Environment/Climate

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Curbing Climate Change vs. The Costs of Business as Usual

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2016 at 12:00am
Bill Resnick talks with Frank Ackerman on the costs of curbing climate change to manageable levels v. the costs of continuing on the current path. Frank Ackerman is an economist who has written extensively about the economics of climate change, energy and other environmenta... Read more

Portland considers resolution to save lumber from old houses while USFS plans more logging on Hood

Airs at: Thu, 02/18/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Guest Preston Browning is founder and owner of Salvage Works, a North Portland-based company that sells reclaimed lumber from deconstructed buildings and also uses it to make furniture and fixtures. On Wednesday, February 17 during their afternoon session., the Portland Cit... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 15, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick is our host on today's show and we hear --  1. Educator and writer Jodi Sokolower talks with Bill about sex positive and LGBTQ friendly sex education. 2.  Laurie Mercier talks with Native American artists about a new art exhibit about the Sand Creek Massac... Read more

Socialism and Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On last week's Old Mole Variety Hour, Bill Resnick talked with Maria Svart, director of the Democratic Socialists of America, about the increasing acceptance among voters of Socialism. This week we air Svart's comments on the relationship of socialism to climate change.  Read more

Citizens Try to Stop Sale of Gladstone Nature Park

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In the city of Gladstone, Oregon, south of Portland in Clackamas County, a group of citizens continues its frustrating attempts to keep the city from selling a popular park. The ten-and-a-half acre Gladstone Nature Park contains a hiking trail and is an example of the white... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 8, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris hosts this episode and we hear: Tod Sloan interviews Mary Watkins, liberation psychologist and co-author of Up Against the Wall: Re-imagining the US-Mexico Border.   Bill Resnick talks to Maria Svart, national director of the Democratic Socialists of... Read more

Michigan Is Sticking Flint Residents With Bill For Poisoned Water

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Diane Feeley take you to Flint, Michigan, where the state is requiring residents to pay for the poisoned water they received. [Image Credit: www.commondreams.org] Read more

Water World

Proposals by the EPA to clean up the Willamette river Superfund site are being presented for public scrutiny. Scheduled for this live show is Barbara Quinn and Jackie Calder from the Portland Harbor Citizen Advisory Group and The EPA's very own Cami Grandinetti. We will be ... Read more

Stephen Johnson Interview

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Stephen Johnson is a home care specialist and a democrat who is running for Oregon Governor. He talked with Don Merrill about his support for guns in Oregon schools, why the state can't afford to pass up jobs that have been previously called a bad fit for the state's "chara... 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