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Old Mole Variety Hour for March 9, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts today's Old Mole and we hear: Part two of Bill Resnick's conversation with Clean Energy activist, Al Weinrub Alan Wieder's regular documentary about the life and times of Studs Turkel Frann Michel's Well-read Red on the contradictions of a... Read more

Well-read Red: the contradictions of housing under capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Well-read Red, Frann Michel, offers a set of short readings* on housing as a human right, the contradictions of human need vs. profit, and the success of direct collective action by tenants in establishing housing as a truly public good. In addition to these readings, sh... Read more

Al Weinrub on Clean Energy Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This is the second half of Bill Resnick's talk with clean energy activist, Al Weinrub. The first half played last week. They discussed community energy, which are networks of small scale networked solar and wind installations all over the city and connected by the existi... Read more

Studs Turkel Documentary: working-class intellectuals & third-party politics

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Every second Monday of the month, Alan Wieder presents a short documentary on the life and times of radical radio commentator and oral historian Studs Turkel, including clips of his work or else of him speaking. This month looks at the influence of wobblies and other wor... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 03/02/15

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Portland and the Joint Terrorism Taskforce

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers interviews Dan Handelman of Portland Copwatch/Peace and Justice Works about the implications of the 3-2 Portland City Council’s vote to reenter a Joint Terrorism Task Force agreement with the FBI on February 19, 2005, the 73rd anniversary of Executive O... Read more

Civil War Contradictions

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
If we condemn war -- since "war is hell" -- can we condemn all wars? What do we say about the terrible US Civil War that ended the enormous brutality of slavery? Clayton Morgareidge explores the contradiction.  Read more

Civil War Contradictions

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
If we condemn war -- since "war is hell" -- can we condemn all wars? What do we say about the terrible US Civil War that ended the enormous brutality of slavery? Clayton Morgareidge explores the contradiction.  Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 2, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder hosts this episode featuring discussions of carbon free energy; Portland and the Joint Terrorism Taskforce; war, peace and the US Civil War; and the myth of the recovering economy. To hear the whole show, use the play button below. To hear individual pieces, ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 23, 2015

Airs at: Tue, 02/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts this episode and plays music by Leslie and the LYs. We also hear these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Craig Morris about renewable energy in Germany Joe Clement reads about seeking a green economy Movie Moles review the vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alo... Read more