Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

25sd_1678_x_281.png

queer_joy_fest_banner_0.png

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 1

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond is our special host for this episode of the Mole, featuring the music of a new Eugene group, appropriately called Monday Morning Denial. On the show we will hear these pieces: Bill Resnick and Dave Finkle will discuss the origins of ISIS, the situation ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 1, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick and David Finkle, talking about a recent Syrian Peace Summit. Clayton Morgareidge offers a reading about "snow days under socialism" Larry Bowlden reviews Terra Konklins, "The House Girl". Norm offers s... Read more

Syrian Peace Summit

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with David Finkle about the history and various contexts surrounding the violent conflicts in Syria, including the prospects of peace suggested by summit in Syria. Finkle edits "Against the Current" and writes about the Middle East Read more

Book Mole: The House Girl

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bolden reviews Tara Conklin's "The House Girl", a story split between the present day and the days of slavery. Larry commends it for not just being a cleverly constructed story, but deeply researched and informative about the realities of abolitionist struggle. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour January 25th 2016

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris Hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Bill Resnick interviews Kim Laval director of the NW Center for Alternatives to Pesticides. They talk about what's in our water and what can be done about it Joe Clement and Laurie Mercier talk about ... Read more

All About Portland Tenants United

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with tenant union organizer and Old Mole Joe Clement about Portland Tenants United (PTU)  and tenant unionism as a response to the housing crisis. PTU is a tenant union that has grown out of a number of communities and have already helped stop one ev... Read more

Water, Pesticides, and Flint, Michigan

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Dangerous water -- dangerous to our health -- has been in the news lately because of what happened in Flint, Michigan. Major polutants of water include pesticides from industrial agriculture. Jeremy Olsen is Assistant Director at the Northwest Center for Alternatives to ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 25, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this show and this is what it covers: 1.  Desiree Hellegers talks with Cowlitz Tribal members about the threat to their ancentral lands from a mining company. 2. Laurie Mercier and Joe Clement discuss the purpose, strategy and actions of the Portland ... Read more

Protecting Cowlitz Tribal Lands from Mining

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers speaks with Cowlitz tribal leadership about the battle to stop the Canadian mining company Ascot Resources, Ltd., from developing a copper, gold, and molybdenum mine in the Green River Valley, northeast of Mount St. Helens. The proposed mine would be on... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 18, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
On the next Old Mole, Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Jan Haaken interviews Carole Joffe. She has followed the abortion rights movement as a sociologist for decades. She will be giving her take on the State of the Abortion  Rights movement (playing on Obama's talk to t... Read more