Punching Out

Episode 229 - Manufactured Nostalgia 17.04.2025 58:15 ↓

Ryan, Lou, and Hannah discuss the nostalgia many Americans feel towards the post-war era of manufacturing labor, warts and all.

Episode 228 - Social Security 03.04.2025 58:34 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Trump administration's efforts to cut social security

Episode 227 - ICE At Work 13.03.2025 55:42 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Trump administration's resumption of workplace immigration raids, and ICE's roots in the War on Terror

Episode 226 - Federal Layoffs 19.02.2025 1:01:07 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the widespread layoffs being illegally undertaken in the federal government, and what they portend for labor more broadly.

Episode 225 - The Scam Presidency 02.02.2025 56:04 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the omnipresence of scams in modern American life

Episode 224 - Tech's Right Turn 26.01.2025 58:03 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the rightward shift of tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos

Episode 223 - Genius Awards Pt. 2 06.01.2025 59:54 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou conclude the 2024 Genius Awards with discussions of New York's elected officials

Episode 221 - Undocumented Farm Labor 27.12.2024 1:00:16 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Liz discuss undocumented farm labor in light of the electoral victory by a candidate promising mass deportations.

Episode 222 - Genius Awards Pt. 1 22.12.2024 1:00:27 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou hand out the first batch of 2024 Genius Awards

Episode 220 - Boeing Crashes 09.11.2024 58:09 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the recently-finished strike at Boeing, a company that may be representative of the country.

Episode 219 - Growth In Women's Sports 07.10.2024 56:57 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Zoe discuss the remarkable growth in popularity women's sports have experienced over the past couple years, and whether all that new attention and revenue will benefit the players at the center of it all.

Episode 218 - The Heat Is Back On 11.09.2024 57:38 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the impacts of climate change on workers, and the Supreme Court on climate change.

Episode 217 - JD 10.09.2024 57:09 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the Republican nominee for Vice President, and the weird ideology that guides him

Episode 216 - Capital Strikes Back 14.08.2024 53:46 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the efforts at shutting down pro-Palestine protests on college campuses.

Episode 215 - Olympics 17.07.2024 54:40 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the labor abuses that have been required to build the upcoming Olympics in Paris.

Episode 214 - Back To College 26.06.2024 58:34 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the changing landscape of youth athletics, and a wave of graduate student unionization

Episode 213 - Non Profit Industrial Complex 18.06.2024 57:07 ↓

Ryan and Kathryn discuss the ways in which non-profits mirror profit-driven workplaces

Episode 212 - Child's Play 18.06.2024 57:33 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss a disturbing trend of crowdsourced labor in games targeted to children.

Episode 211 - Good News 08.05.2024 1:00:35 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss good news coming from the UAW and, of all places, the federal government

Episode 210 - RCSD 17.04.2024 59:28 ↓

Ryan and Noah are joined by Rajesh and Howard to discuss the challenges faced by urban school districts like RCSD.

Episode 209 - Education News 01.04.2024 57:15 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the connections between conservatives' targeting of diversity in education and America's ongoing teacher shortage.

Episode 208 - The Long Red Scare 14.03.2024 56:19 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the long-lingering effects of the "Red Scare."

Episode 207 - ZIRP 22.02.2024 59:06 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss something called ZIRP

Episode 206 - Brands On The Run 31.01.2024 54:45 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss yet another round of media layoffs and the philosophical question of "what makes a Brand Authentic?"

Episode 205 - All The Work We Cannot See 17.01.2024 52:43 ↓

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the hidden drudgery that underpins the tech industry's supposed innovations.