Author: Victor Tan Chen

Radio Show Update

I’ll be on additional radio programs in the next few days. Also, The Bill Newman Show will be Friday rather than Thursday as originally scheduled. Here’s the latest:

Thursday, Aug. 6, 2 p.m. E.T.
The Union Edge
WPWC 1480 AM, Washington, D.C. (check list for other stations).
Podcast available here. (Segment begins at 7:15)

Thursday, Aug. 6, 6:59 p.m. E.T.
Chautauqua
Listen live online or on KOPN 89.5 FM, Columbia, Missouri (check back for direct podcast link).

Friday, Aug. 7, 9:22 a.m. E.T. (rebroadcast at 6:22 p.m.)
The Bill Newman Show
Listen live online or on WHMP 1400/1240 AM or 96.9 FM, Northampton, Massachusetts.

Sunday, Aug. 9, 6 a.m. E.T.
The Peter Werbe Show, WRIF 101, Detroit
Podcast available here. (Segment begins at 1:38:00)

Sunday, Aug. 9, 9 p.m. E.T.
UComm Radio with Kris LaGrange, 77ABC New York, New York
Podcast available here. (Segment begins at 2523.)

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Live This Week

Updated Thursday, Aug. 6, 8:00 a.m.

I’ll be calling into four live radio programs—based in Michigan, Mississippi, Vermont, and Massachusetts—this week. I’ll also be on a taped segment scheduled to air in Detroit next Sunday morning.

Monday, Aug. 3, 9:30 a.m. E.T.
Returning to Tony Trupiano: The Voice of the People
Podcast available at BlogTalkRadio.

Monday, Aug. 3, 1 p.m. E.T.
Cyrus Webb’s Conversations LIVE
Podcast available at BlogTalkRadio.

Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1:35 p.m. E.T.
Equal Time
Podcast available at Equal Time Radio, Vermont.

Friday, Aug. 7, 9:22 a.m. E.T. (rebroadcast at 6:22 p.m.)
The Bill Newman Show
Listen live online or on WHMP 1400/1240 AM or 96.9 FM, Northampton, Massachusetts.

Sunday, Aug. 9, 6 a.m. E.T.
The Peter Werbe Show
Listen live (site registration required) at WRIF (check back for direct podcast link).

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My Op-Ed in Newsday: ‘No Full-Timer Should Live in Poverty’

Newsday headline and first few paragraphsNewsday has published an essay of mine that puts the fight for a $15 minimum wage within the big-picture context of my book:

Amid all the controversy over the recent push in New York and elsewhere for a $15 minimum wage, it’s important to remember the big picture.

In the decades after World War II, the United States had powerful policies and popular movements that lifted up working men and women. A third of employed Americans were members of unions, and a pro-worker lobby pushed Washington to raise the minimum wage to more than $10 in today’s dollars.

That culture has changed—so much so that today we’re even debating whether a worker should, at a minimum, earn enough to make ends meet.

Read more here. The paper’s sister publication amNew York has also published the piece.

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Photo by Alan Levin, via Flickr

Updated Tuesday, July 28 1:20 pm

My book Cut Loose is now out. I’m scheduled to appear on three radio shows this week:

Monday, July 27, 9:30 am E.T.

[Cancelled: Returning to Tony Trupiano: The Voice of the People
Listen live at BlogTalkRadio.]

The show is having technical problems and is cancelled for the day. I’m also scheduled to go on his show next Monday, Aug. 3.

Tuesday, July 28, 11:30 am E.T.
The Frankie Boyer Show
Listen live here. Update: Here’s the podcast link. Segment begins at 30:10.

Friday, July 31, 4 pm E.T.
Shep Cohen, The World of Work
Listen live at WDVR (89.7 FM in Sergeantsville, NJ, and 96.9 FM in Trenton, NJ) or WPNJ 90.5 (Easton, PA).

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