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Old Mole Variety Hour for February 13, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear-- Larry Bowlden reviews Nella Larsen’s 1928 novel from the Harlem Renaissance, Quicksand; Bill Resnick and historian Bill Smalldone look for lessons about Trump in the rise of Hitler in Germany; Clayt... Read more

Book Mole: Quicksand

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Quicksand (1928), a novel by Harlem Renaissance writer Nella Larsen, describes the befuddlement of a young woman whose mother is Danish and whose father is African-American. She feels at home neither in America nor in Denmark, and finally suffers through an existentia... Read more

Fascism and History

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Bill Smaldone about the history of Fascism in Germany and the degree to which curent events may be similar.  They discuss the Nazis' use of parliamentary power to enable authoritarian rule, the exploitation of the Reichstag fire to enact emerge... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 6, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2017 at 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts and here's the lineup: 1. We get a preview of the 27th Annual African Film Festival coming up at Portland Community College from two of its organizers. 2. Denise talks with a social studies teacher about teaching about the election of Trump. 3. A pan... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 6th 2017

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  ​Denise Morris Hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Host Denise Morris and with a preview of the 27th annual African Film Festival. She talks with committee member PC Peri. PC Peri is also a member of Flying Focus Video Collective. The Festival opened th... Read more

ACLU Defending Immigrants

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier talks with Mathew dos Santos, Legal Director of the ACLU Oregon and their litigation and legal advocacy program. They discuss challenges facing immigrants under the Trump regime. Read more

California Clean Energy in the Trump Era

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Erica Etelson of California's Local Clean Energy Alliance about her state's resistance to Trump's energy policies.  Read more

Stopping the Kalama Refinery

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, a senior engineer with Columbia Riverkeeper, talks with Laurie Mercier about the proposal for the world's largest methanol refinery, scheduled for the port of Kalama, Washington,  and about strategies for resistance.  The public comment period l... Read more

Activist Calendar for the Novice

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan share comments from Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and discuss being a newcomer to activism, why rallies are to movements as sex is to couples, and some activist events for the coming week. These include a rally on Thursday Feb 2, at 1pm, at City Ha... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 30, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker hosts this episode, and mentions the news that the woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till's lynching has admitted to lying. We also hear these segments: On the ACLU-Oregon Response to Trump's Anti-Immigration Order On California's Response to Trump's En... Read more