Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole that includes these pieces: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Dean Hubbs about her book Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music. 2. Well-read Red Frann Michel critiques the call to vote for Clinton as the "lesser evil". 3. C... Read more

Larry Bowlden reviews the novel Restless by William Boyd. Born in Ghana and of Scottish ancestry, Boyd is a British writer of both fiction and non-fiction. He’s been nominated for many awards, including the Booker and Whitbread.Considered a spy thriller, Restless is rich... Read more

Jan Haaken and Denise Morris review the Documentary Film Pay 2 Play. The film is available online from Vimeo for a small fee. Pay 2 Play details the deepening issues with money in politics, the Citizens Untitled Supreme Court Decision that unleashed millions in corporate... Read more

Jan Haaken interviews Kboo’s own Theresa Mitchell. Theresa joins the Old Mole from the DNC in Philadelphia with a special PressWatch report on the events of the week and the Socialist Convergence Conference opening Monday night (7.25.26) with the panel discussion Capital... Read more

Denise Morris hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talks Jan Zuckerman and Students Olivia Miller and Peter Sallinger of Portland’s Sunnyside Environmental School. Larry Bowlden reviews the novel Restless by William Boyd. Jan Haaken and Denise Morris review the ... Read more

Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Mole and we hear these pieces: 1.  The Old Mole's Laurie Mercier talks with historian Herb Ruffin about the roots of Black Lives Matter and its success as a social movement.  2.  Mole Bill Resnick interviews activist and Green Party lea... Read more

Howie Hawkins is a perennial candidate for the NY State Green Party, but he’s different, because he is now getting over 5% in state elections and 35% in Syracuse, NY, where the Democrats and Republicans join forces to defeat him. Howie is well known in NY for his researc... Read more

Laurie Mercier speaks with Herb Ruffin, professor of African American Studies at Syracuse University, about the historical roots of Black Lives Matter and its success as a social movement. Ruffin’s essay, “Black Lives Matter: The Growth of a New Social Justice Movement,... Read more

Desiree Hellegers interviews activists with the Mosquito Fleet, an emerging grassroots direct action activist group that grew out of last summer's Shell No! protests. Touching on the links between militarism, oil and climate change, the interviews were conducted outside ... Read more