Apr 13 2026

    Bill Barry interviews sociologist and historian Angie Luvara on the 1919 Luke Mill Strike in Luke, Maryland. Luvara, an Assistant Professor of sociology at Frostburg State University, examines the widely forgotten, yet important, strike as part of a larger research project on the history of policing Applachian labor movements.

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    23 min
  • EP6: Alexis Cathcart on Interracial Working Class Solidarity in Baltimore
    Apr 10 2026

    Bill Barry interviews historian Alexis Cathcart on interracial working class solidarity in 19C-20C Baltimore. Alexis is a PhD candidate in history at Morgan State University whose dissertation addresses Black southern migrants and radical politics in the 20th century.

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    30 min
  • EP5: Craig G Simpson on the Crisfield Crab Pickers Strike
    Mar 27 2026

    Bill Barry interviews historian Craig G Simpson on the monumental Crisfield, Maryland Crab Pickers Strike of 1938.

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    20 min
  • EP4: Shawn Gladden on the Baltimore Caulkers
    Mar 17 2026

    Bill Barry interviews historian Shawn Gladden on Baltimore's free Black ship caulkers — skilled workers who built one of the most effective labor unions in 19th-century America. The conversation covers the racial and economic landscape of 19C Baltimore, including the legacies of Frederick Douglass and Isaac Myers.


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    25 min
  • EP3: Len Shindel on the Strike That Changed Maryland's Wilderness County
    Mar 6 2026

    Bill Barry interviews historian and author Len Shindel about the monumental 1970 Garrett County strike, which was the longest public worker strike in U.S. history.


    Order his book here via Hardball Press.

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    30 min
  • EP2: Baltimore Teachers Union
    Feb 7 2026

    Historian Bill Barry interviews Baltimore Teachers Union members Mike Pesa, Patrice Pilgrim, Cristina Duncan-Evans, and Koli Tengella about their recent article on the history of the BTU. Read the article here: https://baltimoreteachers.org/90-years/.

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    34 min