# archive talk (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover archive talk. Page: Feed: --- ## [Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/08/06/downriver-detroit-the-working-class-the-environment-and-the-bonds-of-place/) _2026-08-06 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Dr. Lisa Fine explains how the working class, local unions, and sportsman’s organization collaborated throughout the twentieth century to preserve the ecosystems and waterways located Downriver, a collection of working class industrial, exurban, and rural communities south of Detroit along the Detroit River. Fine is a professor of history at Michigan State University and author of Downriver… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep105_Downriver_Detroit.mp3) ## [Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/07/16/freedom-train-black-politics-and-the-story-of-interracial-labor-solidarity/) _2026-07-16 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Dr. Cedric De Leon explains how, from the founding of the African Blood Brotherhood in 1919 through the 1963 March on Washington, Black workers linked racial justice to economic justice, challenging the American labor movement to become more racially inclusive in its fight for workers’ rights. De Leon is Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep104_FreedomTrain.mp3) ## [Tales From the Reuther Library Director’s Office: An Interview with Katrina Rouan](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/05/28/tales-from-the-reuther-library-directors-office-an-interview-with-katrina-rouan/) _2026-05-28 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Host Dan Golodner and Katrina Rouan trade quips while reflecting on the progress that has been made during her first 18 months as the director of the Reuther Library as well as the goals and challenges that lie ahead for the archives. Prior to her appointment as the Reuther’s director, Rouan coordinated reference services and graduate student assistants in the Wayne State University Library… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep103_Reuther_Director_Rouan.mp3) ## [Conversations with Depth Practitioners: Stephen Josephs](https://jonathanfoust.libsyn.com/conversations-with-depth-practitioners-stephen-josephs) _2026-05-21 · Jonathan Foust_ How has your meditation practice shifted and changed since you first took it up? Please join this conversation with Stephen Josephs, who shares how his mediation has evolved over 60 years of daily practice. As one of the leaders in the Kundalini Yoga tradition at it's peak in the west, Stephen was a devoted practitioner in what he calls the 'fire practices,' willful and powerful practices that can… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jonathanfoust/26-05-18_Stephen_Josephs.mp3?dest-id=73679) ## [The 8 Fold Path 8: The Collected Mind: How Concentration Opens the Door to Freedom](https://jonathanfoust.libsyn.com/the-8-fold-path-8-the-collected-mind-how-concentration-opens-the-door-to-freedom) _2026-05-21 · Jonathan Foust_ This talk explores the culminating factor of the Eightfold Path—Right Concentration—and the profound power of a steady, unified mind. In a world of constant distraction and fragmented attention, we investigate how deep focus becomes a gateway to inner stillness, clarity, and freedom. Drawing from classical Buddhist teachings and lived experience, this talk reveals how training attention is not… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jonathanfoust/26-05-11_8Fold_Path_8_The_Collected_Mind.mp3?dest-id=73679) ## [Retreat #5: All Roads Lead to Now](https://jonathanfoust.libsyn.com/retreat-5-all-road-lead-to-now) _2026-05-21 · Jonathan Foust_ This talk explores the movement from doing to being—from the disciplined application of effort to the natural ease of presence. After training attention, stabilizing the mind, and refining investigation, there comes a threshold where practice no longer adds anything, but begins to let go of itself. Through stories, humor, and classical teachings, we'll examine how effort serves us and how clinging… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jonathanfoust/26-05-04_Retreat_Talk_5_all_roads_lead_to_now.mp3?dest-id=73679) ## [Wildcat of the Streets: Detroit in the Age of Community Policing](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/05/07/wildcat-of-the-streets-detroit-in-the-age-of-community-policing/) _2026-05-07 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Dr. Michael Stauch explains how newly elected Detroit Mayor Coleman Young introduced “community policing” to the city in 1974, an experimental approach to law and order that included affirmative action hiring policies and neighborhood police stations to address community concerns about both police brutality and criminal activity in the neighborhoods. Despite these changes, tensions with the police… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep102_WildcatOfTheStreets.mp3) ## [Retreat Talk #4: Let's Just Cut to the Chase, Shall We?](https://jonathanfoust.libsyn.com/retreat-talk-4-lets-just-cut-the-chase-shall-we) _2026-04-28 · Jonathan Foust_ This talk explores what remains when we stop circling around the edges of practice and face the deepest truths directly. With humor, candor, and a willingness to take the red pill, we'll look at the three characteristics the Buddha pointed to—impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and not-self—and how they shape every human life whether we like it or not. We'll explore how the heart breaks open in the… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jonathanfoust/26-04-27_Retreat_Talk_4_J_Lets_Cut_to_the_Chase_-_42126_12.49PM.mp3?dest-id=73679) ## [An Earth Day Invitation: Take Your Practice Outside With Heidi Schuttenberg](https://jonathanfoust.libsyn.com/an-earth-day-invitation-take-your-practice-outside-with-heidi-schuttenberg) _2026-04-22 · Jonathan Foust_ The best meditation hall has no walls. This talk explores how nature cultivates focus, non-judgment, and belonging, and how mindfulness can help us stay engaged with the world's pain without burning out. Bio: With 25 years of Vipassana practice and a day job in international marine conservation, Heidi Schuttenberg, PhD brings both deep personal inquiry and real-world urgency to her teaching. She… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jonathanfoust/26-04-20_Heidi_on_Earthday.mp3?dest-id=73679) ## [The Eightfold Path 7: Seeing Clearly to Live Fully](https://jonathanfoust.libsyn.com/the-eightfold-path-7-seeing-clearly-to-live-fully) _2026-04-22 · Jonathan Foust_ This talk explores Wise Awareness as the art of seeing life clearly enough to actually live it. So much of human regret comes not from dramatic mistakes, but from drifting through our days half-awake—disconnected from our bodies, driven by unseen reactions, caught in mental weather, and estranged from what matters most. Drawing on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, we'll explore awareness of… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jonathanfoust/26-04-13_8FoldPath_7_Wise_Awareness.mp3?dest-id=73679) ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WvnA8PUCfWDO) _2026-04-22 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Retreat Talk #3: Working with the Hindrances as a Path to Awakening, with Heidi Schuttenberg](https://jonathanfoust.libsyn.com/working-with-the-hindrances-as-a-path-to-awakening-with-heidi-schuttenberg-retreat-talk-3) _2026-04-22 · Jonathan Foust_ The third talk in a weeklong meditation retreat, with Heidi Schuttenberg. Our unwelcome visitors are guides to our freedom. This talk explores the Buddha's five hindrances and offers practical tools for meeting them with compassion, curiosity, and even gratitude. With 25 years of Vipassana practice and a day job in international marine conservation, Heidi Schuttenberg, PhD brings both deep… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jonathanfoust/26-04-06_Retreat_Talk_3_Heidi_on_Hindrances.mp3?dest-id=73679) ## [Retreat Talk #2: The Alchemy of Difficulty: Turning Reactivity into Freedom](https://jonathanfoust.libsyn.com/the-alchemy-of-difficulty-turning-reactivity-into-freedom-retreat-talk-2) _2026-04-22 · Jonathan Foust_ The second talk in a weeklong retreat. We often assume insight arises from calm, clarity, or deep concentration. But in truth, it is often born in the very moments we want to escape. This talk invites a radical reframe: what if restlessness, doubt, and emotional turbulence are not problems to solve—but the precise conditions for awakening? Together, we'll explore how mindful investigation… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jonathanfoust/26-03-30_Retreat_Talk_2_Jonathan_Investigation.mp3?dest-id=73679) ## [Retreat Talk #1: Coming Home to the Body, with Lynn Teo](https://jonathanfoust.libsyn.com/retreat-talk-1-coming-home-to-the-body-with-lynn-teo) _2026-03-28 · Jonathan Foust_ This is the first talk of a weeklong retreat in 2026. Lynn Teo starts by exploring various ways to resource the nervous system to support the capacity to be present to the moment's direct experience. Then, we investigate what mindfulness is and how mindfulness of the body supports present moment awareness. Lynn Teo has been teaching embodied movement and meditation for over 25 years. Deeply… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jonathanfoust/26-03-23_Retreat_Talk_1Coming_Home_to_the_Body_Lynn_Teo_-_32526_4.16PM.mp3?dest-id=73679) ## [The Eightfold Path, Part 6: How to Do without Overdoing](https://jonathanfoust.libsyn.com/the-eightfold-path-part-6-how-to-do-without-overdoing) _2026-03-28 · Jonathan Foust_ This talk explores Right Effort as one of the most misunderstood elements of the Eightfold Path—revealing how much of our suffering comes not from a lack of effort, but from pushing, striving, and forcing ourselves in ways that create inner violence. Drawing on classical Buddhist teachings and everyday experience, the talk reframes effort as a form of care rather than willpower, inviting a wiser… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jonathanfoust/26-03-16_8Fold_Path_6_Wise_Effort.mp3?dest-id=73679) ## [Women on a Mission: The Remarkable Heroes Who Put Men on the Moon](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/03/26/women-on-a-mission-the-remarkable-heroes-who-put-men-on-the-moon/) _2026-03-26 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Children’s book author and engineer Suzanne Slade describes the creative process she used to engage the next generation of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) with the stories of twelve women who worked behind the scenes on the Apollo lunar landing mission. Slade is the author of Women on a Mission: The Remarkable Heroes Who Put Men on the Moon . Related Resources:… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep101_Women_on_a_Mission.mp3) ## [The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/02/12/the-radical-fund-how-a-band-of-visionaries-and-a-million-dollars-upended-america/) _2026-02-12 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ John Fabian Witt recounts how in the 1920s and 1930s Charles Garland donated his million-dollar inheritance to the American Fund for Public Service, or Garland Fund, to support progressive causes and organizations he believed could challenge inequality and reshape capitalism and democracy in America. Dr. Witt is a Professor of History and the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep100_Radical_Fund.mp3) ## [The 1968 Florida Teachers’ Strike: Public Sector Unionism and the Fight against Sunshine State Conservatism](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2026/01/15/the-1968-florida-teachers-strike-public-sector-unionism-and-the-fight-against-sunshine-state-conservatism/) _2026-01-15 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Dr. Jody Baxter Noll recounts the 1968 Florida Teachers’ Strike, in which 27,000 teachers across the state, amidst a shift in Florida politics toward a pro-business and suburban “Sunshine conservatism” reluctant to raise taxes for public education, submitted their resignations to gain collective bargaining rights and improved school funding. Noll is a Lecturer in the History Department at Georgia… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep099_1968_Florida_Teachers_Strike.mp3) ## [Talking Archives with the Society of Women Engineers](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2025/12/22/talking-archives-with-the-society-of-women-engineers/) _2025-12-22 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Karen Horting, Executive Director and CEO of the Society of Women Engineers, talks about SWE’s archives at the Reuther Library and shares how the 75-year-old organization leverages its history to advocate for the inclusion of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Related Resources: Society of Women Engineers 75th Anniversary SWE Archives Virtual Tour \[Part 1\] SWE… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep098_SWE_Archives.mp3) ## [Polish American Women and Detroit’s 1938 Federal Screw Works Strike](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2025/12/11/polish-american-women-and-detroits-1938-federal-screw-works-strike/) _2025-12-11 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ Dr. Martin Hershock recounts the violent three-day strike against General Motors supplier Federal Screw Works in 1938, when women from Detroit’s Polish community led the fight to preserve both their recently-recognized union and their neighborhood. Hershock is a Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and author of the article, “Seems to Me You Have Plenty of Nerve”: Polish… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep097_Detroit_Screw_Works_Strike.mp3) ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cPx2GgIG5trk) _2025-12-11 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Talking History with AFA President Sara Nelson](https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/2025/11/26/talking-history-with-afa-president-sara-nelson/) _2025-11-26 · Tales from the Reuther Library_ In celebration of the Reuther Library’s 50th anniversary, Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO discusses the importance of understanding labor and legislative history when bargaining for better labor contracts for flight attendants today. Related Resources: Turbulent Romance: The History of the Association of Flight Attendants Related… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/reutherlib/content.blubrry.com/reutherlib/TalesReutherLib_ep096_AFA_Archives.mp3)