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Erik Baker: Grief and Toxicity in the Shadow of Industrial Capitalism
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Erik Baker discusses two of his recent essays which cover the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and the history of bereavement leave. In reflecting on both of these pieces, Erik asks what it would mean to politicize experiences of grief and illness.
Erik Baker is a historian of science and labor at Harvard, and an associate editor at The Drift. He is currently writing a book for Harvard University Press titled Make Your Own Job: The Entrepreneurial Work Ethic in Modern America.
It Is Happening Again: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/it-is-happening-again/
The Right to Grieve: www.jewishcurrents.org/the-right-to-grieve
EVENT LINK: https://bit.ly/3ZPFu7H
SUPPORT: www.buymeacoffee.com/redmedicine
Soundtrack by Mark Pilkington
www.redmedicine.xyz
SUPPORT: www.buymeacoffee.com/redmedicine
Soundtrack by Mark Pilkington
Twitter: @red_medicine__
www.redmedicine.substack.com/
60 episodes
Manage episode 394127689 series 3547798
Erik Baker discusses two of his recent essays which cover the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and the history of bereavement leave. In reflecting on both of these pieces, Erik asks what it would mean to politicize experiences of grief and illness.
Erik Baker is a historian of science and labor at Harvard, and an associate editor at The Drift. He is currently writing a book for Harvard University Press titled Make Your Own Job: The Entrepreneurial Work Ethic in Modern America.
It Is Happening Again: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/it-is-happening-again/
The Right to Grieve: www.jewishcurrents.org/the-right-to-grieve
EVENT LINK: https://bit.ly/3ZPFu7H
SUPPORT: www.buymeacoffee.com/redmedicine
Soundtrack by Mark Pilkington
www.redmedicine.xyz
SUPPORT: www.buymeacoffee.com/redmedicine
Soundtrack by Mark Pilkington
Twitter: @red_medicine__
www.redmedicine.substack.com/
60 episodes
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