On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: former circus hand Chris Bricker talks with historian Andrea Ringer about her new book, <a href='https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p087967'>Circus World: Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on The Big Show</a>—a deep dive into the hidden labor that built 14-acre tent cities, from riggers and animal trainers to strikes that shaped the spectacle. Then organizer and cultural strategist Ken Grossinger returns with updates on <a href='https://www.artworksbook.com/'>Art Works: How organizers and artists are creating a better world together</a> and how artists and organizers are joining forces, why authoritarians target culture first, and what it takes to scale creative power across unions and communities.
PLUS, on <a href='https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/'>Labor History in 2:00</a>: The Lattimer Massacre and Chicago Teachers Say, Enough!
Broadcast on September 11, 2025 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC.
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. 
The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the <a href='https://www.laborradionetwork.org/'>Labor Radio Podcast Network</a>.
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