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Alienation and isolation at work

caption: Fast food workers strike and protest for a $15/hour minimum wage at a McDonald's restaurant in Minnesota.
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Fast food workers strike and protest for a $15/hour minimum wage at a McDonald's restaurant in Minnesota.

A labor organizer and poet reads from his new collection. Why a tiny home village in Seattle is shutting down. How an Instagram-famous baker makes pies to reflect America. And the history of Russian fake news.

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Alex Gallo-Brown, Variations of Labor

Host Bill Radke speaks to Alex Gallo-Brown, a poet and labor organizer, about his collection of poems, "Variations of Labor."

Scott Greenstone, Tiny Home Villages

Host Bill Radke speaks to Scott Greenstone, engagement editor and reporter at the Seattle Times, about the shutting down of the Nicklesville tiny home village in Northlake.

Lauren Ko, My American Pie

Host Marcie Sillman speaks to hobbyist baker Lauren Ko about her latest project, "My American Pie." You can see the pies on Instagram @lokokitchen.

Brian T. Brown, Someone Is Out To Get Us

Host Ross Reynolds speaks to Brian T. Brown about his book, "Someone Is Out to Get Us: A Not So Brief History of Cold War Paranoia and Madness."

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