May Day special: Consensus

KALW | By Matt Martin

Published May 1, 2014 at 6:45 AM PDT

Rainbow Cooperative Grocery in Jackson, Mississippi

On May Day, hear a pilot broadcast of "Consensus," a new series exploring the global cooperative economy. This episode includes a report from this week's Jackson Rising New Economies Conference in Jackson, Mississippi, and an interview with Congressman Chaka Fattah, author of the "Creating Jobs Through Cooperatives Act". Thursday at 5:30pm.

Matt Martin

Matt Martin was KALW’s general manager from 2006 through 2018. Under his leadership, KALW grew into one of the most productive and innovative stations in public radio. Programs launched at KALW during Matt’s tenure as GM include the award-winning local newsmagazine Crosscurrents, the design podcast 99% Invisible, and the Spanish-language narrative journalism program Radio Ambulante. He helped create the station’s Audio Academy, a year-long program aimed at developing new talents in public radio, and led the first broad-based strategic planning process in the station’s history.

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