Tales from the Reuther Library

Recent Episodes

Communists and Community in Wartime Detroit

Posted October 29, 2021 • 00:56:06

Dr. Ryan Pettengill explains how communist activists in Detroit worked with labor activists during and after the Second World War to enhance the quality...

Sandfuture: Exploring Minoru Yamasaki, Lost Humanist Architecture, and the Rise of Sick Buildings and Sick People

Posted September 30, 2021 • 00:48:53

Artist and author Justin Beal shares the career and legacy of influential yet often forgotten architect Minoru Yamasaki. Yamasaki’s human-centered...

Midnight in Vehicle City: Modern Lessons From the Flint Sit-Down Strike

Posted August 14, 2021 • 00:34:05

Edward McClelland recounts the gripping details of the Flint sit-down strike, and considers what we can learn today from the strikers’ successful...

Blaming Teachers: How America Simultaneously Professionalized and Patronized Education

Posted July 9, 2021 • 00:46:38

Dr. Diana D’Amico Pawlewicz explains how the push to professionalize and standardize educators beginning in the mid-1800s, without granting them decision-making...

From Bargaining Table to Diplomatic Table: Leonard Woodcock in China (Part 2)

Posted May 27, 2021 • 00:41:57

After Leonard Woodcock stepped down as president of the UAW in 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter sent him to Beijing as a diplomatic envoy and ultimately...