Words and Work

Ted Prezelski talks with Becky Pallack, operations executive of Arizona Luminaria, an online newspaper serving Tucson.

Ted Prezelski asks Charlie Bertsch about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and we get to hear a lot of unexpected insights.

Ted Prezelski speaks with Jefferson Carter, a Tucson-based poet and educator.

Ted Prezelski talks to Charlie Bertsch about his recent article about the Tucson music scene for the Battleground and a number of other topics.

Ted Prezelski interviews Erica Prather who organized a union at Defenders of Wildlife. She talks about her work there, labor issues at the organization as well as how she became active in union organizing.

Ted Prezelski interviews Ryan Kelly about actions for workers at both Amazon and Starbucks in Tucson. He also talks about love for Scabby the Rat.

Ted Prezelski interviews Patrick Whitehurst, an author that recently moved to Tucson. Whitehurst discusses the book Murder & Mayhem in Tucson along with his crime fiction.

This is the week that many of us honor Cesar Chavez, so Ted Prezelski has a chat with the UFW leader's grandson Alejandro Chavez. They talk about the legacy of his grandfather, how he got into community organizing in Arizona and his current work in Washington.

Ted Prezelski talks to Anakarina Rodriguez about the upcoming Cesar Chavez holiday in Tucson and the meaning of the holiday for her. She also discusses her work with the National Domestic Workers Alliance, which seeks to extend labor protections to domestic workers.

Ted Prezelski interviews Wes Oswald, a teacher at Manzo Elementary School. They discuss teaching during the pandemic and recent issues at the legislature.

Ted Prezelski interviews Spyncer Wilson, who is with a group of back-of-the-house workers at Prep and Pastry, a local chain of restaurants in Tucson.

Ted Prezelski interviews Annie and Beth Holub about their new project, a Substack to reprint the writing of their father, Hugh. Hugh Holub started a satirical newspaper in the 1960's that eventually became a blog in the 1990's. The Substack can be found at https://bandersnatch.substack.com/

Ted Prezelski interviews Karla Schumann, Political Director for Teamsters Local 104 and the head of the Arizona chapter of Pride at Work, the AFL-CIO constituency group for members of the LBGTQ community. In the interview, Karla brought up the name Gary Kapanowski, a leader with the United Auto Workers. To find out more about him, check the following links: https://themetropole.blog/2020/01/15/the...

Ted Prezelski interviews Dan Stuart, musician and author of a series of novels about a character named Marlowe Billings, a fictionalized version of himself.

Ted Prezelski interviews Jeffrey Holsen, a bass violinist for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and member of the American Federation of Musicians.

Ted Prezelski interviews Mari Herreras, a journalist for several alternative weeklies and currently a staffer at the University of Arizona Press.

Ted Prezelski interviews Pamela Powers-Hannley, an Arizona State Representative and member of the National Writers Union.

Audio from the rally for Home Health Care Workers put on by the Pima Area Labor Federation held in Tucson on December 16, 2021.

Ted Prezelski talks to Rev. (and Maj.) Owen Chandler, one-time pastor in Tucson now a US Army chaplain. He talks about his book Bridge in Babylon, which is about his time as a reserve army chaplain in Iraq.

Ted Prezelski interviews Tucson author Scott Lunt to talk about his book of RV adventures, Sun Blocked.

Hank Stephenson, who has written for numerous publications in Arizona, talks about his new project, a Substack called Arizona Agenda. Hank's work can be found at https://arizonaagenda.substack.com/

Ted Prezelski interviews Steve Diamond, member of the National Writers Union, Tucson Chapter

Ted Prezelski interviews Ryan Kelly, an NWU member. Ryan also works as a staffer for the Pima Area Labor Federation and he talks about the state of organized labor nationally and in Southern Arizona.

Ted Prezelski interviews Sarah Garecht Gassen, an outgoing editor at the Arizona Daily Star. She talks about how working at a daily paper has changed over the last 25 years and her future plans.

Ted Prezelski interviews Alice Whittenburg about her writing and her involvement in the labor movement.