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Makdisi Street

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Last month on the Old Mole Laurie Mercier spoke with Ussama Makdisi, professor of modern Midde East history at UC Berkeley, who along with brothers Saree and Karim Makdisi co-host the podcast Makdisi Street. (The original segment can be heard here: Podcasting for Palesti... Read more

Support, Don't Punish

Airs at: Wed, 07/09/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: Support, Don’t Punish: A Public Health and Human Rights Based Approach to Drug Policy. The Fifty-Ninth Session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from June 16 to July 8. A number of side events were held in conjunction with the H... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 07/03/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode: RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine costs lives abroad; No letup to Israel's military campaigns; the World's Super-rich get much richer. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 7, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Organizers: remembering activist Dan Handelman; sneak peek at documentary The Israeli.  This episode is hosted by Jon Nelson and features these segments: Documentary The Israeli:  Filmmaker Jordan Karr-Morse talks with Frann Michel about his feature documentary-i... Read more

World Drug Report 2025

Airs at: Wed, 07/02/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: World Drug Report 2025. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its World Drug Report 2025 on June 26. There were launch events in Vienna, Austria and New York City. On this week’s Century we listen to parts of that New Yo... Read more

Documentary The Israeli by Jordan Karr-Morse

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Filmmaker Jordan Karr-Morse talks with Frann Michel about his feature documentary-in-progress, The Israeli, about the remarkable ideological journey of prominent Israeli-American activist and author Miko Peled, from Zionist to Palestinian Rights Activist. There will ... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The US at war in Iran; Trump's national security team is a mess; US-Japan defense talks in trouble; and more. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 30, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which features the following segments: International Law and Lawlessness in the Middle East: In the leadup to a United Nations conference in New York City to discuss Palestine and a two-state solution, the Trump a... Read more

International Law and Lawlessness in the Middle East

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the leadup to a United Nations conference in New York City to discuss Palestine and a two-state solution, the Trump administration discouraged governments around the world from attending. The conference was set to take place on June 17-20 but was postponed in early Ju... Read more

Healthcare in Jails and Prisons

Airs at: Wed, 06/25/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: Healthcare in Jails and Prisons. The United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice recently held its Thirty-Fourth session in Vienna, Austria. This week on Century of Lies we’ll hear portions of a side event held du... Read more