Beth Macy Examines the Opioid Crisis in Rural America — and Finds Hope
Losing the steady paychecks that factory jobs provide can decimate a community, with ripple effects hitting nearly every corner of town. Unfortunately, many former manufacturing centers, like much of ...
13 Aug 201823min
Reading Between the Assembly Lines: Writers Reclaim the Power of the Working Class
Plenty has been written about industrial communities and the "flyover states," but the portrayal of these communities too often reduces to stereotypes. According to Georgetown University English Profe...
30 Juli 201821min
Steelworker Forges His Family Legacy
Don Jackson wanted nothing more than to follow both his steelworker father and grandfather into the steel mill to work among the sparks and molten metals. It took him 35 years before he could. Listen...
16 Juli 201811min
Do You Know Where Your Medicine Comes From?
You may spend hours agonizing over which vitamins or medicines will optimize your health, but have you considered where exactly those medicines are coming from? What you find out may be a bitter pill ...
25 Juni 201826min
Workers from the Industrial Heartland are Optimistic, But Cautious
For decades, America's workers have fought against unfair trade practices. Now that America has acted to protect the nation's metals industry, are these communities rebounding? Scott Paul speaks with ...
11 Juni 201814min
Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
As midterm elections approach, Scott Paul, host of The Manufacturing Report, and Robert Kuttner, author of "Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?", examine what political leaders need to do to ensu...
29 Maj 201825min
SPECIAL EDITION: What Will Happen Next in the China Trade Debate?
Ahead of Chinese Vice Premier Liu He's visit to the White House this week, podcast host Scott Paul and the Alliance for American Manufacturing's Scott Boos look into the future of U.S.-China trade rel...
14 Maj 201816min
The American Dream Realized from the Factory Floor
When “Ted” Tadeusz Szarek immigrated from Poland to America in 1974, jobs were scarce. But at Wheatland Tube in Chicago, he found a career that has spanned 43 years and supported his family. Listen to...
7 Maj 201816min
