# host laura (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover host laura. Page: Feed: --- ## [Reflections on the Historic NYC Nurse Strike of 2026](http://tv.cuny.edu/show/cityworks/PR2014310) _2026-07-06 · CUNY TV's City Works_ On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders is joined by three organizers of the 2026 nurse strike; the largest such strike in New York City history. Montefiore Medical Center ER nurse and former president of the New York State Nurses Association Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital neonatal nurse Beth Loudin, and Mount Sinai Hospital nurse Goodness Iheanachor speak to… [Listen](https://tv.cuny.edu/podcastitems/cityworks/CTWR07011_PODCAST_podcast.m4a) ## [Home Health Aides Demand Relief, and AI in Higher Ed](http://tv.cuny.edu/show/cityworks/PR2014290) _2026-06-01 · CUNY TV's City Works_ On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to JoAnn Lum, Vic Galvan, and Luz Estrella about the 24 hour shifts for home care workers in NY, and an SLU seminar explores the cuts, waste, and surveillance accompanying A.I. in higher education. [Listen](https://tv.cuny.edu/podcastitems/cityworks/CTWR07010_PODCAST_podcast.m4a) ## [Working Their Way Back: New Hope for Unions in Mamdani's NYC](http://tv.cuny.edu/show/cityworks/PR2014229) _2026-05-04 · CUNY TV's City Works_ On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to Brandon Mancilla, director of UAW Region 9A, and Robin Harvey, NYU professor and CFU-UAW contract bargainer, about ways to renew the labor movement in New York under its new democratic socialist mayor. [Listen](http://tv.cuny.edu/podcastitems/cityworks/CTWR07009_PODCAST_podcast.m4a) ## [Labor's Uphill Battle: Can Unions Lead the Charge Again?](http://tv.cuny.edu/show/cityworks/PR2014217) _2026-04-06 · CUNY TV's City Works_ On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders is joined by the President of the New York City Central Labor Council, Brendan Griffith, and labor organizer and educator David Unger, to talk about the ways that organized labor is engaging with popular movements across the country and here in New York, and what more can be done to protect workers under attack. [Listen](http://tv.cuny.edu/podcastitems/cityworks/CTWR07008_PODCAST_podcast.m4a) ## [International Harvest: Ashley's Story](http://sacredstoryministries.org) _2026-03-31 · LauraWilcox777@gmail.com (Laura Wilcox, Ashlee) · Sacred Story Podcast_ Host Laura Wilcox welcomes Ashley back to the Sacred Story Podcast for a conversation about transformed lives in the Middle East. Ashley shares how the underground church in Iran is one of the fastest-growing underground churches in the world, despite intense persecution. Ashley describes her ministry in another Middle Eastern country where Iranians and other nationalities have settled. While she… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/571e52e6-95a9-4957-a274-33de66f99f78/55822540-774f-4415-a072-35027108c023/episodes/audio/group/4b4e50c1-51d6-45b0-9584-ee317da67842/group-item/604e18bf-35b5-4b6d-beb2-01557e998809/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=B_G4Sj6F) ## [License to Sell: New Street Vendor Laws Fix a Broken System](http://tv.cuny.edu/show/cityworks/PR2014186) _2026-03-04 · CUNY TV's City Works_ On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to Council Member Amanda Farías and other advocates of NYC street vending about recent landmark legislation that brings thousands more vendors into compliance, and provides them with support and training. [Listen](http://tv.cuny.edu/podcastitems/cityworks/CTWR07007_PODCAST_podcast.m4a) ## [Civil Rights at Work: A Century of Black Labor Activism](http://tv.cuny.edu/show/cityworks/PR2014163) _2026-02-02 · CUNY TV's City Works_ On this episode, host Laura Flanders presents excerpts from a recent CUNY SLU event, “Lessons from 100 Years of Black Labor Activism,” that featured labor scholars and activists in discussion about the unsung history of black labor organizing. [Listen](http://tv.cuny.edu/podcastitems/cityworks/CTWR07006_PODCAST_podcast.m4a) ## [When the Subways Stopped: The 2005 NYC Transit Strike](http://tv.cuny.edu/show/cityworks/PR2014127) _2026-01-05 · CUNY TV's City Works_ On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders takes a look back at the historic 2005 New York City transit strike on its 20th anniversary, with strike leader and former TWU Local 100 President Roger Toussaint, and Bill Herbert, Executive Director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. The three discuss the strike’s impact and… [Listen](http://tv.cuny.edu/podcastitems/cityworks/CTWR07005_PODCAST_podcast.m4a) ## [A Reporter Roundtable: Mamdani's Historic Victory](http://tv.cuny.edu/show/cityworks/PR2014092) _2025-12-01 · CUNY TV's City Works_ On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders convenes a panel of political reporters to discuss the 2025 mayoral election and what the future may hold for the incoming Mamdani administration. [Listen](http://tv.cuny.edu/podcastitems/cityworks/CTWR07004_PODCAST_podcast.m4a) ## [Madison's Story](http://sacredstoryministries.org) _2025-11-05 · LauraWilcox777@gmail.com (Laura Wilcox) · Sacred Story Podcast_ In this episode of Unexpected Turns, host Laura Wilcox has a conversation with Madison, who recalls her worst day ever as a high school student years ago. On the same day, Madison experiences a breakup with her boyfriend, the discovery of a terrible rumor circulating in school about her, and a grade that falls well below the perfectionistic standards she places upon herself. At the end of this… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/55822540-774f-4415-a072-35027108c023/episodes/9530d64b-5280-416f-a8ab-a3dcafddb748/audio/65f649f5-85db-46fb-9911-819eeec1bed3/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=B_G4Sj6F) ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IyDcDkGwn3L1) _2025-11-05 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Working While Homeless: When Full-time Pay Isn't Enough](http://tv.cuny.edu/show/cityworks/PR2014036) _2025-11-03 · CUNY TV's City Works_ On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders is joined by Henry Love, Vice President of Public Policy and Strategy at Win, and Angela Wyse, an Assistant Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, to talk about a largely unknown part of the homelessness crisis: people who are employed but still unable to afford a place to live. [Listen](http://tv.cuny.edu/podcastitems/cityworks/CTWR07003_PODCAST_podcast.m4a) ## [Kate's Story](http://sacredstoryministries.org) _2025-10-29 · LauraWilcox777@gmail.com (Laura Wilcox) · Sacred Story Podcast_ In this episode of Unexpected Turns, host Laura Wilcox has a conversation with Kate, who was diagnosed with a rare venous malformation behind her right eye in her late teens. Though not cancerous, the location of Kate's mass of entangled veins posed dangers that only grew over time. Although Kate had come to faith in Christ in her childhood, she sought for many years to handle her condition in her… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/55822540-774f-4415-a072-35027108c023/episodes/44b5b4e2-8335-4258-ae88-ef99b6e64b7d/audio/2adde725-597a-4ccc-89c8-0e4257db4f15/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=B_G4Sj6F) ## [Tranece's Story](http://sacredstoryministries.org) _2025-10-22 · LauraWilcox777@gmail.com (Tranece Harris, Laura Wilcox) · Sacred Story Podcast_ In this episode of Unexpected Turns, host Laura Wilcox has a conversation with Tranece, whose world was turned upside down when she learned that her 18-year-old son had been arrested for murder. Because Tranece had just gotten engaged the day before she received this devastating news, she wondered if her fiancé Terrence would want to keep their engagement. Yet Terrence assured her of his… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/55822540-774f-4415-a072-35027108c023/episodes/946bfeb2-0398-4f5f-812a-5fc0c8518e39/audio/9c5fb3ff-1157-4776-8e78-17ede784e7e7/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=B_G4Sj6F) ## [Ahmet's Story](http://sacredstoryministries.org) _2025-10-16 · LauraWilcox777@gmail.com (Laura Wilcox) · Sacred Story Podcast_ Our host Laura Wilcox welcomes Ahmet, an Iranian refugee to Turkey, for this episode of International Harvest. After a long and arduous journey over the mountains from Iran, Ahmet arrived in Turkey in search of a better life. He had no interest in pursuing any faith, yet when he broke his leg, he became a captive audience to his Christian brother's prayers. He relented and attended a church… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/55822540-774f-4415-a072-35027108c023/episodes/51deba0a-89a5-41d2-bfde-4512ff0a1fe3/audio/e418b64a-5441-4d29-91e0-f3cdb350a2f2/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=B_G4Sj6F) ## [Lettie's Story](http://sacredstoryministries.org) _2025-10-08 · LauraWilcox777@gmail.com (Lettie Carr, Laura Wilcox) · Sacred Story Podcast_ In this episode of Unexpected Turns, host Laura Wilcox welcomes Lettie Carr. Lettie shares how God led her to consider a low-paying job as a women's prison chaplain in spite of her initial resistance. Lettie had recently made partner as a lawyer, and she and her husband had recently bought a new home. As she looked around for an opportunity that might give her more time with her 2-year-old son,… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/55822540-774f-4415-a072-35027108c023/episodes/f87442de-643e-4fe8-8ac2-9c80ddbb9bfb/audio/2154f37e-c250-4b05-a794-493f46a20853/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=B_G4Sj6F) ## [Food Justice: The Fight for Access and Fairness](http://tv.cuny.edu/show/cityworks/PR2014036) _2025-10-06 · CUNY TV's City Works_ On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders speaks to food advocate Liz Accles and NYS Assembly Member Khlaeel Anderson about the ongoing crisis of food access in New York, and the bold measures being taken to address it. [Listen](http://tv.cuny.edu/podcastitems/cityworks/CTWR07002_PODCAST_podcast.m4a) ## [Julie's Story](http://sacredstoryministries.org) _2025-10-01 · LauraWilcox777@gmail.com (Laura Wilcox) · Sacred Story Podcast_ In this episode of Unexpected Turns, our host Laura Wilcox speaks with Julie about beauty. Julie shares how, in her teen years, she thought her mother could use a few lessons on hairstyle and fashion. Julie competed in several beauty pageants, where she realized she would always find another woman whose beauty assets would outshine her own. As Julie grew older, she recognized that her mother's… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/55822540-774f-4415-a072-35027108c023/episodes/ceae83e1-318a-4939-8005-73fb89bad978/audio/27090563-90ee-4c46-9539-eaabe902f30c/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=B_G4Sj6F)