Off the Shelf Podcast
About the Podcast
"Off the Shelf: Revolutionary Readings in Times of Crisis" was a podcast series that ran from 2021 to 2024, featuring in-depth conversations with scholars on the University of Illinois campus and beyond. Each episode explored books and scholars they recommend we take “off the shelf” to help us understand the current moment.
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ABOUT THE HOST
Augustus Wood is a scholar of political economy and gentrification, labor, and social movements in late 20th and early 21st Century African American urban history. A past HRI campus fellow (2017–18), he is currently an assistant professor in the Labor Education program, School of Labor and Employment Relations, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Wood has authored articles that appear in the Labor Studies Journal and co-authored book chapters with Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua. He is the editor of the upcoming special edition of Labor Studies Journal on Black Workers and COVID. He is a contributor on Routledge’s forthcoming Encyclopedia of Antiracism. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Humanities and Social Sciences Journal. He hosts the "Radio Free Labor" program on 90.1 FM WEFT Champaign Radio. Learn more about Augustus Wood.
