Convergence https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast-shows/convergence/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:20:20 +0000 en-US © 2026 Convergence A Magazine for Radical Insights Convergence Convergence false No yes de857314-7657-5904-9329-76f21c53529c https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Looking Back and Forward After a Year of Labor Strikes and Wins, with Carlos Jimenez https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/looking-back-and-forward-after-a-historic-year-of-labor-strikes-and-wins-with-carlos-jimenez/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9438 full 9 3 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2024/01/BWT-S3E9.jpg Looking Back and Forward After a Year of Labor Strikes and Wins, with Carlos Jimenez false no 46:11 No no Kaiser Workers’ Unsung Win, with Rashad Pritchett and Theresa Myles https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/one-of-last-years-unsung-labor-victories-kaiser-permanente-workers-3-day-strike/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9422 full 8 3 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2024/01/BWT-S3E8-2.jpg Kaiser Workers’ Unsung Win, with Rashad Pritchett and Theresa Myles false no 1:07:15 No no Preparing for a General Strike, with Cecily Myart-Cruz https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/9374/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9374 full 7 3 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/12/BWT-S3E7.jpg Preparing for a General Strike, with Cecily Myart-Cruz false no 1:12:08 No no Electoral Focus of the Working Class in 2024 and Beyond https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/where-we-focus-electoral-efforts-of-the-working-class-in-2024-and-beyond/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9348 full 6 3 false no 48:41 No no Solidarity in the South. Solidarity in Palestine. Solidarity Everywhere. With Shafeah M’Balia https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/solidarity-in-the-south-solidarity-in-palestine-solidarity-everywhere/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9305 full 5 3 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/12/BWT-S3E5.jpg Solidarity in the South. Solidarity in Palestine. Solidarity Everywhere. With Shafeah M’Balia false no 1:02:12 No no Where the Writers Guild of America Goes Next to Support Marginalized Workers, with Angela Harvey and Tawal Panyacosit Jr. https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/where-the-writers-guild-of-america-goes-next-to-support-marginalized-workers-with-angela-harvey-and-tawal-panyacosit-jr/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9276 full 4 3 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/Black-Work-Talk_Angela-Harvey.jpg Where the Writers Guild of America Goes Next to Support Marginalized Workers, with Angela Harvey and Tawal Panyacosit Jr. false no 52:23 No no The Case for a Black Workers’ Bill of Rights, with Tanya Wallace Gobern https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/the-case-for-a-black-workers-bill-of-rights/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9240 full 3 3 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/BWT-S3E3-scaled.jpg The Case for a Black Workers’ Bill of Rights, with Tanya Wallace Gobern false no 00:47:22 No no Teamsters’ Hard Fight For a Fair UPS Contract, with Chris Williamson and Richard Hooker Jr. https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/teamsters-hard-fight-to-win-a-fair-contract-from-ups-this-summer/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9204 full 2 3 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/BWT-S3E2.jpg Teamsters’ Hard Fight For a Fair UPS Contract, with Chris Williamson and Richard Hooker Jr. false no 1:29:48 No no Passing the Torch – Season Three of ‘Black Work Talk’ https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/passing-the-torch-welcome-to-season-three-with-bill-fletcher-jr/ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9176 full 1 3 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/Black-Work-Talk_S3E1-Cover.png Passing the Torch – Season Three of ‘Black Work Talk’ false no 43:41 No no Bill Fletcher: Keep Fighting Till the Lights Go Out https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/bill-fletcher-keep-fighting-till-the-lights-go-out/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 19:09:44 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=8348 full https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Bill Fletcher: Keep Fighting Till the Lights Go Out false no 1:28:44 No no Carroll Fife: ‘A Movement Person Having a Political Experience’ https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/carroll-fife-a-movement-person-having-a-political-experience/ Sat, 17 Dec 2022 19:31:26 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=8276 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Carroll Fife: ‘A Movement Person Having a Political Experience’ false no 1:01:11 No no Kyra Greene and Branden Snyder: Making the PowerSwitch https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/kyra-greene-and-branden-snyder-making-the-powerswitch/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:46:07 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=7951 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Kyra Greene and Branden Snyder: Making the PowerSwitch false no 1:02:34 No no Linda Burnham on ‘Power Concedes Nothing’ https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/linda-burnham-on-power-concedes-nothing/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:14:41 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=7836 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Linda Burnham on ‘Power Concedes Nothing’ false no 56:57 No no Stacy Davis Gates: Our Union’s Fight Is a Fight for Black Chicago https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/stacy-davis-gates-our-unions-fight-is-a-fight-for-black-chicago/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 19:44:27 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=7710 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Stacy Davis Gates: Our Union’s Fight Is a Fight for Black Chicago false no 1:09:02 No no Organizing Black Workers: A Conversation Across Generations (Part 2) https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/organizing-black-workers-a-conversation-across-generations-part-2/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 22:22:55 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=7419 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Organizing Black Workers: A Conversation Across Generations (Part 2) false no 51:26 No no Organizing Black Workers: A Conversation Across Generations (Part 1) https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/organizing-black-workers-a-conversation-across-generations-part-1/ Sat, 23 Jul 2022 01:49:58 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=7348 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Organizing Black Workers: A Conversation Across Generations (Part 1) false no 57:36 No no Erica Iheme: ‘We Organize From Our Soul’ https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/erica-iheme-we-organize-from-our-soul/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:22:22 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=7279 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Erica Iheme: ‘We Organize From Our Soul’ false no 1:15:17 No no Danielle Phillips-Cunningham: Black Women’s History of All-Sided Labor Resistance https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/danielle-phillips-cunningham-black-womens-history-of-all-sided-labor-resistance/ Fri, 20 May 2022 03:12:09 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=7098 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Danielle Phillips-Cunningham: Black Women’s History of All-Sided Labor Resistance false no 1:07:51 No no Beverly Guy-Sheftall: All Our Oppressions are Interconnected https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/beverly-guy-sheftall-all-our-oppressions-are-interconnected/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:26:54 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=6993 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Beverly Guy-Sheftall: All Our Oppressions are Interconnected false no 1:20:38 No no Mariame Kaba: Organizing is the How https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/mariame-kaba-organizing-is-the-how/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 16:23:51 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=6951 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Mariame Kaba: Organizing is the How false no 1:14:18 No no NTanya Lee: We Need a Liberatory Strategy for Today and Tomorrow https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/ntanya-lee-we-need-a-liberatory-strategy-for-today-and-tomorrow/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:05:29 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=6879 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png NTanya Lee: We Need a Liberatory Strategy for Today and Tomorrow false no 1:05:19 No no Bianca Cunningham: From AfroSOC to Elections to Eviction Defense https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/bianca-cunningham-from-afrosoc-to-elections-to-eviction-defense/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 20:34:14 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=6465 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Bianca Cunningham: From AfroSOC to Elections to Eviction Defense false no 1:09:15 No no Lester K. Spence: Power makes durable shifts in politics, economics & culture https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/lester-k-smith-power-makes-durable-shifts-in-politics-economics-culture/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:33:24 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=6216 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Lester K. Spence: Power makes durable shifts in politics, economics & culture false no 59:51 No no Toussaint Losier: What Is the Black Left? https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/toussaint-losier-what-is-the-black-left/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 23:38:38 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=6014 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Toussaint Losier: What Is the Black Left? false no 30:35 No no Will Jones: How Labor Built the March on Washington https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/will-jones-how-labor-built-the-march-on-washington/ Mon, 14 Feb 2022 21:37:03 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/?post_type=cmag_audio_post&p=5848 https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/01/Convergence-Cover.png Will Jones: How Labor Built the March on Washington false no 54:42 No no Bert Bayou: We meet our members where they live https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-3-bert-bayou/ Tue, 25 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-3-bert-bayou/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/01/Convergence-Cover.png Bert Bayou: We meet our members where they live false no 39:55 No no April Verrett: Care workers bridge the partisan divide https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-2-april-verrett/ Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-2-april-verrett/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png April Verrett: Care workers bridge the partisan divide false no 53:53 No no Rob Baril: Health workers say ‘take your knee off our necks’ https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/season-2-premiere-rob-baril/ Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/season-2-premiere-rob-baril/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2022/02/Convergence-Cover.png Rob Baril: Health workers say ‘take your knee off our necks’ false no 1:00:48 No no Bill Fletcher: ‘We need to push the envelope on democracy’ https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-18-bill-fletcher-2/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-18-bill-fletcher/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-22.png Bill Fletcher: ‘We need to push the envelope on democracy’ false no 0:00 No no Dawn Gearhart: Leveraging apps to build care workers’ power https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-17-dawn-gearhart-2/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 21:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-17-dawn-gearhart/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-23.png Dawn Gearhart: Leveraging apps to build care workers’ power false no 1:01:11 No no Michael Dawson: Breaking down the neoliberal racial order https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-16-michael-dawson-2/ Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-16-michael-dawson/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-24.png Michael Dawson: Breaking down the neoliberal racial order false no 48:36 No no Lauren Jacobs: Build people’s sense of collective power https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-15-lauren-jacobs-2/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 21:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-15-lauren-jacobs/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-25.png Lauren Jacobs: Build people’s sense of collective power false no 1:01:46 No no Sheri Davis: Bringing Black feminist principles to union practice https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-14-sheri-davis-2/ Wed, 19 May 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-14-sheri-davis/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-26.png Sheri Davis: Bringing Black feminist principles to union practice false no 1:03:37 No no Maurice Mitchell: Victories now should build to our north-star vision https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-13-maurice-mitchell-2/ Wed, 05 May 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-13-maurice-mitchell/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-27.png Maurice Mitchell: Victories now should build to our north-star vision false no 1:01:13 No no Barbara Ransby: Capitalism and racism intertwine and feed on each other https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-12-barbara-ransby-2/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-12-barbara-ransby/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-28.png Barbara Ransby: Capitalism and racism intertwine and feed on each other false no 1:01:13 No no Robin D.G. Kelley: Amazon union drive carries on Alabama’s Black radical legacy https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-11-robin-d-g-kelley-2/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-11-robin-d-g-kelley/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-29.png Robin D.G. Kelley: Amazon union drive carries on Alabama’s Black radical legacy false no 1:34:34 No no Maurice BP-Weeks: Racial capitalism, ‘because I’m Black all the time’ https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-10-maurice-bp-weeks-2/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-10-maurice-bp-weeks/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-30.png Maurice BP-Weeks: Racial capitalism, ‘because I’m Black all the time’ false no 1:02:08 No no Jesse Hagopian: #BlackLivesMatter at school https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-9-jesse-hagopian-2/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-9-jesse-hagopian/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-31.png Jesse Hagopian: #BlackLivesMatter at school false no 1:02:12 No no Michelle Crentsil: Nurses bridge differences to tackle life-and-death issues https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-8-michelle-crentsil-2/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-8-michelle-crentsil/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-32.png Michelle Crentsil: Nurses bridge differences to tackle life-and-death issues false no 44:00 No no Erica Smiley: Can we imagine a democracy worth fighting for? https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-7-erica-smiley-2/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-7-erica-smiley/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-33.png Erica Smiley: Can we imagine a democracy worth fighting for? false no 44:40 No no Bill Lucy: At the crossroads of labor, Black power & civil rights https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-6-bill-lucy-2/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-6-bill-lucy/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-34.png Bill Lucy: At the crossroads of labor, Black power & civil rights false no 57:54 No no April Sims: Building vibrant unions with space for all workers https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-5-april-sims-2/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-5-april-sims/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-35.png April Sims: Building vibrant unions with space for all workers false no 53:33 No no Greg Kelley: Unions can lay a foundation for lasting progress https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-4-greg-kelley-2/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-4-greg-kelley/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-36.png Greg Kelley: Unions can lay a foundation for lasting progress false no 40:34 No no Tanya Wallace Gobern: Our work can be ‘joyous militancy’ https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-3-tanya-wallace-gobern-2/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-3-tanya-wallace-gobern/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-37.png Tanya Wallace Gobern: Our work can be ‘joyous militancy’ false no 1:02:33 No no Bill Fletcher: 2020 election takeaways and next steps https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-1-bill-fletcher-2/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 23:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/episode-1-bill-fletcher/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-39.png Bill Fletcher: 2020 election takeaways and next steps false no 52:22 No no Interview Sneak Peek: Bill Fletcher https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/interview-sneak-peek-bill-fletcher/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 21:00:00 +0000 https://staging.convergencemag.com/podcast/interview-sneak-peek-bill-fletcher/ https://staging.convergencemag.com/app/uploads/2023/11/yKPwGNbh2A93ypjWYvA34fHR-40.png Interview Sneak Peek: Bill Fletcher false no 0:00 No no