Prison

The BOO sent me to the Untied States Social Justice Forum, and I got an amazing tee shirt!

Listeners, members and future listeners and members, Thank you KBOO board members for having the foresight to send someone (lucky me) to the USSJFSJ. From the moment I stepped into Adam (Oregon Jericho)'s car until three days later when I said goodbye to Michael (Strike ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 29, 2015

Airs at: Tue, 06/30/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this show dealing with issues of imprisonment, injustice, oil terminals and Native Americans, and the "freedom to marry" as a way of domesticating the LGBT movement. To hear the whole show, use the play button below. To hear individual segments, follo... Read more

Orange Revisited

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

With the release of the third season of "Orange Is the New Black," Densise Morris reviews some commentary about what the show gets right and wrong -- in particular about "compassionate release". (Photo: Orange Is the New Black/Youtube) Read more

Police, Courts, and Solitary Confinement

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Victoria Law talks with Bill Resnick about solitary confinement and the lawlessness of the criminal justice system. Victoria Law is a freelance writer and editor. She is the author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women, which won the 2009 PASS (Prev... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 22, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This week's episode discusses life inside the constraining boundaries of Portland city government, the US prison system, the militarized national borders of the United States, and the finite resources of the global environment. Host Frann Michel plays music by Tom Lehrer,... Read more

Left & the Law: Relations of Inmates & Guards

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Left & the Law: "The charges against a prison tailor accused of helping two convicted murders escape from a maximum security facility in upstate New York have cast a spotlight on relationships between inmates and correctional staff." Jan and Mike also put a spot-light on th... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 4, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

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: Medica... Read more

Left & the Law: Death Penalty Politics

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

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 medicalizin... Read more

The Ecology of a Police State: 2015 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference panel

Airs at: Wed, 04/29/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Panagioti Tsolkas moderates this panel, which explores the intersections between the epidemic of mass incarceration and the environmental degradation which occurs, directly and indirectly, as a result of it, including: the immediate impacts of pollution from these often-ove... Read more