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Ted Prezelski talks with Khawla Nakua, a freelance journalist and newly elected first vice president of the National Writers Union. Nakua's articles have appeared in Slate and In These Times and focus on criminal justice issues.

A conversation with Rev. Robin Hoover, a long time advocate for migrants. His new book is called Migrants Matter.

Members of AFM 33 at a rally in front of a concert by True Concord Orchestra. Musicians at True Concord have been fighting for recognition of their union.

Ted Prezelski interviews Logan Phillips, the recently named Poet Laureate of Tucson. Phillips has a new book called Reckon.

Ted Prezelski interviews Mia Kortright, the Tucson Sentinel's Cultural Expression & Community Values Reporter

Ted Prezelski speaks with Desiree Navarro, a leader in CWA local 7000 in Tucson and a founder of the newly reconstituted Arizona chapter of CLUW, the Coalition of Labor Union Women.

Comments from members of the National Association of Letter Carriers and supporters while they demonstrated in front a station in Tucson earlier this month.

A conversation with Corinne Fisher, who was in Tucson for a Democratic Party fundraiser. She talks about comedy, podcasting and her work to get more people involved in municipal elections.

Part 2 of a conversation with Lydia Otero. Otero tells more of the story of Maria Cordova, who fought to keep her house from being taken by Tucson's urban renewal efforts.

Ted Prezelski speaks with Lydia Otero about their book, Storied Property: Maria Cordova's House. This is part 1 of the conversation.

Jason Davis talks about his career as a soccer journalist as well as labor issues in the United Soccer Leagues.

Ted Prezelski interviews Duncan Sohn Hasman, who helped a group organize teachers at BASIS. This was the first successful effort to organize at a charter school in Arizona. Sohn-Hasman describes the issues that teachers deal with there and what the union has been able to accomplish in the last two years.

A chat with a federal worker dealing with the ongoing government shutdown.

Ted Prezelski interviews Abigail Higgins. Higgins has been an international correspondent and her work has appeared on NPR and in publications like Vox, Time and the Washington Post. She recently co-founded The 51st, an online publication covering local news in the Washington metro area.

In this episode, Ted Prezelski talks to Matt Baume. Baume researches portrails of queer culture in the media for his YouTube channel. His book, Hi Honey, I'm Homo!, picks several highlights of sitcoms to show how those portrayals have evolved, as well as how our society has.