Union Talk
Hosted by Randi Weingarten · AFT
4.3from 21 ratings
- 78
- Episodes
- 3
- Transcribed
- 21
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 20M
- YouTube views
About Union Talk
Everyone in America deserves the freedom to thrive. Join AFT President Randi Weingarten on Union Talk as she interviews workers, policymakers and experts who are confronting the issues working families face and championing solutions from the classroom to the bargaining table to Congress to secure opportunity, justice and a voice in our democracy for all. If you care about great public schools and affordable higher education, healthcare as a right, unions, an economy that works for all and a thriving democracy, Union Talk dives deep into these issues and demonstrates that together we can accomplish for our families and communities what is impossible to do alone.
- Publisher
- AFT
- Category
- government · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 May 2021
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
3 of 78 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Shining a Light on the Harms of Vouchers
24 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Building Our Power to Create a Better Future
4 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Inside a recent episode
Shining a Light on the Harms of Vouchers
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Randy also mentioned that vouchers have a segregationist origin. And not only that, they increase and exacerbate segregative effects in our schools today. So vouchers increase racial segregation as well as economic segregation in our public schools and also in private schools. Vouchers also fund discrimination. So that's another reason that it's not fair for the public to be forced to pay for private school, because private schools can and do discriminate on many different elements or student and family characteristics that would never be allowed and aren't legal in public schools. And so... Of course, some private schools don't discriminate, but many do, and it's in their policies and it's on their websites. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Union Talk
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Shannon Davenport
- Heather Brauth
- Laquetta Mackey
- Skye Tooley
- Rehman Hassan
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 19,566,259
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 21 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 79
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 75
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Questions about Union Talk
Who hosts Union Talk?
Randi Weingarten host the show. Published by AFT.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Union Talk take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
Where can I read transcripts?
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