{"podcast":{"title":"Labor History Today","slug":"labor-history-today-463445","podcast_index_feed_id":463445,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/laborhistorytoday/feed.xml","website_url":"https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8144168/Labor_History_Today_podcast_cover-new_771ff.png","author":"laborhistorytoday","episode_count":100,"summary":"Gripping stories of the historic battles for worker rights and how they fuel today's struggles.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-07T06:17:39.327879+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/labor-history-today-463445"},"episode":{"title":"Detroit’s Ring of Labor","slug":"detroit-s-ring-of-labor","published_at":"2026-08-30T22:05:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/labor-history-today-463445/detroit-s-ring-of-labor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/labor-history-today-463445","url":"https://laborhistorytoday.podbean.com/e/detroit-s-ring-of-labor/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6w35p273ws23mzkc/20260830-LHTb3qlw.mp3","summary":"On this week’s Labor History Today: John Dick and Dave Elsila of the Michigan Labor History Society take Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant on a tour of Transcending, Detroit’s spectacular monument to working people and the achievements of organized labor. Plus, a musical tribute to Dolly Parton and her songs of work, family and working-class life. Labor History in 2:00 marks the Battle of Blair Mountain and FDR’s 1935 effort to make the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share.CLICK HERE to watch a video of our tour of Transcending.Music: Detroit City, 9 to 5, Coat of Many Colors, Daddy's Working Boots, In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) & Working Girl Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory","meta_description":"On this week’s Labor History Today: John Dick and Dave Elsila of the Michigan Labor History Society take Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant on a tour of Trans…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1769,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/labor-history-today-463445/episodes/detroit-s-ring-of-labor/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/labor-history-today-463445/detroit-s-ring-of-labor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}