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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

Century Of Lies for April 19 2015

Airs at: Sun, 04/19/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we talk with Betty Aldworth, the Executive Director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Read more

Alleged Killer of Chilean Folksinger Victor Jara to be Tried in USA

Airs at: Thu, 04/16/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The former Chilean army officer who allegedly murdered folksinger Victor Jara in the aftermath of the 1973 military coup is the subject of a civil lawsuit in the United States. Pedro Barrientes Nunez currently lives in Deltona, Florida, despite an extradition request made b... Read more

FUNDED! A Podcast & Community Discussion Series on Criminalization

KBOO has received a grant for the Oregon Humainites to create a podcast with 2 community groups that will explore criminalization, the process by which behaviors and individuals are transformed into crime and criminals, in our communities. Two small cohorts of people who of... Read more