Best Teddy Ostrow Podcasts (2024)

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Covering Palestine: The impact on journalists on the frontlines and abroad with Arvind Dilawar 34:37

2M ago34:37

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On this episode of The Response, we're joined by Arvind Dilawar, an independent journalist who has recently written a piece for Shareable about the union supplying Palestinian journalists with safety gear amid the ongoing Israeli genocide. His articles, interviews, and essays on everything from the spacesuits of the future to love in the time of vi…

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Surveillance and Reproductive Justice with Rafa Kidvai 37:15

3M ago37:15

37:15

On this episode of The Response, we get to the heart of reproductive justice with Rafa Kidvai, the director of the Repro Legal Defense Fund at If/When/How. The RLDF champions the rights and freedoms of people criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes, offers bail support, and stands as a bastion for strong defenses in the face of criminalization, s…

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Facing the Heat: Disaster Management in the Age of the Climate Crisis with Samantha Montano 33:19

5M ago33:19

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For our first episode of 2024, we interviewed noted disasterologist and previous guest, Dr. Samantha Montano. We discuss the impact of climate change on disasters and the need for better disaster management and planning. We also explore the difference between emergencies, disasters, and catastrophes. And highlight the importance of community involv…

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UNLOCKED: Teamsters Pride!: The LGBTQ+ Caucus 33:50

6M ago33:50

33:50

Originally published on June 29, 2023. Happy Pride Month! In this bonus episode, we're sharing the efforts that LGBTQ+ Teamsters are engaging in to fight for liberation at UPS, other Teamsters employers, the union itself, and beyond. We spoke with Andrew Rivas, a UPS package car driver and political coordinator of Teamsters Local 533 in Reno, Nevad…

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UNLOCKED: Reforming the UFCW 32:07

6M ago32:07

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Originally published on June 15, 2023. The 1.2-million-member United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) is one of the largest and most powerful private sector unions in the country. Unfortunately, it has embodied some of the worst elements of business unionism over the decades. But a reform movement is burgeoning to change that. We've covered the r…

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UNLOCKED: Hollywood Writers Strike! 13:51

6M ago13:51

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Originally published on May 8, 2023. Hollywood television and movie writers are on strike! In this bonus episode of The Upsurge, Teddy and Ruby will take you to the picket lines in Manhattan. Hear from a number of writers – including Ruby's dad! – why they laid down their pens. * Hosted by Teddy Ostrow Edited by Teddy Ostrow & Ruby Walsh Produced b…

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UNLOCKED: Air Workers & Article 40 – a "Stain" On the Contract 40:11

6M ago40:11

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Originally published on April 13, 2023. Matt Cavagrotti is a part-time UPSer out of Teamsters Local 519 in Knoxville, Tennessee. But unlike most of his part-time union siblings, he heads to the airport for work. Matt is one of more than 15,000 "air workers" at UPS, who are responsible for sorting, preloading and unloading the millions of packages a…

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UNLOCKED: Retaliation at UPS 54:19

6M ago54:19

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Originally published on March 30, 2023 On Dan Arlin's second day back as a package car delivery driver at UPS, after a three-year stint driving tractor-trailer trucks, he was fired – without explanation – and walked off company property. The 23-year veteran of UPS is a pro at his job. He knew he had done nothing wrong, but the company didn't like o…

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SolidarityWorks with Gabbie Barnes, Ida Aronson, and Rachel Kinbar 56:19

7M ago56:19

56:19

For our final episode of The Response this year, we interviewed three mutual aid organizers from Orlando, FL, Hartford, CT, and Bvlbancha (aka New Orleans, LA). Gabbie Barnes is the founder of FREE HART Closet, a worker-owner at the People's Saturday School, a mutual aid organizer, and a Library of Things Fellow. Rachel Kinbar is an organizer with …

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Resist & Build with Emily Kawano, Matthew Slaats, and Edget Betru 59:51

7M ago59:51

59:51

On this week’s show, we’ll be turning our focus towards the Solidarity Economy and what is meant by 'Resist & Build'. Joining us for this conversation is Emily Kawano, Co-Director of the Wellspring Cooperative Corporation and Coordinator of the United States Solidarity Economy Network, Matthew Slaats, co-director of the Solidarity Research Center a…

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Direct Action for Palestine with Mohamed Shehk 36:05

8M ago36:05

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On today’s show we brought on Mohamed Shehk, Campaigns Director for Critical Resistance and member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center here in the Bay Area. In this conversation we talk about some of the recent actions taking place to support the struggle for Palestinian liberation, including recent actions aimed at stopping military cargo i…

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Episode 17: The Big 3 Have Fallen 35:08

8M ago35:08

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The Big Three have fallen like a house of cards. The UAW's historic Stand Up strike has come to an end – for now, at least. After forty-four days on the picket line, the Auto Workers have reached tentative agreements with each of the Big Three automakers. GM was the last domino to fall on October 30, just days after Ford and then Stellantis acquies…

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[BONUS CROSS-POST] The Fire These Times: Roundtable on Israel-Palestine 1:22:08

8M ago1:22:08

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Today, we’re cross posting "A Roundtable on Palestine-Israel" from our friends at The Fire These Times podcast as a bonus episode for listeners of The Response. The Fire These Times Co-hosts, Joey Ayoub and Daniel Voskoboynik are joined by Dana El Kurd, Orly Noy, and Yair Wallach to think through this moment, process their grief together, and artic…

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Mutual Aid Networks with Stephanie Rearick 59:46

8M ago59:46

59:46

After a statement about the war in Palestine, we’re in conversation with Stephanie Rearick, a founder, and Director of the Madison Mutual Aid Network Cooperative and Humans United in Mutual Aid Networks, or HUMANS for short, which is a new type of networked cooperative ‘creating means for everyone to discover and succeed in work they want to do, wi…

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Episode 16: UAW Strike Update 47:14

8M ago47:14

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Nearly five weeks into the UAW's historic Stand Up Strike, there are just under 34,000 Big Three Auto Workers on strike in assembly plants and parts depots across the country. The latest escalation came on Wednesday, October 11, when the union called on 8,700 Ford workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky, to walk off the job. For…

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The United Auto Workers Strike with Teddy Ostrow 58:05

9M ago58:05

58:05

Summer might be over for us in the Northern Hemisphere — but things are still heating up in the US labor movement. A ground-swell of labor action continues to heave and crack the crust which had been slowly hardening on the surface of the radical fires dormant under neoliberalism. The latest news in the ongoing strike wave comes out of the United A…

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Episode 15: On the UAW Picket Lines 36:09

9M ago36:09

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The UAW's Stand Up Strike is alive and growing. More than 18,000 auto workers across the Big Three – Ford, GM and Stellantis – are on strike across twenty states, and just a few hours after this episode posts, thousands more will likely join them. The Fiery Labor Fall is here. In this episode, we bring you on the ground of UAW picket lines and rall…

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From Relief to Resilience with Will Heegaard 1:02:34

9M ago1:02:34

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Anyone who's been in a disaster and experienced the initial government or major nonprofit response may have noticed that there's a lot of waste involved. From the thousands of single-use water bottles and throw-away medical supplies to the constant churning of diesel and gas-powered generators, there’s just really no other option. But what if there…

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Episode 14: Auto Workers Prepare to Strike the Big 3 59:47

10M ago59:47

59:47

The hot labor summer isn't over yet. In a week's time, the United Auto Workers may launch a strike of 150,000 of its members if the Big Three automakers – Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) – fail to meet the workers' demands in a new contract by September 14. You see, the Big Three made a quarter-trillion dollars in profits o…

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Disaster Dispatch: The Maui Wildfires with Nicole Huguenin 46:00

10M ago46:00

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On today’s show we’re continuing our ongoing Disaster Dispatch series with a deep dive into the Maui wildfires. Earlier this month a series of wind-driven wildfires in Hawaii, predominantly in Maui, led to widespread devastation and destruction, killing at least 115 people and leaving 850 others missing in the town of Lāhainā. These numbers are est…

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Episode 13: UPS Contract Ratified. What's Next? 46:06

10M ago46:06

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On Tuesday, August 22, the Teamsters union announced that its members voted to ratify the national UPS contract by 86.3% – and with record turnout. Workers won significant raises, the abolition of the two-tier driver system, air conditioning in package cars, thousands of new full-time jobs, and more. In our previous episode, we discussed the gains …

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Labor Battles and the Beer Industry with Pedro Mancilla 50:28

10M ago50:28

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This summer has truly turned out to be a hot labor summer, with a number of high-profile labor actions stretching across industries and across the country, from the streets of Hollywood to the shop floors at UPS — things are heating up. With that said, there is a story that hasn’t hit headlines in the same way as some of these other actions and con…

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Episode 12: Teamsters Organizing Delivers the Goods at UPS 55:33

11M ago55:33

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UPS Teamsters nationwide are voting on the tentative agreement for the largest private-sector labor contract in the United States. The vote will end on August 22. A majority decision will determine whether the contract is ratified, or the national negotiating committee will return to the bargaining table and potentially call a strike. In this episo…

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[RE-RELEASE] Documentary #9: Heatwaves and energy poverty in the Mediterranean 39:26

11M ago39:26

39:26

All across the globe, temperatures are rising, and thanks to the most recent report published by the International Panel on Climate Change and recent U.N. projections, we know that even if we do make sweeping cuts to emissions, we’re still on course for a catastrophic temperature rise of 2.7 degrees Celsius by the year 2100. That means, the record-…

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Livestream: UPS Tentative Agreement Reached. Is a Strike Still Possible? 1:59:38

11M ago1:59:38

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On July 25, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reached a tentative agreement with UPS just days before the current contract was set to expire on July 31. If a new deal was not reached this week, 340,000 UPS workers were prepared to hit the picket line on Aug. 1 in what would have been one of the largest strikes in US history. The contract n…

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Decolonial Marxism with Sungmanitu Bluebird 58:10

11M ago58:10

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On our last show, a couple of weeks ago, we talked about Land Back with David Cobb — specifically, we discussed moving the idea of land back from a metaphor to a reality, by focusing on a specific case in northern California where the city of Eureka actually gave 200 acres of land back to its original stewards, the Wiyot tribe. On today's episode, …

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Episode 11: UPS Negotiations Resume. One Week Till Deadline. 38:28

11M ago38:28

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With one week till the strike deadline, UPS and the Teamsters have agreed to resume negotiations on July 24. A deal is still possible and workers' pressure is proving effective. The Teamsters have already won tentative agreements on several key issues. UPS has pledged to end two-tier pay for drivers, install air conditioning in new trucks, and curt…

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BONUS: Renewed Militancy at the United Auto Workers 31:41

12M ago31:41

31:41

The United Auto Workers' contract negotiations at the Big 3 automakers – Ford, GM, and Stellantis – just began. Their current labor contracts expire in mid-September, and the new UAW leadership has been crystal clear: they're not afraid to take 150,000 of its members out on strike if their demands aren't met. This would be less than two months afte…

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Land Back with David Cobb 1:05:51

12M ago1:05:51

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The idea of Land Back — a growing movement to return occupied land to the Indigenous people that it rightfully belongs to, often exists as a metaphor for us. It can feel like the discussion around land theft and genocide by settler-colonists in the United States is often limited to land acknowledgments or statements of solidarity — both of which ar…

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Episode 10: UPS Strike Imminent? / The Gig is Up! 40:59

12M ago40:59

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Negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters have collapsed after disagreement over part-time wages. With less than a month from contract expiration, the largest single-employer strike in US history is looking more and more likely. We have another two-part episode this week. First, an update on the contract campaign. The Teamsters gave UPS two deadli…

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Unions, Strikes, and the Labor Movement with Alex Press 38:16

1y ago38:16

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Today on the show we’ve brought on Alex Press, a staff writer at Jacobin Magazine, to explore labor power — specifically, looking at how the strengthening of the labor movement through unions, strikes, and other workplace actions, are serving as a response to not only the harms inflicted by neoliberalism, but also, how these institutions and action…

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Episode 9: UPS Strike, Authorized / The Threads of Labor Militancy 50:51

1y ago50:51

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The results are in: 97% of UPS Teamsters voted to authorize a strike if their demands are not met by August 1. Local unions around the country will practice picket lines starting next week. The clock is ticking. For this episode, we've got a two-parter. First, an update on the contract campaign and negotiations, which have moved onto big-ticket eco…

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People Power Battery Collective with Kansas, Crystal, and Yasir 53:52

1y ago53:52

53:52

Last week, the skies over much of the east coast of the United States were orange, red, and almost entirely blacked out in some regions. Smoke from wildfires raging up north in Canada blew down to engulf many major U.S. cities in an apocalyptic glow that left New York City with the worst air quality in the world. For those of us in California, seei…

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