Business & Labor Episodes

One of Hollywood’s most enduring symbols of worker activism came about when actress Sally Field stood alone on a factory table, handwritten "UNION" sign held high above her head. That table moment really happened. But as labor historian Dr. Aimee Loiselle reveals, the true story behind the 1979 Academy Award film Norma Rae was a multi-racial, collective movement—not a lone white hero's crusade. In this episode of The Clio Dialogues history podcast, host Jennifer Robin Terry speaks with Aimee ...

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥. The modern business suit may seem timeless and practical, but its history reveals how clothing came to shape our ideas about power, respectability, and political authority. Drawing on her unique perspective as both a designer and historian, she explains how the Founding Fathers helped revolutionize men's fashion and how the plain dark suit evolved into the global uniform of presidents, executives, and diplomats 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 Why does the suit signal authority? When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared before world leaders without wearing one, his clothing becam...