Best Elizabeth Flynn Podcasts (2024)

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OT Ep 70 Preview: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Pt 3 15:23

1d ago15:23

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If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. The strike by textile mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in January of 1912 was one of the biggest labor struggles of the era, and launched Elizabeth Gurley Flynn onto the national stage. Already famous among radical workers…

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The Virgin or the Young Woman, with Emanuel Tov: Isaiah 7:14 and Genesis 24:14, 16 11:38

1h ago11:38

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Isaiah 7:14 is quoted by Matthew (1:23) in application to Mary’s pregnancy: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son.” But is Isaiah’s reference to a young woman (עַלְמָה) or a virgin (παρθένος)? The former is the Hebrew of Isaiah, and the latter is the Greek of the Septuagint and Matthew’s citation. Can Genesis 24 shed some light on this…

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Ep 204 - The First of Many 1:30:50

3d ago1:30:50

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This week we are very lucky to be joined by Mel Buer, Staff Reporter for The Real News Network while Dan is away. We begin by talking about WGA workers at Sesame Street who won a TA after threatening to strike, making a conversation with children about working conditions loom over the non-profit Sesame Workshop. We celebrate 1700 performers at Disn…

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From Saul to Paul, with Steve Walton: Acts 13:9 12:10

4d ago12:10

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For the first several chapters in the book of Acts, the author, Luke, consistently speaks of one Saul, but at 13:9 Luke begins referring to him as Paul, which is also the name that this apostle uses in all his letters. Where do these two names come from? What does each mean? Why this switch in which name is used? Dr. Steve Walton is Senior Research…

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Unlocked Interview: The Modern IWW 51:12

10d ago51:12

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We talk about a lot of labor history on our show, and one of the organizations we've come back to again and again is the Industrial Workers of the World. We've talked about the epic struggles in the early 20th century, but where is the IWW today, a century after its peak? We're joined by IWW Organizer and Trainer Maria Cunningham for a discussion o…

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Ep 203 - North of the Border 1:30:13

14d ago1:30:13

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We've got another episode jam packed full of new labor stories this week. After a run through the headlines, we've got big news from Canada, as workers at two Amazon warehouses in British Columbia have filed for a union election. Trader Joe's workers in Chicago have also filed, fighting a vicious union busting campaign. BU Grad workers have been on…

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From Classical Studies to Medical School, with Steven Jones 9:10

11d ago9:10

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Dr. Steven Jones is the co-author of Acquiring Medical Language(McGraw Hill), a widely used textbook in medical schools for instruction in medical terminology and rooted directly in his education in Classical Greek and Latin. He makes a case for translating this terminology so that patients can understand it, but also so that the human and ethical …

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OT Ep 69 PREVIEW: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Pt 2 18:33

19d ago18:33

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If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was already an organizer before she even left High School. Traveling the industrial cities of the northeast to speak for workers, she quickly decided to dedicate her life to the cause of the working class. …

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Ep 202 - Our Invincible Solidarity 1:31:49

21d ago1:31:49

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We start our labor news updates this week with a big one from the UAW as 5000 workers at Mercedes Benz in Alabama have filed for a union election. Next we've got an update on Amazon, where illegal union busting continues at sites across the country. Also we discuss updates on union busting campaigns at REI, where even managers are getting fired for…

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Semantic Density and the Love of God, with Elizabeth Mburu: 1 John 2:5 12:36

18d ago12:36

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In I John 2:5 the apostle writes, “Whoever keeps his word, truly in this one the love of God is completed.” The Greek phrase translated “the love of God” (ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ) could be understood as God’s love for us or our love for God. Dr. Elizabeth Mburu explains the grammar, the context, and the reasoning behind her conclusion. Dr. Mburu is A…

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OT Ep 68 Preview: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Pt 1 20:31

26d ago20:31

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If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. Normally our history series tend to focus on mass movements, on structures, on the broad forces at play in the class struggle. But just because the class struggle is the motor of history, doesn't mean that individuals don't play …

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Ep 201 - Finished in Finland? 1:33:45

28d ago1:33:45

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After running down some quick headlines (boycott Molson Coors!), we jump into our first story of the week, Amazon paying restitution to migrant workers who faced abuse while working in Amazon's Saudi Arabian warehouses. Next we discuss attacks on labor rights in Finland by the new right wing government, which threaten to roll back decades of labor …

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As For the Rich, with Philip Graham Ryken: 1 Timothy 6:17-19 10:04

25d ago10:04

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In writing to the “rich in this present world,” Paul stirs together a related adjective (πλούσιος), noun (πλοῦτος), adverb (πλουσίως), and infinitive (πλουτεῖν), pastorally building up to his point: understanding the true source of wealth and how to use it richly. Dr. Phil Ryken, who has been a regular on our podcast, is the President of Wheato…

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UNLOCKED Overtime Episode 60 - Women in the US Labor Movement - Pt 1 1:27:54

29d ago1:27:54

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Episode 1 - Women Workers in the Industrial Revolution We've covered a ton of different eras and stories of the US labor movement on our show, but unfortunately much of it has been heavily focused on solely male workers, leaving out the historic role women have played in shaping the trade union movement in this country. So in an attempt to help rec…

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Ep 200 - Episode 2000 1:28:38

1M ago1:28:38

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200 episodes and the labor organizing doesn't stop. After checking in on some quick headlines, we discuss the latest major milestone in the UAW organizing drive at nonunion automakers, with workers officially filing for an election at VW. Also this week, a recent in-depth report in The Guardian documents awful, slavery-like conditions in the fishin…

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A Lament-Shaped Perseverance, with Grant Flynn: James 5:11 10:20

1M ago10:20

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James 5:11 refers to the “patience of Job” (KJV). If we take a detour through the book of Job and notice how the Greek vocabulary of perseverance (the KJV’s “patience”) is used in James’ letter, we gain insight into human suffering as something properly to lament. Dr. Grant Flynn is Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. …

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Overtime Episode 67 Preview: Women in the US Labor Movement - Pt 8 18:18

1M ago18:18

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Episode 8 - Feminism and Labor If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. The last forty years have seen massive changes in the US labor movement. With the rise of neoliberalism, combined attacks from corporations and the state decimated union density across the country. …

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Ep 199 - Boycott Medieval Times 1:45:55

1M ago1:45:55

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For our first story this week we were lucky to be joined by labor reporter Claudia Irizarry Aponte from The City to follow up on the story she broke about alleged sweatshop conditions in a Brooklyn tobacco factory. Next we discuss the sad news that the Medieval Times union drive has been forced to disband after two years of vicious, illegal repress…

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‘Calling Out’ in Jonah, with Andrew Abernethy: Jonah 1:2 11:51

1M ago11:51

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The act of “calling out,” either to pagans or to the Lord, forms a thread through the story of Jonah, which was challenging to Jonah, and can remain challenging for modern readers. Dr. Andrew Abernethy is Professor of Old Testament and Director of the M.A. in Biblical Exegesis at Wheaton Graduate School. He co-edited the newly published The Prophet…

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Overtime Episode 66 Preview: Women in the US Labor Movement - Pt 7 15:49

2M ago15:49

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Episode 7 - 1199 and the UFW If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. In the years following the McCarthyite purges of the early 1950s, the pace of progress in the labor movement cooled from its heady heights of the CIO and the 1946 strike wave. But new struggles still …

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Ep 198 - Toyota Stands Up 1:36:38

2M ago1:36:38

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After several quick headlines, we start this week with the first ever successful union election of a major men's basketball team in the NCAA at Dartmouth. Then we've got a major UAW update covering the last two weeks including major developments at Mercedes in Alabama, Toyota in Missouri, and more. We also discuss the continued existence of sweatsh…

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A Fellow Soldier, with Seth Ehorn: Philemon 2 11:35

2M ago11:35

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In the greeting of his letter to Philemon (v. 2), Paul calls Archippus a “fellow soldier.” Roman soldiers were often involved in the capturing and returning of runaway slaves, a function that may explain why Paul characterizes Archippus like so in this letter. Dr. Seth Ehorn is guest faculty at Wheaton College currently teaching Greek. His publicat…

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Overtime Episode 65 Preview: Women in the US Labor Movement - Pt 6 16:40

2M ago16:40

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Episode 6 - Women Build the CIO If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. For the first few decades of the 20th century, the AFL consistently failed to live up to its promises to fight for equal pay for equal work. But in the 1930s, an alternate labor federation, the Con…

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Ep 197 - Structural Forces and Bad Actors 1:35:43

2M ago1:35:43

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It's March! We begin by discussing yet another horrifying story of abuse of child labor, but also a story of how one UFCW local in Minnesota is fighting against the conditions creating it. In a huge milestone, Starbucks has agreed to a framework to move negotiations forward towards a national contract. Fast food companies are using AI, and of cours…

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Can the Orders Change?, with Gene Green: 1 Peter 2 13:31

2M ago13:31

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Peter, along with other NT writers, uses a term (ὑποτάσσω, hypotasso) which related to the idea of subordination, or being sub-ordered, whether in the society, household, church, or in cosmic terms. While Peter calls Christians to live out the faith under the hierarchies or “orders” of ancient Roman society, may the church be an agent in society wh…

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163. Victoriano Huerta 48:25

2M ago48:25

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We’re back and boy, we’re talking about a real bastard here: Victoriano Huerta! We’re joined by returning favorite Andres Becerril returns as Zach helps find an escape, Andres climbs into the ring, and Brian analyzes a Coppola film. CONTENT WARNING: Targeting of civilian populations, genocide We need your help! Write a fivew-star review on Apple Po…

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Overtime Episode 64 Preview: Women in the US Labor Movement - Pt 5 13:30

2M ago13:30

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Episode 5 - Communist Women In the Great Depression If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. The Great Depression was one of the greatest crises in capitalism's history, throwing millions out of work and pushing them to the brink of starvation. Women workers bore the br…

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Ep 196 - Certified Mold Podcast 1:30:20

2M ago1:30:20

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A lawsuit filed in Colorado this week to block the Kroger-Albertson's merger reveals anti-union collusion. Starbucks Workers United filed for union elections at 21 stores in one day. The UAW continued making major moves, doubling their organizing budget and launching an international support effort with Mexican autoworkers. IBEW faced mold so toxic…

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In the beginning when God created…", with Emanuel Tov: Genesis 1:1 12:03

2M ago12:03

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The very first words of the Hebrew Bible, usually translated as “In the beginning God created…” can also be translated, “In the beginning when God created . . . God said . . . .” What is the basis for this rendition? Dr. Emanuel Tov, the J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, recounts his learning of the bibl…

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Interview Preview: The Modern IWW 14:53

2M ago14:53

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If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. We talk about a lot of labor history on our show, and one of the organizations we've come back to again and again is the Industrial Workers of the World. We've talked about the epic struggles in the early 20th century, but where …

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Ep 195 - Employee Owned Should Mean Employee Controlled 1:24:01

2M ago1:24:01

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After a quick discussion of Amazon joining the corporate lawsuit aimed at destroying the NLRB, we turn to the continuing efforts by workers around the world to fight to end the genocide in Palestine. Next we discuss the latest round of protests by thousands of farmers in India fighting for their livelihoods. Farm owners in this country in NY have s…

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