The Labor Exchange on KGNU

Robert Lindgren
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The Labor Exchange on KGNU is Colorado’s premiere labor and worker focused public affairs radio show and podcast. We bring engaging and informative interviews to inform, entertain and educate the public on the current issues affecting workers. Produced and hosted by Robert Lindgren of the Colorado AFL-CIO and the Denver Newspaper Guild, it airs by-weekly at 6:00 PM MT on KGNU Community Radio Boulder/Denver/Ft. Collins 88.5 FM/1390 AM/98.7 FM

  1. FEB 2

    KGNU Labor Exchange - Labor radio from around the world

    On this episode of the Labor Exchange we listen to labor radio from around the world with the Labor Radio Podcast weekly.

    29 min

  2. JAN 19

    KGNU Labor Exchange - Solidarity & Organizing at Boulder Public Library with Michael Serrano and Rachel Garfield-Levine

    On this week’s Labor Exchange we talk to Boulder Public Library workers Michael Serrano and Rachel Garfield-Levine. Workers at the library have formed a union and are seeking recognition and a contract.

    28 min

  3. JAN 19

    KGNU Labor Exchange - Bonus MLK Jr. holiday conversation with Adrian Rodgers AFSCME Local 1733

    On this bonus episode of the KGNU Labor Exchange we talk to Adrian Rogers, President of AFSCME Local 1733 in Memphis Tennessee.  The local famously gained union recognition in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike which was the for civil rights and union rights for Memphis City Workers. It was during his support for this strike that the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr gave his final speech titled I’ve Been to the Mountaintop and was assassinated soon after.

    20 min

  4. JAN 5

    Labor Exchange - A message for the new year and interview with Austin Sauerbrei

    With a special new years message, we listen back to our episode with artist Austin Sauerbrei about his book Trouble! At Coal Creek.

    38 min

  5. 12/22/2025

    KGNU Labor Exchange - Kate Beister, social studies teacher and Sheridan Education Association President

    We talk with Kate Biester, a high school social studies teacher and Sheridan Education Association President. The Sheridan School District has refused to honor the educators  collective bargaining agreement and educators in the small school district south of Denver are fighting for recognition and a fair contract.

    24 min
  6. The Labor Exchange PBS documentary Make a Circle with Jen Bradwell and Academy Award winner Todd Boekelheide

    12/08/2025

    The Labor Exchange PBS documentary Make a Circle with Jen Bradwell and Academy Award winner Todd Boekelheide

    We talk to filmmakers Jen Bradwell and Todd Boekelheide, winner of an Academy Award, on their film Make a Circle about the challenges around early childhood education and solutions that help families and early childhood educators. Watch it on Rocky Mountain PBS using PBS Passport.

    30 min
  7. KGNU Labor Exchange - Casa Bonita United with Michelle Mendenhall (IATSE) and Riley Holmes (Actors Equity)

    11/24/2025

    KGNU Labor Exchange - Casa Bonita United with Michelle Mendenhall (IATSE) and Riley Holmes (Actors Equity)

    We talk about worker solidarity at Casa Bonita, a theme restaurant in Colorado, as workers join together to demand a fair contract. Contract negotiations are ongoing following a strike over the Halloween holiday weekend. We talk to Michelle Mendenhall (IATSE). She started at Casa Bonita behind the bar and is now on the entertainment crew. Riley Holmes (Actors Equity) plays Black Bart and the Sheriff as part of the "dry crew" of entertainers.

    35 min
  8. Labor Exchange - Hard Hat Riot with Filmmaker Marc Levin

    11/10/2025

    Labor Exchange - Hard Hat Riot with Filmmaker Marc Levin

    NYC 1970. Construction workers and anti-Vietnam War student protestors violently clash in what became known as the Hard Hat Riot. Marc Levin's new film on American Experience digs deep into this tumultuous history with archival footage and interviews with people on the ground in 1970. Listen to his interview with Labor Exchange Host Robert Lindgren.

    30 min
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The Labor Exchange on KGNU is Colorado’s premiere labor and worker focused public affairs radio show and podcast. We bring engaging and informative interviews to inform, entertain and educate the public on the current issues affecting workers. Produced and hosted by Robert Lindgren of the Colorado AFL-CIO and the Denver Newspaper Guild, it airs by-weekly at 6:00 PM MT on KGNU Community Radio Boulder/Denver/Ft. Collins 88.5 FM/1390 AM/98.7 FM

Information

  • Creator
    Robert Lindgren
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2024 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Labor Exchange on KGNU