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Stories on labor history, Detroit, and Wayne State University

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Sociologists Thomas Gepts and Sarah Mason, PhD, discuss the six-week strike in 2022 of 48,000 UAW-represented academic workers across all 10 University of California campuses, explaining how differing strategies and organizing tactics employed at eac... more

Dr. Lisa Fine explains how the working class, local unions, and sportsman’s organization collaborated throughout the twentieth century to preserve the ecosystems and waterways located Downriver, a collection of working class industrial, exurban, and ... more

Dr. Cedric De Leon explains how, from the founding of the African Blood Brotherhood in 1919 through the 1963 March on Washington, Black workers linked racial justice to economic justice, challenging the American labor movement to become more racially... more

Host Dan Golodner and Katrina Rouan trade quips while reflecting on the progress that has been made during her first 18 months as the director of the Reuther Library as well as the goals and challenges that lie ahead for the archives. Prior to her ap... more

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Recent Guests

Sarah Mason
Director of the Center for Labor and Community at UC Santa Cruz; sociology professor
University of California, Santa Cruz
Episode: Organizing Associational Power: A Strikers’ Inquiry Into the 2022 UAW Strike Against the University of California
Thomas Gepts
PhD candidate in sociology; NSF graduate fellow; member of the Extractive University Project
University of California, Berkeley
Episode: Organizing Associational Power: A Strikers’ Inquiry Into the 2022 UAW Strike Against the University of California
Lisa M. Fine
Professor of History, Michigan State University; author of Downriver, The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place
Michigan State University
Episode: Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place
Cedric De Leon
Professor of sociology and labor studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; author of Freedom Train
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Episode: Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity
Katrina Rouan
Director, Walter P. Reuther Library and Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University
Walter P. Reuther Library (Wayne State University)
Episode: Tales From the Reuther Library Director’s Office: An Interview with Katrina Rouan
Michael Stauch
Author of Wildcat of the Streets, historian of policing and labor
University of Toledo
Episode: Wildcat of the Streets: Detroit in the Age of Community Policing
Suzanne Slade
Mechanical engineer and author of Women on a Mission
Author, SPACE- and engineering-focused children's books
Episode: Women on a Mission: The Remarkable Heroes Who Put Men on the Moon
John Witt
Professor of Law at Yale Law School and author of "The Radical Fund"
Yale Law School
Episode: The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
Dr. Jody Baxter Noll
Lecturer in history at Georgia State University.
Georgia State University
Episode: The 1968 Florida Teachers’ Strike: Public Sector Unionism and the Fight against Sunshine State Conservatism

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Dan Golodner
Host of Tales from the Reuther Library
Troy Eller English
Co-host of Tales from the Reuther Library

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 30 ratings
  • A must

    All our guys in our IAFF Local will be listeners. Thanks for this important work.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    micallef31
    United States5 years ago
  • such interesting stories

    This is becoming one of my favorite podcasts. Every episode is so interesting, and it is amazing to see the nuanced and detailed histories people can pull out of old books and papers!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    KG Mich
    United States6 years ago

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Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place
Q: What is Downriver and what is it like as a region?
Downriver is a geographically distinct stretch south of Detroit along the Detroit River, characterized by a mix of heavy industry, rural and exurban areas, and a strong identity tied to water and labor history.
Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity
Q: What did you see lacking in the historical narrative?
The narrative often centers white leaders and ignores the critical leadership and organizing done by Black workers, women, and local organizers who built multiracial coalitions and pushed for desegregation from the ground up.
Tales From the Reuther Library Director’s Office: An Interview with Katrina Rouan
Q: Where do you see the Reuther in five years?
She envisions a continued expansion of research access, stronger campus and community engagement, and thoughtful integration of AI to improve discoverability while mitigating issues like bias and hallucination.
Tales From the Reuther Library Director’s Office: An Interview with Katrina Rouan
Q: How did you decide to become a librarian?
Katrina describes a gradual realization rather than a single moment, moving from biology toward library science because she valued people-facing work and the social aspects of the role.
Women on a Mission: The Remarkable Heroes Who Put Men on the Moon
Q: How did you use archival resources from the Reuther Library in shaping the book?
She used oral transcripts and photographs from the Reuther Library, interviewing survivors when possible, and incorporated archived materials to authenticate the stories and bring real people to life for young readers.

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What is Tales from the Reuther Library about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The series centers on labor history, urban policy, and archival work, with a focus on Detroit, industrial communities, and university-led research. Episodes explore topics like Downriver environmental history, interracial labor solidarity, policing and youth culture in Detroit, women in STEM and space history, and the evolution of archives and public history in the digital age. A distinctive thread is the blend of scholarly context, archival storytelling, and personal narratives that illuminate how archives, unions, and local histories shape public memory and policy. Potential listeners may find the conversations rigorous, often scholarly, yet highly accessible through clear storytelling, archival sourcing, and city-specific case studies th... more

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