About John McKerley

John McKerley is the Curator of the Iowa Labor History Oral Project at the University of Iowa.

NBN Episodes hosted by John:

Kristy Nabhan-Warren, "Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland" (UNC Press, 2021)

December 13, 2021

Meatpacking America

Kristy Nabhan-Warren
Hosted by John McKerley

Whether valorized as the heartland or derided as flyover country, the Midwest became instantly notorious when COVID-19 infections skyrocketed among wo…