Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Dave Finkel and Bill Resnick discuss the latest phase of the battle for control of the middle east. Have Israel and Saudi Arabia formed an Alliance to help Sunni Jihadists, seeing a victory of Al Qaeda and the ISIS as the lesser evil as compared to a victory of Iran and ... Read more

Larrry Bowlden reviews Fay Weldon's 2010 novel, Chalcot Crescent,; it describes a dystopian possible future of capitalism. The books is partly prophetic, partly cynical satire, and partly a kind of memoir. Although still obviously a feminist author, she pokes fun at many... Read more

In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about the state of death penalty politics in the US, and the current case before the Supreme Court on the use of a "cocktail" of drugs in executions. Mike and Jan take up some of the history of medicali... Read more

There is a huge discrepancy in sentences for criminal violations between the rich and powerful and the poor and anonymous. Tom Becker reads Eoin Higgins's piece from Huffington Post, One Week, Three Lessons on the Exclusivity of Exceptionalism in America: Drones, Petraeu... Read more

Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Old Mole and here is what's on offer: 1. Dave Finkel and Bill Resnick discuss the latest US moves in the middle east. 2.  Book Mole Larry Bowlde reviews Fay Weldon's dystopian novel Chalcot Crescent. 3.  The Left and the Law: Medi... Read more

Alan Wieder hosts this episode, which features these segments: Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan discuss the psychological factors that distort thinking about wealth, poverty, and economic inequality.  Bill Resnick continues his conversation with Michael Armstrong, the city's lea... Read more

Alan Wieder hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear: Jan Haaken and Todd Sloan talk about psychology and perceptions of class and inequality. Bill Resnick finishes his conversation Michael Armstrong of Portland' Bureau of Planning and Sustainability with... Read more

Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss the origins of May Day in the Chicago Riot of 1886, its enduring if transformed significance today, and local actions taking place on May Day  (May 1st) 2015. Read more

Bill Resnick continues his conversation with Michael Armstrong of Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability about City-wide action on climate change, making Portland more sustainable, and the importance of collective as well as individual initiative. Image Credit... Read more

Jan and Tod talk about the emotional work of social movements, and different ways of thinking about the psychology of class and envy. They start with a discussion of Snowpiercer*-- a 2013 South Korean science fiction film about the revolt of passengers on a continuously ... Read more