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Old Mole Variety Hour February 25, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Alan Wieder hosts this episode, featuring music from David Rovics as well as an interview with him, a discussion of the economics and politics of mass incarceration, a review of a recent comic novel, and a commentary on the ideology of austerity.  Bill Resnick talks with D... Read more

David Weiman on Mass Incarceration

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with economist David Weiman about the political forces encouraging the growth and maintaining of prisons and punitive policing in the USA. They consider not only media influence and legislators desire to keep jobs in their areas but also the fear-enhanci... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour December 17, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This show considers schools, killing, killlings in schools, and civil rights and rock & roll. Hosted by Frann Michel, with music by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and more. For information on our graphics, theme song, or name, see our main show page.  Frann Michel comments ... Read more

The Left and the Law: History & Conversations on Oregon's Death Penalty

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Left & the Law: Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss Governor Kitzhaber's "conversations" about the death penalty following his issuing a stay of execution for convicted murderer Gary Haugen. Jan and Mike discuss the shifts in attitudes toward capital punishment, wh... Read more

Harry Olsen & DJ Gollyhorn - Poetry & post-prison

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James with HARRY OLSEN, Organizing Director, Phoenix Rising Transitions & DJ GOLLYHORN. Poetry, music and post-prison experiences.  http://www.phoenix-rising-transitions.org/   Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 26, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein about Wal-Mart and the workers organizing against it on Black Friday.  Joe Clement introduces Utah Phillips talking & singing about blaming & dumping the bosses.  The movie moles Jan Haaken and Frann Michel discuss... Read more

Revisiting Three Strikes

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads from Brent Staples's recent essay on the revision of California's Three-Strikes-and-You're Out law, which unjustly imprisoned for life many nonviolent, abused, and mentally ill and disabled people. The Three Strikes Project at Stanford Law School has bee... Read more

"Jails Fargo" report released by National People's Action Network

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0   After Wells Fargo divested last week from its majority share in the private prison corporation the ‘Geo Group’, new allegations have emerged showing further involvement in private prisons by Wells Fargo.  A new report by the Public Accountability Initiativ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Sun, 11/18/2012 at 12:00am
 Bill Resnick is our host for this episode of the Old Mole, and he guides us through the following segments with some brief pauses for music by regular folks.  To hear any of these pieces, click on the links below.  To hear the whole show, use the play button below.   1.  D... Read more

Prisons, Psychiatry, and Solitary

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In their continuing series The Left and the Law, psychologist Jan Haaken and attorney Mike Snedeker discuss how psychological studies confirm what has been known for a long time: that solitary confinement drives people crazy.  They also discuss the extent of its use.   Read more