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New information could have impact on May 21 fluoridation vote

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
New information has come out this week that could have an impact on the upcoming May twenty-first vote on water fluoridation in Portland.A lab test of the fluoridation compound proposed for Portland’s water supply found high levels of arsenic in the compound. The test was c... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 29, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Mole, featuring discussions of consumerism and freedom, Syria, gun violence, and a conference on Labor History in the Pacific Northwest.  To keep up with the Old Mole, become our friend on Facebook.To hear the whole show, use th... Read more

Getting Over Consumerism

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Rob Dietz, co-author with Dan O'Neill of Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resoures, talks with Old Mole Bill Resnick about building a political movement for moving beyond the pleasures of consumerism to other ways of enjoying life. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 22, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On this special Earth Day Old Mole Variety Hour, Joe Clement hosts, and we hear- Joe talks with Jeff Shantz about Green Syndicalism: An Alternative Red / Green Vision- Bill Resnick talks with Robert Dietz about Advancing a Steady State Economy- Tom Becker reads from David ... Read more

Graeber on the Coming Collapse

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from David Graeber's "Work it Out, Slow it Down," exerpted from his Practical Utopians Guide to the Coming Collapse, on the dangers of overproduction and the need to respond differently to economic and environmental crisis. Read more

Robert Dietz on Building a Sustainable Economy

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Robert Dietz, co-author with Dan O'Neill of Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources. Most people know the earth is on the wrong track—but how to change? Dietz proposes sharing work, guaranteed jobs (as in the C... Read more

Jeff Shantz on Green Syndicalism

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Jeff Shantz about his book, Green Syndicalism: An Alternative Red / Green Vision. They discuss Shantz's history working for Greenpeace as the organization shifted from direct action to canvassing and lobbying, and the connections he made as an exploit... Read more

Joe Uris: Opposing the Fluoridation of Portland Water

Airs at: Tue, 04/16/2013 at 12:00am
Host Joe Uris lays out his case against Measure 26-151, which would fluoridate Portland's water supply. Read more

SIERRA CLUB OPPOSES FLOURIDE IN PORTLAND WATER SYSTEM

Airs at: Wed, 03/27/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Normal 0 In May, Portlanders will be voting on Ballot Measure 26-151, whether or not to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water. According to the Surgeon’s general Statement in 2004, fluoridinated water is enormously beneficial to communities, givi... Read more

Can Civilization Survive Capitalism?

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Noam Chomsky's recent piece, published on AlterNet, asks whether Capitalism, as it really exists, is compatible with democracy, or even civilization.  Tom Becker reads it here for us.   Read more