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Tag: Fireside Chat

December 24, 2025January 8, 2026 Working Class History Podcast

E114: Fireside Chat – 2025 in review

Collage of individuals featured in the Fireside Chat podcast, with a mix of facial expressions, clothing styles, and backgrounds including a flag and food.

Fireside Chat podcast available exclusively for our Patreon supporters in which we sit down for a bit of a chat about the year past, for WCH and the world, and plans we have for the year ahead.

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June 25, 2025July 25, 2025 Working Class History Podcast

E107: Fireside Chat – Hope Dies Last

Artwork for the Fireside Chat podcast featuring the 'Hope Dies Last' logo in pink and black, alongside Farsi text highlighting the collaboration with WCH and Daily Worker History Farsi. The background shows a historical black and white image of people gathering.

Fireside Chat podcast in which John from WCH and Ade from our Farsi-language sister project, Daily Worker History Farsi, are interviewed for the Hope Dies Last podcast by musician and journalist Ryan Harvey.

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April 30, 2025June 5, 2025 Working Class History Podcast

E105: Fireside Chat – Organising in the public sector

Our latest Fireside Chat is with one of our hosts, John, talking about his experiences organising at work in the public sector, first as an agency worker, then a permanent employee, and as a member and representative of Unison, the UK’s largest public sector union.

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March 19, 2025April 9, 2025 Working Class History Podcast

E102: Fireside Chat – Luigi Mangione

Patreon-exclusive Fireside Chat podcast about the case of Luigi Mangione, accused of assassinating a healthcare CEO. In this episode we discuss the US healthcare system, about Mangione and his past, about media and public reactions to the killing, and about historical parallels and differences with past assassinations.

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September 4, 2024April 3, 2025 Working Class History Podcast

E93: Fireside chat – NOlympics LA

Patreon-exclusive Fireside Chat podcast, where we sat down with Annie Powers from NOlympics LA to chat about the problematic history of the Olympic Games, the negative consequences it has on host cities, and the ongoing campaign against the hosting of the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.

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July 30, 2024July 7, 2025 Working Class History Podcast

E90: Fireside chat – Q&A

For our 10th birthday, we are launching a new series of discussion podcasts, exclusively for our patreon supporters, who make our work possible. In this first Fireside chat, we answer questions from patreon supporters, readers and listeners.

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5 May 1886: Bay View massacre - On This Day in Working Class History

On this day, 5 May 1886, the Bay View Massacre took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.14,000 labourers at Milwaukee's largest employer, Bay View Rolling Mills, were striking to replace the ten-hour shift with an eight-hour workday for the same rate of pay. The Wisconsin State Militia, which was dispatched by Governor Jeremiah Rusk, opened fire on the strikers. The aftermath resulted in sixty wounded, and seven unarmed workers dead.Among those who died are Frank Kunkel, Frank Nowarczyk, John Marsh, Robert Erdman, Johann Zazka, Martin Jankowiak, Michael Ruchalski, and a 13 year old boy.Learn more about the strike for the eight hour day and May Day which commemorates it in our podcast episode 85, available for our patreon supporters: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e85-may-day-with-103374699More info and sources: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/11384/Bay-View-massacreOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/todayBrowse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/dateCheck out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.comCheck out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.comIf you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

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