{"podcast":{"title":"Solidarity Works","slug":"solidarity-works-528781","podcast_index_feed_id":528781,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/233993/destinations/1732025.xml","website_url":"http://www.usw.org/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/2/e/f/62efdd6831715ff5/Lisbyn_Art.png","author":"United Steelworkers","episode_count":76,"summary":"Welcome to Solidarity Works, a podcast from the United Steelworkers (USW) union. We're here to have conversations and start conversations about the past, present, and future of the labor movement, as well as talk about the work the union is doing, with USW activists leading the way. Listen to us here or on your favorite podcast streaming service, like Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, and more.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/solidarity-works-528781"},"episode":{"title":"The Life, Death, and Legacy of Karen Silkwood","slug":"the-life-death-and-legacy-of-karen-silkwood","published_at":"2024-10-30T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/solidarity-works-528781/the-life-death-and-legacy-of-karen-silkwood","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/solidarity-works-528781","url":"https://solidarityworks.libsyn.com/the-life-death-and-legacy-of-karen-silkwood","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/solidarityworks/The_Legacy_of_Karen_Silkwood.mp3?dest-id=1732025","summary":"Most people who are familiar with Karen Silkwood likely learned of the chemical technician through the 1983 film Silkwood starring Meryl Streep and Cher. But the movie is no mere Hollywood drama; it is based on the true story of a young woman and union member who fought to expose her employer for deliberately misleading workers and exposing them to harmful chemicals. This battle ended in Karen Silkwood's death on November 13, 1974, a death that few people see as accidental. Today we're recounting the legacy of Karen Silkwood as we approach the 50th anniversary of the fatal car crash that took her life. We're also talking with Jim Key, former head of the USW Atomic Workers Council and who, like Karen, became a whistleblower in the nuclear industry and who feared for his safety as he fought to protect himself and his co-workers.","meta_description":"Most people who are familiar with Karen Silkwood likely learned of the chemical technician through the 1983 film Silkwood starring Meryl Streep and Cher.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1508,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/solidarity-works-528781/episodes/the-life-death-and-legacy-of-karen-silkwood/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/solidarity-works-528781/the-life-death-and-legacy-of-karen-silkwood.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}