THE PROBLEM WITH PRISON

While Lach is probably best known as an American singer-songwriter and godfather of the Antifolk scene, the pool goes much deeper.  Along with his 25 years hosting an open mic on NYC’s Lower East Side, 8 years performing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 3 seasons as the writer/performer of the hit BBC Radio 4 Show, “The Lach Chronicles”, stand-up comedian, award-winning poet with his book, “The Thin Book of Poems”, cartoonist, esteemed raconteur, Lach has also just had his first young adult novel, “Langdimania” published (available now on Amazon) to great acclaim. Needless to say, we had plenty to talk about! https://lach.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/cosmiclach/ Discography[edit]     •    Contender (1991) – 3/5 on AllMusic     •    Blang! (1999)     •    Kids Fly Free (2001)     •    Today (2004) – "a gem of an album"     •    The Calm Before (2008) – 3/5 on AllMusic     •    Ramshackle Heart (2011)

Many point out that our economy and middle class was built on and thrived during the height of our Labor Union prominence. However Over the past 30-40 years the unions have lost, power, prominence and membership, which coincides with the ever shrinking of the middle class.  Could Unions save the middle class and our economy? In this Episode I interview a Union organizer who believes this they could 

Approximately 1.8 million people were incarcerated in 2020 and while prison population has been falling over the past 10 years, crime has been skyrocketed.  What has prevented our nation from true criminal and prison reform?  

Maybe its time to look at addiction in another way!  Maybe addiction is the problem and not addicts! Lets start talking about it!